Category Archives: All The Things

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

I’ve been reading Morrissey’s Autobiography, and I had to slow myself down to process how unbelievably fabulous this book is. If my experience with Ward Cunningham’s Smallest Federated Wiki has taught me anything, it’s that I was not walking my … Continue reading →

As a result of Barb Chamberlain tweeting my last blog post, I’ve made some amazing connections via Twitter, the DM, and email. All I can say is WOW! What a gal. Who knew so many people would be inspired by … Continue reading →

About a month ago, I stood on the podium for my local bike race series. And let me tell you, it’s not because I competed for it; I just showed up the most. You gain points over a period of … Continue reading →

“Woke up this morning with a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read.” ~ Raymond Carver After two very full days of helping to facilitate a faculty retreat and then two full days of a work meeting; I’m completely … Continue reading →