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The Threat of New Technology

10 June 2010

I’m taking the liberty of reposting Norman Lamont’s superb slideshare presentation on the use of new technology in the workplace. I do so a) because it’s probably the one piece of content I’ve recommended to more people than any other, b) because it gets the message across more powerfully than any academic treatise on the [...]

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Seesmic for Windows – Installation Issues Solved

11 January 2010

I generally use the Seesmic web app to access Twitter on my Macs, but as I’ve been using my netbook more frequently I was keen to try Seesmic for Windows. Unfortunately it didn’t go as smoothly as I would have liked. When running the setup file I was faced with an error because the installer [...]

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Free ebook – Live Online Learning

13 October 2009

*Disclaimer – I am a partner in Onlignment. Over on the Onlignment website, we have just launched a free e-book download, a facilitator’s guide to live online learning. In 55 pages it covers: Whys and wherefores Planning your session Communicating with voice and live video Communicating using images and text Sharing resources Building in interactivity [...]

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Poetry Heroes

8 October 2009

Today in the UK it is National Poetry Day and the subject is heroes and heroines, so I thought I would take the opportunity to post one of my favourite poems, written to honour the pilots who flew in the Battle of Britain. Fighter Pilot He was no Galahad, no knight sans peur et sans [...]

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Tweet Psych

15 June 2009

Just ran myself through Tweet Psych. Not entirely sure what this says about me, but here are the results; Cognitive Content Present tense Positive emotions Tentative Future tense Upward motion Insight Senses Past tense Cognitive processes Space Occupation & work Motion Primordial, Conceptual and Emotional Content Abstract thought Social behavior Constructive behaviors Concreteness Glory Restraint [...]

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Nothing Important to Communicate?

26 January 2009

Setting up this blog is something that has been on my mind for close to a year. That’s an embarrasing confession for someone who spends a great deal of time telling people that starting a blog is easy. There are several reasons that it’s taken so long to go from idea to reality, not the [...]

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