Comments on: Things I’ve been reading online recently http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/04/12/things-ive-been-reading-online-recently/ ...education, technology, productivity. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:22:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: asiaman http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/04/12/things-ive-been-reading-online-recently/#comment-6305 asiaman Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:55:36 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=484#comment-6305 Alexa, thanks for the info, will check it out. I did not know, now I do. Alexa,
thanks for the info, will check it out. I did not know, now I do.

]]> By: alexa http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/04/12/things-ive-been-reading-online-recently/#comment-5993 alexa Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:02:02 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=484#comment-5993 Doug--thanks so much for the post! We're extremely happy to hear that you are a fan of drop.io. We just made a release with some interesting new features that are particularly useful for people working in groups (i.e. send assets between drops, which is great for people managing a few drops, send files out via email and MMS, and more...) Additionally, we have some really exciting updates that we plan to release soon, so stay posted with us at http://www.drop.io/announcements! Let us know if we can ever do anything for you and thanks again for the post, Alexa Doug–thanks so much for the post! We’re extremely happy to hear that you are a fan of drop.io. We just made a release with some interesting new features that are particularly useful for people working in groups (i.e. send assets between drops, which is great for people managing a few drops, send files out via email and MMS, and more…) Additionally, we have some really exciting updates that we plan to release soon, so stay posted with us at http://www.drop.io/announcements! Let us know if we can ever do anything for you and thanks again for the post, Alexa

]]> By: Chris L http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/04/12/things-ive-been-reading-online-recently/#comment-5989 Chris L Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:13:20 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=484#comment-5989 I should add that I do, eventually, plan to move those posts in the site design so that only the most recent one is shown, probably in a sidebar section for the most recent day of non-directed Twitter posts and the most recent day of selected links... but since they will still be posts they will still show up in the feed reader as normal... not sure what to do about that short of providing feeds of everything but those things, or one or the other... at which point it becomes more complicated than it's probably worth to me! I should add that I do, eventually, plan to move those posts in the site design so that only the most recent one is shown, probably in a sidebar section for the most recent day of non-directed Twitter posts and the most recent day of selected links… but since they will still be posts they will still show up in the feed reader as normal… not sure what to do about that short of providing feeds of everything but those things, or one or the other… at which point it becomes more complicated than it’s probably worth to me!

]]> By: Chris L http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/04/12/things-ive-been-reading-online-recently/#comment-5988 Chris L Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:08:45 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=484#comment-5988 To each their own! I consider the links I select and annotate and the twittering-- which has links more often than not-- to all be a kind of blogging. Not sure why people would want to separate them... or why they are fit for only one place or the other. Pragmatically, I also want my selected links and general twitters (notice that I don't feed @directed twitters or all del.icio.us links) to be unified when searching on my site (for my purposes as much as yours). Links and general Twitters get posted once per day-- if the front page is mostly those entries, then that's because I have nothing longer form to say. I used to try to post nearly every day no matter what, but the availability of micro-form tools made me realize that most of it was just puffed up. If what needs to be said can be said with a Twitter or an annotated link, why puff the article up with more? I don't see how my del.icio.us linklog links, for example, are any different than this post. cheers. To each their own! I consider the links I select and annotate and the twittering– which has links more often than not– to all be a kind of blogging. Not sure why people would want to separate them… or why they are fit for only one place or the other.

Pragmatically, I also want my selected links and general twitters (notice that I don’t feed @directed twitters or all del.icio.us links) to be unified when searching on my site (for my purposes as much as yours).

Links and general Twitters get posted once per day– if the front page is mostly those entries, then that’s because I have nothing longer form to say. I used to try to post nearly every day no matter what, but the availability of micro-form tools made me realize that most of it was just puffed up. If what needs to be said can be said with a Twitter or an annotated link, why puff the article up with more? I don’t see how my del.icio.us linklog links, for example, are any different than this post.

cheers.

]]> By: Richard Smart http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/04/12/things-ive-been-reading-online-recently/#comment-5985 Richard Smart Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:04:28 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=484#comment-5985 Thanks for this compilation Doug... it is good to see what you are reading. Drop.io is phenomenal... I just uploaded a video and embedded it into my Moodle for free without having to publish it on Youtube... fantastic:) Thanks for solving yet another of my problems! Richard Thanks for this compilation Doug… it is good to see what you are reading.

