I forgot to mention in yesterday’s post . . . lullabot.com is a great source for Drupal information. They have an awesome list of podcasts and videocasts to push you along the Drupal learning curve! One of their videocasts got me through a recent Drupal upgrade. In the often disjointed world of open source, it […]
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Thanks for the “heads up” from D’Arcy Norman.net on the Open Source Content Management System (CMS) review from IBM Developer Works. Even though I’m a biased Drupal user, it is an interesting comparison of some of the most popular options, including Drupal (the winner!), Mambo, Typo3, Ruby on Rails, Movable Type, WordPress and TextPattern.
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Very cool site on Jane's E-learning Pick of the Day linking to Peter's Online Typing Course! Not fancy, but a great set of typing lessons and online practice tools with feedback. Fun!
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I stumbled on this statement from U.S. Senator Russ Feingold from the 6/12/06 Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Net Neutrality (made me proud to be from Cheddarland). It inspired me to check in on the status. While the House passed COPE without meaningful Net Neutrality provisions and the Senate bill failed to pass the committee
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I’m giving Feedburner a try. If you have a couple of seconds, please update the feed to my blog.
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Ok . . . this is the ultimate in lazy browsing! Perfect for a late afternoon session of browsing while rocking on my hammock. Click on over to Web 2.0 Slides and rock yourself to sleep as you catch up on the latest and greatest. Per the site, here is what it is all about:
One thing I have learned while reading up on "Net Neutrality" is that each person seems to have a different definition of what it is, what is should be or even what it should not be. As I have stated several times before, I agree that Internet providers should receive "just compensation" (however that is
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After my "being spaces" post yesterday, I started thinking about the missing link of local social interaction in online distance learning. One Google search led to another and before you know it, I stumbled on Meetup.com, a site designed to help people find others who share their interests to form local community groups. Believe it
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Back in 2003, Intel's introduction of the microchip for cell phones and PDAs was part of "The Great Cell Phone Chip Race". I wonder why Intel decided to cash in its chips? MobHappy wonders the same thing. Blogged with Flock
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I love being a online distance student. On-demand learning is definitely for me! While I am amazed at the "friendships" I have developed through online collaboration, distance learning can be a lonely experience. Most of a distance student's learning time is spent in solitary activities – reading, writing papers, adding comments to asynchronous discussion boards.
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