Sometimes those little nuggets of learning catch me by surprise. On average I travel 3-4 times a year. Not a lot to some, but enough that I’ve got a fairly good routine worked out – reserved airport parking, two hours early at check-in, and a modest rental car waiting on the other end. This trip was … [Read more...]
Social Learning in the 6th grade
It's been September of 2009 since I last posted. That's terrible! New year, new commitment. I will say though as of September of 2009, my freelance work picked up quite nicely. Among several projects I got myself into, one was starting a comic strip of my step-daughter Lauren. I call it "The Tween … [Read more...]
Opportunity Learning
Informal Learning is really just the right moment for an opportunity to learn - Opportunity Learning. This past Saturday, Sept 17, a friend from high school years swam the English Channel. Not surprising as Mike was on the swim team back in school and still holds a couple school records almost 30 … [Read more...]
Emergency Action Plan – 10 Things to do when Twitter is unavailable
My normal morning routine when turning on my computer at work is open work email program, open calendar, open gmail, and launch Twitter.com. On the morning of August 06, 2009, Twitter would only respond with a network error. I immediately thought our IT Data Security group banned it, so I turned on … [Read more...]
Let it be done!
Needless to say I've failed in my commitment to blog weekly this year. I do have an excuse if it is nothing more than to hear myself write! I own two houses. Not by choice as I am not interested in property management and Lord knows I've tried to sell it. With the economy and overflow of … [Read more...]
So, Me, You & SoMe
This post veers off of a bit with rambling thoughts on Social Media (SoMe) and its use in today's marketplace from my pure observational perspective. If you use any Web 2.0 tool or service that is user-generated then you know there is a lot of energy around SoMe lately. SoMe has been around for a … [Read more...]