Saturday, January 31, 2009

I [insert your web 2.0 tool here], therefore I am?

This is the first time I've seen an entry like this, but I bet it is said often, and I bet the sentiment is stunningly pervasive, even if not expressed:

"no internet @ home since yesterday!How can I manage?I'm tired & concerned...so much to catch up with 2day.Feels like I didnt exist yesterday"

Don't know what to make of it, though. Is thinking out loud via social networking the new cogito? What does this mean for the future of epistemology?

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

10 Ways Twitter Will Change Blog Design in 2009

How many of the ten things Rachel Cunliffe (mashable.com) points out do you already do?

Monday, January 26, 2009

Classroom = White House?

Bill Burton, Obama's IT go-to guy, laments that going from the campaign trail to the White House was "kind of like going from an Xbox to an Atari".  Windows XP, no WiFi, etc.

That should give us a taste, IMHO, of how students feel when they walk from their dorm/home/etc. to the classroom. 

Who knew the "F" word was F2F?

Friday, January 23, 2009

Ask and....



Thanks to @clifmims for the heads-up!

Technology is Great, but Are We Forgetting to Live?



It's good to unplug once in a while.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Second Life Video + US Presidential Inauguration =



Wait for it.....


Wait for it.....




(Thank @torley for the "ugh")

Coming to the DSM-V in 2012....

Do you think they'll call it Virtual Reality Dissociative Disorder? Internet addiction sounds too mundane. Anyway, the Chinese have started what will no doubt hit the next DSM......