Open Monologue
Just because I'm making it up as I go along doesn't mean I don't know what I'm doing

Archive for January, 2008

Twitter – where everybody knows your @name

2008/01/31

I’m spending way too much time on Twitter. Right now, for example, I’m (slowly) writing this post as I’m carrying on two or three Twitter conversations (it’s hard to tell – they kind of weave in and out of each other). It has occurred to me that Twitter is a lot like Cheers. I think [...]

A guide for the overwhelmed, part 1 – blogging

2008/01/23

It was another great Elluminate session for the ECI 831 class tonight. Our presenter was Darren Kuropatwa, and we were all in awe of how he ties together so many tools and technologies in his teaching. For anyone who wants to move in the direction of what Darren (and many others) is doing, where do [...]

Hot Air and the Mac Tablet

2008/01/18

My greatest disappointment about MacWorld this year was the lack of an announcement about the Beatles music on iTunes Music Store. I could just delete that post from the blog, but I leave it there as a reminder of my lack of prescience. If you haven’t yet seen the Steve Jobs keynote from MacWorld 2008, you can [...]

My Macworld Prediction

2008/01/14

I’ve noticed the many MacWorld hardware predictions, but none regarding other aspects of the Apple realm. Here’s my prediction in 5 words: Beatles on iTunes Music Store How do I come to this amazing prediction? Two pieces of evidence both from the “Apple vs. Apple Dispute” article on Wikipedia: Apple settling with the Beatles, or [...]

The courses, the camera and the crash

2008/01/09

Preamble: So many things to write about, and never enough time. Especially if I want to see my family and sleep. I also find that I let all the trivial thoughts that pass through the noggin find their way out via Twitter instead of blogging as I once did. But not all ideas are easily [...]

The 2008/366 project – I'm in

2008/01/02

I’m in awe of what D’Arcy Norman has done with his 2007/365 project. A short description from D’Arcy: I took at least one photograph per day for the entire year. I didn’t realize going in just how hard it would be, but it forced me to see things differently and I did learn to be [...]