I got tagged a couple of times so with the premise of not over thinking these things and their importance, I’ll bite. My oldest daughter went to university when she was less than a year old. I married my wife when I was only 20 and had just completed my first year of university. We both were attending university for the first 4 years of marriage. We had our...

I really like when bloggers take the time to cull through their writing and reveal their best or favourite pieces. Certainly the ease of web 2.0 publishing often means that the good stuff can get quickly buried in favour of the more current work. In a effort to avoid the dreaded “list“, I’ll simply post some of my favourite posts of the past year...

Wishing all my friends a very Merry Christmas. I’ll be spending Christmas with my family and friends here in Moose Jaw. A special treat for me was to sing with my three girls at our Candle Light Service. The added bonus was we got to sing a James Taylor song. Love...

Ever since Tom Hoffman’s post about lists, it has made me think about the authority of rankings. Rankings and lists make it easier for people to sort through content and organize. Rankings also infer authority. The recent edublog awards seem to be the lastest benchmark for educational blogs. The authority is fairly easily identified in that it’s voted on...

Saw this ad this morning on TV. Although it’s from Cisco, the message is pretty powerful. Quotes like: A world “where people subscribe to people, not magazines” “where books rewrite themselves” (you’ll notice a shot of wikipedia) “where you can drag and drop people where you want them to go” “where libraries...