Drop.io is phenomenal… I just uploaded a video and embedded it into my Moodle for free without having to publish it on Youtube… fantastic:) Thanks for solving yet another of my problems!

Richard

]]> By: John Connell http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/04/12/things-ive-been-reading-online-recently/#comment-5980 John Connell Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:06:47 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=484#comment-5980 Interesting list, Doug. On George Siemens' point around pedagogy .v. context, my question would be, how do we separate the two? Is our choice of pedagogy in any particular situation not determined to a large extent by context, or at least our interpretation, as teachers, of the context in which the teaching and learning happen? On the other hand, maybe it depends on our definition of context. I'll have to think about that one :-) By the way, as someone who was thinking of starting to list delicious links, maybe once or twice a week, I'm not sure I understand your issues re your RSS reader. I use Netvibes and can't really say that such link-lists give me a problem. Interesting list, Doug.

On George Siemens’ point around pedagogy .v. context, my question would be, how do we separate the two? Is our choice of pedagogy in any particular situation not determined to a large extent by context, or at least our interpretation, as teachers, of the context in which the teaching and learning happen?

On the other hand, maybe it depends on our definition of context. I’ll have to think about that one :-)

By the way, as someone who was thinking of starting to list delicious links, maybe once or twice a week, I’m not sure I understand your issues re your RSS reader. I use Netvibes and can’t really say that such link-lists give me a problem.

]]> By: John http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/04/12/things-ive-been-reading-online-recently/#comment-5978 John Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:18:59 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=484#comment-5978 Hi Doug, Some similar discussion here: <a href="http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/04/05/opinions-about-auto-blogged-social-bookmark-lists/" rel="nofollow">Opinions about auto-blogged social bookmark lists? » Moving at the Speed of Creativity</a> I like del.icio.us links in feeds. I use netNewsWire or vienna and it is easy enough to skip them if I am in a hurry. I find it interesting to watch someone's thought-trails and del.icio.us links can do this. I splice my del.icio.us with feedburner so they don't go on my blog. I guess one could offer with and without links feeds. Hi Doug,
Some similar discussion here: Opinions about auto-blogged social bookmark lists? » Moving at the Speed of Creativity
I like del.icio.us links in feeds. I use netNewsWire or vienna and it is easy enough to skip them if I am in a hurry. I find it interesting to watch someone’s thought-trails and del.icio.us links can do this. I splice my del.icio.us with feedburner so they don’t go on my blog. I guess one could offer with and without links feeds.

]]> By: Chris Lott » Blog Archive » Fail Better http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/04/12/things-ive-been-reading-online-recently/#comment-5976 Chris Lott » Blog Archive » Fail Better Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:12:33 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=484#comment-5976 [...] [linktribution: Doug Belshaw] [...] [...] [linktribution: Doug Belshaw] [...]

]]> By: Doug Belshaw http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/04/12/things-ive-been-reading-online-recently/#comment-5975 Doug Belshaw Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:18:13 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=484#comment-5975 Thanks for clearing things up about the diagram, Chris. You're use of del.icio.us' Linkrolls may be slightly better, but the fact that almost the entire front page of your blog is 'Twitter asides' really grates... :-s Thanks for clearing things up about the diagram, Chris. You’re use of del.icio.us’ Linkrolls may be slightly better, but the fact that almost the entire front page of your blog is ‘Twitter asides’ really grates… :-s

]]> By: Chris L http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/04/12/things-ive-been-reading-online-recently/#comment-5974 Chris L Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:03:45 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=484#comment-5974 Doug-- the diagram you point to on my site is actually Dave Pollard's, building on my original which was specifically about information fluency. He is seeking to broaden the concept (or, as I see it, pointing to where info fluency might lead)... re: del.icio.us links-- I do post del.icio.us links to my blog, but not all of them, only the ones that I felt worthy enough to make it to my "linklog" and there is generally a description with them. Not sure if that rises above your threshold of dislike or not :) Doug– the diagram you point to on my site is actually Dave Pollard’s, building on my original which was specifically about information fluency. He is seeking to broaden the concept (or, as I see it, pointing to where info fluency might lead)…

re: del.icio.us links– I do post del.icio.us links to my blog, but not all of them, only the ones that I felt worthy enough to make it to my “linklog” and there is generally a description with them. Not sure if that rises above your threshold of dislike or not :)

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