Author Archives: Alyson Indrunas

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About Alyson Indrunas

meddles with words, blends watercolors, pedals bikes, knits yarn, stitches thread, sews quilts, stretches with yogis, walks mountain trails, and stares at the sky.

Shrink It & Pink It: Lady Leadership

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Alyson Indrunas

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. ~Audrey Lorde Dear Readers, I am going to return to recent events in … Continue reading →

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Transformation & Being Sloppy in the #fedwiki

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Alyson Indrunas

Like a lot of what I’m writing about lately, this post started in Ward Cunningham’s federated wiki. When I claimed my site, everything that I write is always, already open source. If you want it and have a site, you can … Continue reading →

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Hot Pants, Happenstance, & Perceived Exertion

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Alyson Indrunas

I wish I had the energy to do the funky chicken all night long. Truth be told: I really need a nap. You see, I deleted this post after publishing it over a month ago. A few hours after I … Continue reading →

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NotYetness, Invention, and The Dream/Reality Whiteboard

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Alyson Indrunas

I blurted out a comment this week that sounded way more negative than I meant it to, and the reaction of the people in the room got me thinking. This was an informal meeting, we were talking about renaming a … Continue reading →

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Tending Other People’s Gardens

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Alyson Indrunas

On Mondays, I change the CDs in my car for the week’s commute. Yesterday there was a huge pile-up on the highway and I got stuck in my car for almost two and half hours. I got to listen to … Continue reading →

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A Season in the #fedwiki

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Alyson Indrunas

What does that title mean, you ask? During the Teaching Machines Happening, I learned many things that surprised me, and on this post, I’d like to write about two of them–teaching and time. Let me get all hippie dippie on … Continue reading →

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Vacation-mode

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Alyson Indrunas

Queue the Everly Brothers. I’ve already lost that vacation-mode feeling. I’m on day three back in the office, so woe unto me fair maidens. Vacation, did you ever happen? So it goes. So it goes. And speaking of so it … Continue reading →

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Found Art

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Alyson Indrunas

In the mountains, there you feel free. ~T.S. Eliot When I can’t seem to write anything new, I like to go through old files. Thanks to the generosity of my federated wiki friends, I have my own federated wiki bookmarked … Continue reading →

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Igniting Book Nerds To Meet #OER #wshetc15 Tech Geeks

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Alyson Indrunas

Are you familiar with the Ignite format? It’s 20 slides in five minutes. And, let me tell you, they are hard to do well. I had a lot of friends in the preso audience, so they were very supportive. When … Continue reading →

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My Proj-ing Brain

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Alyson Indrunas

I’m going to bust out a lunch time short little ditty about Jack and Diane. No wait. I’m going bust out a short story about Tommy and Gina living on a prayer. No wait. I’m going to write about overcast days … Continue reading →

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