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Been too long

ken — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:59:29 +0000

Been so busy with work, home, dog, commute, and visitors from other-space that I have thoroughly neglected this space. With that as my excuse, and I am sticking with it, consider this a mini-post to touch on some educational/technology topics that have been filling my days to brimming over.

Using Drupal to rapidly prototype a site on a cultural competency curriculum.
Learned (and love) Django for Tomorrow Unlimited.
Digging Eclipse with PyDev, Subclipse, and Mylyn (formerly Mylar).
Pro bono consulting on Hella Delicious. Further evidence that good content is what really matters.
VC keeps calling for Plone/Zope/Zeo/Apache help on the Jehle/Reny economics site.
Putting together QA process with folks at CCNMTL.
Nursing faculty are loving podcasts.
Recently re-read the Foundation series. I miss Isaac, and am thankful that I can spend time with him through his works.
Currently reading The Pragmatic Programmer by Hunt & Thomas.

In cleaning my house, I found an early copy of the Digital Tour of Poughkeepsie DVD I produced with Leonard Nevarez at Vassar over the last three years. I hope to post some clips, stills, and a write-up describing the project, its goals, and the techniques we used to get it done.

Adverstise and monetize

ken — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:39:28 +0000

I added Google AdSense code to these pages today. I don’t expect to monetize much from this site, but who knows. Is it selling out? Maybe, but only if I get paid. I tried to make them unobtrusive without violating the terms of service. For a few minutes, until I read the service agreement carefully, the ads showed up only if you clicked on right-hand window shade. If you don’t want to see the ads, I recommend that you use any number of RSS readers to browse this site. I don’t plan on putting ads in there.

Back to bloggin’

ken — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 16:42:47 +0000

Last time I blogged with any kind of regularity (for about 25 seconds, or ten posts) ended when I accepted the Media Cloisters curatorship at Vassar College. It was a one year appointment that stretched into 3 years and 8 months of the most productive and engaging work I have ever done. I mentored marvelous students (Sorry, you all deserve links. Send them to me, and I will put them up. Or find them.), worked with faculty (See above.), had great colleagues (See above.), took on unexpected roles, played roller-hockey, and got a puppy, π.

Last week, I started working at Columbia University. I am attached to the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching & Learning, and I work out of the Armory at 168th Street, supporting the faculty at the Columbia University Medical Center.

A resolution I have made is to start documenting what I am reading and thinking about educational technology. To date, I have no formal training in this area. I have relied on instinct to get me this far. I don’t think that will cut it, especially if I hope to pursue an advanced degree.