My last post described some of my reasons for ungeeking. The more I reflected on it, the more reasons I could come up with. Rationalizing? Perhaps, but the ungeeking proceeds nonetheless. One more reason that I did want to add is that when I am asked (or explain without provocation – that happens a [...]
I’ve been hosting this and many other sites from a reseller web hosting account I have with Varial Technologies, which is (unpaid endorsement) a great web hosting company based in Saskatoon. At some point I think I had a grandiose vision of running a web hosting service to bring in at least enough money [...]
On Remembrance Day, I think of my grandfather who, having only been 16 at the time, lied about his age in order to get into the Great War (the first one). It seems like a strange thing to do that but after a trip to England in 1990, I think I might have a better [...]
Before twitter, we would actually use our blogs for short messages with links.
Wise words from Voltaire, which translate as “The best is the enemy of the good”. As I work with some students as they develop their video projects for the semester, I want to have them chant this 20 times at the start of each class.
Consider the following scene:
ME – Hey, Joe. [...]Strange things occur to me late at night while I am at the school marking (grrrrr – stupid report card marks). The last time (and I hope it was the the last time) I had a seizure I was alone at the school so maybe that’s what started me thinking about it. Having a seizure [...]
Your thoughtful responses
Me tweeting
- My grade 9 students are learning/practicing photographic composition. See their work at http://t.co/c2lkNTDv
- @shareski I think you owe him for all the pictures of his kids you put in them.
- @shareski I thought design mattered.
- @cptteacher Thanks for your comments back to the students. They will be happily surprised to be getting comments from outside school.
- @pstratton08 Exactly my thoughts. And I think that knowing your work is going to be on display encourages students to find good photos.

