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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-19

Michael Rowe — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 04:22:00 +0000

@scisu it was fantastic #
@RonaldArendse they were phenomenal, I can’t even comprehend how people can create so much with so little, an amazing experience #
Waiting for #STOMP to start, going to be awesome #
Standalone Zotero http://www.zotero.org/blog/standalone-zotero/ #
Flash on the iPad vs Flash on Android [HUMOR] http://tinyurl.com/y53orjw #
Thought Leader » Koos Kombuis » How many black intellectuals would it take to change the light bulb in Steve’s head? http://bit.ly/dk1GDF #
RT @benwerd: RT @mberry:Like Ning? You’ll love Elgg (or Buddypress or Drupal). Open Source means never having to say can I have my data back #
@courosa I haven’t used #ELGG but believe it’s far less configurable than #WPMU #buddypress, which I do use & am very happy with #
RT @ekreeger: @courosa I recommend #BuddyPress as an alternative to Ning. Solid WordPress platform & good community support. #
Clarke’s 3rd law: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” #
Trade Expert http://xkcd.com/727/ #
Social Learning = New Toolset + New Mindset + New Skillset http://tinyurl.com/ydkjfmt #
RT @Tuism: 50 Clever, Hilarious and Geeky Twitter T-Shirts – http://bit.ly/bCcNTV #
A new Google Docs. Pretty excited about this, especially new chat feature http://tinyurl.com/y98mwsb #
@patrickkayton I like the idea & potential seems huge, esp. to avoid linear presentations, but are there too many options? #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-08

Michael Rowe — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:22:00 +0000

RT @cristinacost: Forum: Qualitative Social Research. Open access journal on qual. research http://twurl.nl/6dzg0w #
RT @Richard_Dawkins: Beetle’s Hue Preserved After 600,000 Years: oldest example of vivid color on a prehistoric creature http://is.gd/9Axfl #
Edge 313 – Why it’s time to start taking the internet seriously http://bit.ly/bXjH39 #
German Study Casts Doubt on Net Gen Claims http://tinyurl.com/yax8wrf #
Siemens short post on the uselessness of versioning concepts, as in “learning 2.0″ http://bit.ly/cchJLK #
New Study Highlights Superficiality of Digital Native Concept http://tinyurl.com/ya4xf7o #
Professor at a Chinese University Is Punished for Plagiarizing a Test http://tinyurl.com/yddeebr #
Day 1 of #SAFRI programme finished, excited to be a part of it, but no-one to tweet with and no laptops allowed #
55 Open Source Apps Transforming Education — Datamation.com http://bit.ly/b69WUc #
@russellmayne You’re welcome too, but its not mine. Will contact person I got it from to get citation details? #
The research journey (humour) http://twitpic.com/1606go #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-01

Michael Rowe — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:22:00 +0000

Revisiting the Purpose of Higher Education and Courses. Why teaching content isn’t enough http://tinyurl.com/yg7ttj8 #
First two weeks of OpenContent at UCT http://tinyurl.com/ygtm9wx #
The Open Source Way: Creating and Nurturing Communities of Contributors http://bit.ly/bTDcGp #
Why technology is not disrupting the university sector http://tinyurl.com/yhk3boy #
@weblearning I like it, thanks for the heads up #
RT @weblearning: “key difference between informal and formal learning is .. permeable classroom walls” writes @bfchirpy http://bit.ly/90f17e #
Establish Authority by Creating Value. A few suggestions on ways to better establish yourself within your field http://tinyurl.com/ygv2nfl #
Highlighting E-Readers. Short comment by Downes on a post highlighting issues with e-readers for scholarship http://tinyurl.com/yghqbnf #
Short post on the predominantly content focused nature of course planning http://tinyurl.com/y9v4u64 #
RT @melaniemcbride: one of the downsides of fewer [bloggers] is a preference for the shotgun-share over [hard work & analysis/commentary] #
@KEC83 #Diigo ed. acc? Been trying on/off for 6 months with not even a single response from them. Very disappointing #
@RonaldArendse looks interesting, but I think it’s going to be a while before we’ll see anything like that locally #
Policing YouTube: Medical Students, Social Media and Digita Identity http://bit.ly/crA5yi #
Sunset at Mont Flour in Stellenbosch is beautiful #
apophenia » Blog Archive » ChatRoulette, from my perspective. Thoughts on the video service by danah boyd http://bit.ly/9TU4O3 #
Johannes Cronje: Wendren’s PPC Bag. Cool example of South African innovation http://bit.ly/aKdy3O #
@meganbur welcome to the revolution #
At http://montfleur.co.za/ for UWC writing retreat. There are worse places to be. Some good insight into the writing process #
@sbestbier Thanks for the suggest, much appreciated #
Science in the Open » Blog Archive » Peer review: What is it good for? http://bit.ly/cxzR6o #
It’s not peer review if you aren’t familiar with the subject « Connectivism http://bit.ly/1PIqDK #
elearnspace. everything elearning: Scholarship in an age of participation (Siemens) http://bit.ly/bigAMm #

Microsoft ignoring standards?

Michael Rowe — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:33:29 +0000

It seems as if the beta release of MS Outlook 2010 has stirred up some controversy around it’s decision to continue using Word’s rendering engine to display HTML emails. This hasn’t gone down too well in some parts of the community, with some groups of people struggling to accept the fact that MS doesn’t care about standards or their customers.

I hope that MS continues this trend for as long as possible, because the more people who understand that an open and transparent ecosystem benefits everyone, the less likely they are to use proprietary software.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-03-26

Michael Rowe — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:22:00 +0000

@JeffNugent Saw demo a few months ago, looks great but expensive (in South Africa). Looking for open source alternatives. Know of any? in reply to JeffNugent #
Pause/rewind podcast lectures = higher test scores. But technology just a tool, students must still work. http://bit.ly/OBbQW #
SA government turns it’s back on Zimbabwean refugees fleeing instability, starvation and collapsed health system http://bit.ly/AIQpF #
“Cholera just tip of Zimbabwe’s…crisis”, near total collapse of healthcare systems creates massive medical emergency http://bit.ly/10Vk7W #
Multimedia resources from Doctors without borders, great for teaching Human Rights and their relationship to health http://bit.ly/no8Qw #
Life-saving surgery by text message. Cellphones seem like old tech now, but it’s the only tech available in some places http://bit.ly/EWst0 #
@sbestbier Where’s the link to the page describing the widgets? in reply to sbestbier #
3D globe with live (?) Twitter stream. Pretty cool http://bit.ly/10A4A #
2D version here http://bit.ly/19wMqf. Striking how few tweets originate in Africa #