Category Archives: technology

KPMG Survey on Enterprise2.0/Web2.0

Posted on November 16, 2007 by Rory

Interesting information from a KPMG survey:  Web 2.0 Tools Fostering Collaboration – and Risk. Trying to bring participative web apps/platforms/tools into work (focusing on getting tasks done or managing a small project) is generally not difficult on an individual level. … Continue reading →

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Google Docs in Plain English – from CommonCraft

Posted on September 19, 2007 by Rory

Hot diggity! another simple and straightforward explanation of Google Docs. These guys at CommonCraft simply rock! Oh to send this to everyone I work with who still insist on emailing the design documents, storyboards, and such … ARRRRRRRRGH (by the … Continue reading →

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Library computing – high demand, inadequate infrastructure

Posted on September 13, 2007 by Rory

(Link to article here) My hometown only recently completed a large campaign – including a ballet measure to issue a bond – to expand our public library. And BOY! do they need to expand! No argument from me … although … Continue reading →

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I like taking small steps

Posted on August 16, 2007 by Rory

I’ve been following Harold Jarche’s posts lately on knowledge resilience and informal learning which really is a series of short entries … each one giving some great nuggets of info.  Here’s to get you started in his series … Small … Continue reading →

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Enterprise 2.0 – "Social Networking within the firewall…"

Posted on August 12, 2007 by Rory

Meet Charlie … an interesting Slideshare presentation that (IMHO) explains the concepts of this thing called enterprise 2.0 … extolling the use of RSS, wikis, blogs, social networking, web-based collaboration and project management, and podcasting, to name a few. Sounds promising, … Continue reading →

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Adobe seminar with Dr. Ruth Clark – Tips on creating effective elearning

Posted on August 11, 2007 by Rory

Silke Fleischer has a notice for a “e-seminar” which sounds very interesting … Friday the 24th at 10am Pacific Time, we are going to have an eseminar with Dr. Ruth Clark as part of our Luminary eSeminars series. I’ll join … Continue reading →

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Teaching kids to program

Posted on August 1, 2007 by Rory

Wired magazine included a how-to page on how to teach kids to program … which starts off: My kid is 5, about to enter kindergarten. What are some entry points for coding? Fun environments, or basics that are great foundations? … Continue reading →

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I dread these kind of meetings/gatherings

Posted on July 12, 2007 by Rory

I am a “virtual employee” – this is the language used in my firm. Oh, I’m real enough … it’s just that I work from home … far far far away from the central hub that is the office building … Continue reading →

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Cart before horse example 2 – SL demo for a client

Posted on June 7, 2007 by Rory

Got an email from the CLO of one of my clients … [Company name] will present to the Learning Community a new technology that is catching momentum in learning and business. This new technology is called “Second Life” and is a … Continue reading →

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Teach the World – TeacherTube

Posted on April 30, 2007 by Rory

Came across this site: TeacherTube … it has an approach, look/feel, and community/social network set-up just like YouTube.  Really great!  Its focus is for teachers to create and distribute videos, so you won’t see all those goofy lipsynching pre-teens and such … Continue reading →

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