Insights

Philosophy of Learning

Jay Cross has posted this rather wonderful and brief slide show on Slide Share.  Around 20 slides of his philosophy of learning.  Worth looking at for all sorts of reasons.  It is also worth considering Slide Share as a place to load a presentation or two and join that community.  You should get hundreds and
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Zune tunes

Has anyone seen the Steve Balmer advertises the Zune ad?  It is rather wonderful (and cruel).
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Everything is Broken by Bob Dylan

Charles Jennings used this quote today from a Bob Dylan song on the Oh Mercy album of 1989.  It is a powerful anthem of our times:     "Seems like every time you stop and turn around    Something else just hit the ground     Broken hands on broken ploughs,    Broken treaties, broken vows,    Broken pipes, broken
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The Penguin Parade

Most of you will not have visited the Penguin Parade on Phillip Island.  It happens every day of the year at dusk.  At that time a colony of Little Penguins (about 30cm tall and the world’s smallest of the 17 varieties that exist) come crashing out of the surf after a day’s hunting for fish,
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Woody Allen Seer of Our Age!

I promised myself never to go more than a few days without posting.  So I apologise for the absence and commit to 3 posts today which takes me back to par. The Australian today has a Woody Allen quote in the Peter Switzer column in the Wealth Supplement.  What do you mean you don’t regularly
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Hanoi

I am having a few days off in Vietnam on the way back to Australia, once there I turn round in two weeks  and return to the UK at the end of February. Hanoi is a fascinating city in all sorts of ways.  But the traffic is always worth a comment.  The roads are packed
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Oh My God!

Jay Cross, quite literally, stuck a camera in my face and told me to talk!  Here is the result. My third appearence on YouTube so very soon my viewing numbers will enter three figures! Not quite enough for the Top 20 list.
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Wallace Stevens: The Man with the Blue Guitar

Wallace Stevens lived from 1879 to 1955. He is one of the US’s greatest poets.  I found this on Poems on the Underground!     "And they said then, ‘But play you must,     A tone beyond us, yet ourselves,     A tune upon the blue guitar     Of things exactly as they are.’ "  I
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Jay Cross (Live Blog) Well Nearly!

I could not get a strong enough WiFi signal to do this live but it is close to delivery time. This is Jay’s Keynote at Learning Technologies 2008.  And I have the privilege of doing the closing Keynote later today. then off tonight to Hanoi.  Pre Presentation Question: What’s on your mind right now: Using
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Unpacking Your Life

I am hopeless at packing.  I admit that.  But I never really worked out why until now.  I always thought that it was due to impatience and disorganisation, but a thought struck me today as I pack up for the 3rd time this trip.  It is because I never fully unpack in the first place.
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