Portable Apps

I loved the idea of being self-sufficient and being able to carry around all my key applications on a single thumb drive. Particularly when you have to move around from place to place running PD and not knowing whether you’ll have access to the stuff you really need.
Thanks to PortableApps.com, you can do that very [...]

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ccLearn – Creative Commons for Education

Creative Commons, the non-profit organisation who helped us all break the shackles of oppressive copright restrictions, has branched further into the field of education through their new ccLearn initiative.
From the site:
ccLearn is a division of Creative Commons which is dedicated to realizing the full potential of the Internet to support open learning and open educational [...]

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Welcome to Sloodle

With a greater uptake of open-source Moodle happening here in the WA VET sector, it may interest some people to know that some bright sparks have decided to look at combining Moodle with the 3D online environment of Second Life.
From the site:
Sloodle is Open Source. We develop learning tools and structures for educators exploring 3D [...]

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To each their own

I must say, Zits is one of my guilty faves in the comic world. And this week’s entry certainly made me chuckle.

© 2007 Zits Partnership.

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Join the army

White Bud Army Noun
Spawned by the ubiquity of Apple iPod earphones, members of the White Bud Army are given to jumping on current social and technological trends based on popularity rather than genuine need.
“Heard that Sally has jumped on MySpace? She’s a hardcore member of the White Bud Army.”

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