The Beauty of Text

Working with a series of dialup connections during my vacation (I am posting this entry from Maine), I have learned to appreciate the beauty of text!

I Embed Video

Through the blugcast I discovered the "I Make Things" blog. I admire its creative spirit. I really marvel, however, at Bre Pettis' tasteful and effective use of embedded video. Bravo, Bre!

"I Make Things" is the first blog that, by its example, has made me consider embedding video into my own blog.

UnConference as UnClassroom?

Could Dave Winer's ground rules for his BloggerCon unconference be used as ground rules for an unclassroom?

I think it could, particularly in a wireless classroom full of laptop PCs.

Update: Rob Wall agrees.

Schtuff

If you don't mind glancing away from a sidebar of Google ads, "Schtuff," a free wiki, makes a pretty good collaborative writing space.


Link to Schtuff:
http://www.schtuff.com/

RSS Strategy

This year (Sept. 2005 - May 2006) I will use Bloglines as my aggregator and RssOwl , loaded with a synchronized list of feeds, as my backup. This way I'll be covered should Bloglines interrupt its service as it has done several times in the last few months.