Archive for May, 2008

This is a monthly archive of all the entries from all the sections and categories of the site. You can access it from the calendar in the sidebar, wherever the calendar appears.

Journal entries for 2008-05-31

is home alone

Journal entries for 2008-05-30

has finally got the stomach flu that he thought he had escaped. Oh joy!
now understands that Twitter has turned off its IM and therefore Facebook is no longer getting updates from here. I need a Plan B

Personal Learning Environments

Ralf Apelt has just posted an entry in his blog that leads to an interesting slide show about personal learning environments that he found at Slideshow.

The Daily Tweet

has just realised why you can’t have a two-way iCal link. Doh!
is off to hear Don Slater leature
is going to watch a girl leave a päiväkoti with a leaving party

New media, development and globalization

I have just been to see Don Slater give a lecture at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies. It was based on a section of his forthcoming book New Media, Development and Globalization, and was intentionally anecdotal rather than analytical – although the anecdotes could have fairly been said to add up to an analysis.

The Daily Tweet

has done less writing than he intended, but possibly more than was necessary

Week 21: the shadowed men

2008. Week 21: May 19 – May 25.

UMPCs are sprouting up everywhere

In March, while we were in Mumbai, the rest of the family each bought an Asus eeePC, and they have proved very easy to use and very reliable. I decided to wait because I suspected that the screen (which is 800 x 400) would be too smal for my needs. Now I am spoiled for choice.

The Daily Tweet

has just found out that the hamster managed to open its cage and escape this morning
has been remembering Dick Martin, courtesy of YouTube. You bet your sweet bippy he has

Journal entries for 2008-05-26

has had some more teeth-fixing and is now listening in a team meeting
is back trying to get Zoho Creator to do *exactly* what he wants
has ust found eventtrack.info, and will talk to Roni about it