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Reader poll: how do you follow blogs?
I have several reasons for writing this post. Chief among them is curiosity: I like pulling the universe to bits and poking it to see what happens, and I’m genuinely interested in finding out how readers of this blog actually keep up to date with the blogosphere. Second, I’ve spent a lot of time in [...]
Moving to a more agile VLE
There’s been an interesting debate going on in the blogosphere over the last week about the future of the VLE. It all kicked off with Steve Wheeler’s (intentionally over-polarised) post suggesting we should stick two fingers up at the centralised VLE. Posts from James Clay, Matt Lingard, Lindsay Jordan and many others swiftly followed.
Beginner's guide to Twitter Part II: @s, #s and RTs
So, here’s the second part of what’s become a three-part introduction for new Twitterers. Here’s where we are so far:
Twitter basics: messages, followers and searching (yesterday); Confusing conventions: @s, #s and RTs (this post); Useful tools to make your Twittering life easier (coming tomorrow).
Let’s get [...]
Beginner's guide to Twitter Part I: messages, followers and searching
I’ve recently signed up to Twitter. It’s not a new thing; it’s been around for a few years and it’s probably safe to say that I’m way behind the curve on this one. For those who haven’t come across it yet, it’s a very, very simple social networking site which allows you to broadcast 140-character [...]
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