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Saturday, April 18, 2009

Computer Software in Plain English - another fantastic video from Common Craft

"A short explanation of how operating systems and programs work together to make computers useful and customizable."

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Moving to new website.. - I’ve been playing with a new website design and have been intending to move everything over to the http://fleeptuque.com domain for some time, but I was wo...
2 years ago
The Chronicle: Daily News Blog

Charges Against Henry Louis Gates Jr. to Be Dropped - Authorities in Cambridge, Mass., agreed not to prosecute the Harvard scholar for disorderly conduct for alleged statements to the police investigating a ...
2 years ago
PLN Yourself

home - The aim of this site is to help you gain the skills to build your own personal learning network (PLN)! This is a demonstration of how to write on a wiki! {...
3 years ago
Digital Chalkie

Super EPhone M8 - I am a enthusiastic e-electronics fan just like many young people nowadays. I like to share ideas and opinions with my friends on e-items. Days before, one...
3 years ago
Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

50 Essential Strategies For Creating A Successful Web 2.0 Product - I am fortunate enough to spend a lot of time looking at various online products and services in the development stage, mostly of the Web 2.0 variety, mea...
3 years ago
EDUPUNK

The expectation of information - a conversation with Whitehead, Wordsworth, McLuhan, and Jim Groom - p style="text-align: center;"a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/edwebb/eay64IjgUiIyGQj2yK1eH1G946rCOOtxzyr70BKIY40mR4jzO6Ier8NgFsXE/08...
3 years ago
A curmudgeon's view of eLearning

Milestones or millstones? - ... the 'how' of eLearning development is being stymied by a corporate addiction to project management methodology. You know the deal - "start here, hit th...
3 years ago
Connectivism Blog

Connectivism course starts Monday... - As mentioned in June, we are offering an open online course on Connectivism. The course begins on Monday and is freely available to anyone with an interest i...
3 years ago
Open for Business

Eclipse JSF Tools Turns 1.0 - I would like to congratulate Raghu Srinivasan from Oracle (Eclipse JSF Tools Project Lead) and his team for helping the community produce its first officia...
4 years ago

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