Monthly Archives: May 2010

Open Data & The Rewards of Failure

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Dave

Great set of slides explaining the issues around the publishing of public data online, by Chris Taggart. Open Data & The Rewards of Failure View more presentations from countculture.

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Instruments of torture

Posted on May 9, 2010 by Dave

Nicely put by Gerry McGovern: Over the years I have been struck by how awfully designed internal systems are. Most internal tools I come across are more like instruments of torture than the drivers of efficiency they are supposed to … Continue reading →

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Election day

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Dave

Go and vote. Oh, and I love Google’s logo today:

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Using social media in learning

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Dave

A question was asked in the social media community of practice (various levels of authentication required) about using web 2.0 technology to support learning. I couldn’t help myself… Blogging Using blogs to record and share learning is a really nice … Continue reading →

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Using a PC

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Dave

I’ve had a pretty settled tech line-up for a while, which works really well for me. Essentially – 24” iMac on the desktop, MacBook Air for the portable and an iPhone for the really portable. The iMac is fine for … Continue reading →

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