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Monthly Archives: July 2007

Jack Vinson on the “me collector”

Jack Vinson

Knowledge management guru Jack Vinson had a lot of advice for scattered content creators like me.

In response to my post yesterday, I want one place for all my content, knowledge management guru and very cool guy Jack Vinson (who I finally got to meet at BlogHer) posted an elaborate list of almost-options that [...]

Could blogs help boys catch up in school?

CleverClaire, via Flickr (CC license)

Could class blogs help motivate boys to catch up in school?

I just listened to the podcast of the July 27 edition of Colorado Matters, a show from Colorado Public Radio. The segment Some Districts Move Toward Gender Education. CPR’s Dan Meyers interviewed Kelley King, Director of Education at the Colorado [...]

Pithy video advice on citizen journalism

At BlogHer this past weekend, I stayed out way too late on Friday night with my friends and citizen journalism colleagues Lisa Williams, Tish Grier, and Beth Kanter.
Back in the hotel room after a fair amount of wine and Italian food, Beth shot this incriminating video and asked us for advice on citizen journalism. The [...]

Modbook: Looks cool, but worth the price?

Other World Computing

The Axiotron Modbook Mac tablet: Coming 4Q 2007 (allegedly), with a hefty price tag.

One thing I love about blogging is that other people collectively know so much more than I do.
Yesterday I posted about how badly I want an Apple tablet PC. Promptly, Avram commented: “Have you heard of the Axiotron ModBook? It’s [...]

I’m dreaming of an Apple tablet…

Apple, via USPTO

More than a year ago, Apple filed a patent application for something that looked like this.

(UPDATE July 31: Looks like one option, the Axiotron Modbook, is coming later this year, with a huge price tag…) 
Yeah, the iPhone is cool and all… I’ve seen a few friends playing with theirs, and I’ve even [...]

I want one place for all my content: Pipe dream?

I keep having this vision. I hope it will come about someday. There’s no way I’m the only person who’d want this. (UPDATE July 31: Nope, I’m not — Jack Vinson chimed in on this theme.)
The problem: Most of the content I’ve created does not live on my computer. It’s all over the web — [...]

Coping with Blog Shame

Amy Gahran

The only available outlet I could find on B concourse of O’Hare airport, Chicago.

…OK, still on standby, waiting for the next plane to Denver . And it’s damn hard to find a power outlet in Chicago O’Hare airport! I’m squeezed in between a charging electric vehicle and the entrance to a busy Chili’s restaurant.
Anyway…
At [...]

BlogHer: I won a free registration to SXSW

Chris Carfi, via Flickr (CC license)

I was slightly excited when I won the SXSW pass.

So I’m here at O’Hare airport, trying to catch an earlier flight home to Denver on standby. I’m on my way home from BlogHer 2007, which was awesome, encouraging, and exhausting.
The cool stuff:

I won! At the luncheon yesterday I won [...]