My contribution for the DS106 assignment #3: WTF is Web 2.0? WebTwoDotOh I used clips from: Groks Science Show Kamla Bhatt’s interview with Tim O’Reilly Dutch Thinktank EPN’s Web 1/2/3 video The Computer Chronicles: The Internet Bags of Gold Eric Schmidt on Web 2.0 vs. Web 3.0 The audio features the first ever public guitar ...

I’ve learned a couple of things while trying to find time (aka procrastinating) to watch Gardner Campbell’s “No More Digital Facelifts” video (embedded below) for my ds106 class. 1) Don’t read the other blogs until after the assignment is completed. I … Continue reading →

Below is the audio from Gardner Campbell‘s discussion of his “Personal Cyberinfrastructure” essay and “Bags of Gold” discussion that happened here at UMW last night.

Gardner Campbell’s talk struck a nerve in me when he tried to figure out why people are so reluctant to imagine and explore new possibilities in the cyberinfrastructure. Like most people, I was most impressed by the short “bag of … Continue reading →

One of the questions I’ve been pondering from time to time over the past couple of weeks is why personal cyberinfrastructure matters. Hearing Campbell’s own vision for this was helpful, in the sense of providing some well-considered points on the matter. Part of what bothers me is my belief in the value of specialization: shouldn’t ...

…And so we begin. It is a strange thing, after almost five years of blogging, to open up this second door for ideas and conversation. Same blog, different floor. Or something like that. Another facet to living online, out in the open. It’s a conceit, maybe, but one that keeps me honest, keeps me pushing ...

Reading Martha Burtis’ (Neatness has no place in education.) this morning, and processing it and Tom’s Giving it Away against the crackling energy, the “smell of ozone and giddy, prickly-skin feeling you get when you accidentally fry a power supply … Continue reading →

More thoughts and discussions seem to be rising to the surface daily as a result of Gardner Campbell’s “No More Digital Facelifts” video. Brad Kozlek and D’Arcy Norman take issue with the requirement of ds106 that you self-host your blog and the idea that a “Personal Cyberinfrastructure” requires becoming your own sysadmin. In Gutenberg’s day, ...

At the dawn of a new semester – classes begin this morning – I find myself reading various ruminations on Gardner Campbell’s “A Personal Cyberinfrastructure.” CogDog’s Freediving for Gold, Timmyboy’s Everything is amazing, and no one is happy! Excellent thinkers, … Continue reading →

I finally got a chance to sit down and watch Gardner Campbell’s “No Digital Facelifts” and it’s almost too much to digest in one thought or post. I imagine I’ll be pointing back to it often over the next several weeks as ideas come to me. As he talked about the idea of having this ...

Here are some reactions for ds106 to Gardner Campell's "No More Digital Facelifts" presentation. It was so densely packed with "Right on!" and "Yee-Haw!" moments, it really got my head buzzing, and I suspect I will be feeling this effect for quite s...

Like I didn’t have anything better to do… The MOOC or Massive Open Online Course is a potentially interesting development in on-line learning. I think. Anyway I’m about to find out.  I’ve signed up for two, no sense being timid: CCK11 – Connectivism and Connective Knowledge is an open online course that over 12 weeks ...

Like I didn’t have anything better to do… The MOOC or Massive Open Online Course is a potentially interesting development in on-line learning. I think. Anyway I’m about to find out.  I’ve signed up for two, no sense being timid: CCK11 – Connectivism and Connective Knowledge is an open online course that over 12 weeks ...