It was just under two months ago when I last thanked people who have contributed to this blog by leaving comments, and since then I seem to have posted 36 new entries. Two conversations may be worth revisiting because of comments added much later. 1) The controversial Sellaband discussion to which contributed Johan Vosmeijer, Managing […]
It was just under two months ago when I last thanked people who have contributed to this blog by leaving comments, and since then I seem to have posted 36 new entries. Two conversations may be worth revisiting because of comments added much later. 1) The controversial Sellaband discussion to which contributed Johan Vosmeijer, Managing […]
Rarely do I get enthusiastic about a piece of software these days, and who would have thought that an anti-spam plugin of all things would be an object that triggers a long absent sense of wonder and appreciation at its elegant design, but here it is. Spam Karma 2 is the name of the beast, […]
(This is a continuation of my reflections after the Prato dialogue which I began in a previous post. Saturday concluded late in the evening with an informal demonstration by Etienne Wenger to the four of us occupying the upstairs appartment, of a useful little personal aide memoire program called “The Brain” (windows only) It displays […]
bbPress » bbPress 0.72 is released so if you want to implement free, simple and spam resistant forums in a style which is familiar to users of WordPress blogs then this could be for you. It’s very basic though, so you will not find avatars, user posting counts and many other features which may be […]
Buy books about real cider making on a small scale and homemade apple cider press plans at the ukcider bookshop with Amazon UK A ukcider member who calls himself “Ni. (Marches Cyder Circle)” has created a great new page on the cider wiki all about his homemade scratter, dubbed the “codling grinder”. I just love […]
Developing understanding and methods for drupal community spaces I suppose my format for this would start with Book 1 – a how to book about the method I’m promoting. All my training session notes Book 2- made up of stories (pages), notes about each of the children’s books I’ve used.Initially done by me but other people could […]
Today I can update my brief portfolio document to include the degree result which has finally been confirmed. It was a relief that my justified degree title suffix ( IT ) was actually included and I’d like to thank the team who originally negotiated the Ultraversity BA LTR pathway so that people like myself could […]
Back in January I asked a question at a conference about CoPs and web2.0 “How are we going to hold the more fragile communities together when some of the key contributors may be increasingly tempted to publish their ideas mainly on their own blogs to the detriment of the overall level of interaction?” Since then, […]
A discussion on an email list ( “a very democratic organ” ) about a song written at the time of author Salman Rushdie’s being forced into hiding in fear of his life after writing a book, has caused the artist to respond on his own record label’s website.I hope you will spare some time to […]
