What's it worth?
Definition is everything, and the proof is this example of a story that gets everything right but that misses the main point. What's right is the observation: employers are less frequently valuing a formal education, looking instead to an employee's demonstrated skills and attitude. Fair enough. More...
One-click RSS Subscriptions, Continued: The Lesser of Two Evils?
Still in the pre-draft stage, the proposed 'feed' URI scheme may bridge the gap between web page and RSS reader by placing a feed:// link on a page. More...
The Reusability Myth of Learning Object Design
I fogot to run this when it first came out last week - good thing I check my notes. The author looks at my argument in Design, Standards and Reusability to the effect that learning design and reusability are incompatible. More...
The Learning Marketplace: Meaning, Metadata and Content Syndication in the Learning Object Economy
In September, 2001, just for fun I created a 'book generator' and, for posterity, 'authored' two books using it: Knowledge, Learning and Community (a.k.a. Book 1) and Democracy and Freedom (a.k.a. Book 2). Inexplicably, because I link to them utterly nowhere (and haven't for years) they still generate about a hundred downloads a month, give or take, as you can see in my stats. More...
Blogs and Blogging: The 10 Most Important Ideas of 2003
There are some good observations collected in this article - but there should be, it's a list of the best ideas related to blogging in 2003. At the very least, it will give you some jargon - the "power law", the "tipping point". More...
Ten Things to Keep You Awake at Night
More Pollard: In Are You a Closet Canadian he documents drifting social and political trends. His thoughts on Integrity. Visions of the future state and how to get there. More...
Time Savers for Bloggers
It has been a constant with me, ever since I was writing on sheets of paper on an old Underhill typewriter (I have been writing for a long time). One page: fifteen minutes. 250 words. A thousand words in an hour. First draft - everything is first draft; I don't rewrite anything. I use almost all of Pollard's tips, everything, in fact, except proper typing. More...
How to Save the World
I have linked to a few of author Dave Pollard's works before, but this morning was the first time I looked at his blog in detail. The result? A number of links to share with you (see below) and renewed thoughts on writing. You see, I am not writing enough. More...
International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning
Just launched, a new free refereed journal is now available in HTML and PDF format online. The International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning picks up where the old USDLA Journal left off, reuniting most of the old editorial board, but publishing independently. More...
Multitudes In the Valley of Decision
The gist of this article is that people sometimes prefer less choice. Making a choice constitutes a 'transaction cost', if if there are too many choices, the transaction cost is too high. Though not mentioned in the article, this is the basis for one of the major arguments against micropayments. More...
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