Do you know about shrinkage?

Apr 05

I switched over to Google Reader from Bloglines about 2 months ago and am basically pleased. I’ve noticed recently that my feed has no formatting in Google Reader. Bloglines as well, so I guess it’s a feed issue rather than the reader. My posts look brutal and here I go to such lengths to pretty them up. I tried deactivating plugins but didn’t see...

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Podcast 26 Frustrations with Assessment

Apr 05

Haven’t done a podcast with just me yakkin’ for a while. Tried using GCast on Steve D.‘s recommendation. Not sure it’s for me as it wants to build a player for me rather than just give me an mp3 file I can embed with my own built in player. So thumbs down to GCast, unless their helpdesk lets me know how to link directly to the mp3. Update1:...

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Google just keeps getting better

Apr 05

Anyone who has read my blog regularly knows how I feel about Google Earth. It is all that and more. I spent an hour today listening to Hall Davidson and learned a few more tricks to add to the toolbox. Just now I found out that Google Maps now offers online mashups that are incredibly easy to create.  Made this map in about a minute and easily embedded flickr...

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Google Humour

Apr 04

Google Humour

Not sure if this is considered an Easter Egg but Dustin passed this one along.  You’ll want to click to view the larger image. After Sunday’s treats it would seem Google just can’t help...

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Perspectives on CyberBullying

Apr 03

Perspectives on CyberBullying

The Kathy Sierria story is to cyberbullying as 9-11 is to terrorism. It’s not that cyberbullying has never taken place but having it happen to someone as high profile as Kathy Sierra brings attention to the problem in a light many have not considered. I’ve got two concerns about the way things are unfolding. One is the tendency of the media and even...

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