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Entries from January 2008

Leveraging resources by giving them away

January 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Why spend tens of thousands of tax dollars on video and imagery to promote tourism, then lock those resources away and charge for access?
This question pounded through my brain this weekend as I researched a trip I’m planning to Robe, South Australia next month. It would have been so great to not only be [...]

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Tags: Issues · Social networking · Technologies

Vox Popping

January 11th, 2008 · No Comments

I’m conducting an experiment with the first podcast of 2008 for edna’s E-learning Insights - letting the listeners provide ME with audio and content!
So far so good, have had about 10 responses, 7 audio and 3 via email.  The topic is blogging and the question is: Do you blog and/or read other people’s blogs?  If so, [...]

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Tags: Blogging · Education-related blogs · Technologies

Facebook has never heard of online events?

January 9th, 2008 · No Comments

I just created a Facebook event and was stunned to discover that Facebook doesn’t allow for events that are purely online!
I had to enter Adelaide, Australia for an event taking place on the bloody internet.
I don’t think time zones are an excuse — if you’re hosting an online event with start and end times, surely [...]

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Tags: Technologies

Why my blog moved from right to left

January 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Have you had a look at your web site through the eyes of a mobile phone user? If your target audience were to track down your site via mobile, would they have to scroll before getting to your navigation and posts?
In treating my blog to a new theme, I found that by moving my Recent [...]

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Tags: Technologies

Presumption of stupidity

January 5th, 2008 · No Comments

After an exhaustive search to find an answer, I sent the Flickr team (to whom I pay $US24.95 per year) my very first help email. Got an auto response that included this:
“Just a quick email from Team Flickr to let you know that we’ve successfully received your recent Help by Email query and [...]

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Tags: Issues