Allow me to add my own shout-out for the eminent wikiologist Stewart Mader today, as it marks the publication of his book/wiki hybrid Using Wiki in Education, a welcome contribution to the canon. What’s most notable about the book is its emphasis on actual uses of wikis in diverse educational settings, in the voices of […]
Read more "Up in the sky! It’s a book! It’s a wiki!"A quick follow-up to yesterday’s post. I linked to Robert Wyatt’s Wikipedia entry, which contains this fascinating tidbit on the events subsequent to the 1974 accident that left him paralysed, ending his drumming career but not his musical one: Later that same year he put out a single, a cover version of “I’m a Believer”, […]
Read more "Give the drummer some"Time is short, and the mindqueue of unposted blog entries continues to mount. On the weekend, my music and martini guru Bill played me a lot of great stuff through his audiophile hi-fi that makes me drool every time I’m near it. Ecstatic and awash in sound, I made him play and re-play Robert Wyatt’s […]
Read more "Cover and simmer, hit and run…".flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Forest Sciences Centre, originally uploaded by Cyprien. Some things are so good you just gotta do them three times. Indeed, for the third year running we are going to crank up […]
Read more "Make way for da Moose!"