Posted on July 2nd, 2009 by Simon Robinson
Apologies to both of my readers who have been hanging out for posts. I haven’t been super happy with the Edublogs service for a while now. Poor performance, the introduction of advertising and uncompetitive pricing (to remove the advertising) has prompted a rethink. It goes like this…“If I was going to pay for a hosting [...]
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Posted on March 24th, 2009 by Simon Robinson
Well I have been very surprised to hear that there are more than 3 people that subscribe to the feed or visit this site (thanks Mum!) I have never bothered to track stats by pushing my feeds through Feedburner as I was pretty sure it would be underwhelming. Now it looks like I have doubled [...]
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Posted on November 4th, 2008 by Simon Robinson
I espouse the virtues of RSS constantly and I have alluded to how useful I think it can be for students and educators. Sue Waters then put the pressure on so I felt compelled to deliver. I see it as a trilogy, “RSS in three parts” (Quick! Reserve the movie rights!). Basic, intermediate and advanced. [...]
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Posted on September 3rd, 2008 by Simon Robinson
Speaking about the issues around a recent cease and desist letter sent by Craigslist, Jason Calacanis on TWiT 155 expressed an opinion about how the ‘new generation’ (also referred to by another panellist as the ‘entitlement generation’) perceive intellectual property, ownership, copyright etc. It goes along the lines of, “If it’s technically achievable then it’s [...]
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Posted on August 28th, 2008 by Simon Robinson
How I Use RSS To Make My Life Easier | The Edublogger
I’m really into RSS — a RSS power user may be an appropriate title since I grab every RSS opportunity to make my life easier and maximise my ability to interact effectively with others.
This is where it’s at. In fact I would go further [...]
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