Travel Diaries of a Web 2.0 Newbie

by Brian Switek (http://xkcd.com)
It was the title that hooked me, but then I had a look at this Discovering Biology blog entry and it reminded me of the ability some people have to frame their teaching in such strange, and yet appealing, ways. Obviously dinosaurs aren’t everyone’s thing (I have two small boys who are [...]

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I think I actually experienced recently, what I had only read about previously: that with Web 2.0 you can become part of a much wider community, and are able to draw on a much larger and diverse range of opinions than those of your colleagues. I realised that I enjoy being challenged and stimulated by [...]

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Why didn’t someone tell me about RSS before! It has dramatically reduced the amount of time I used to waste because I had to surf through to different sections of different papers or journals in order to have a look for any interesting articles. Now, they all come to my reader and I can have [...]

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This blog is written as part of Thing 4: some of it is in note form; some of it more fluid, just depending on my mood at the time of writing.
Powerpoint Reform: a first chapter

Writing – very well written. Good to see quality doesn’t slip just because the medium changes. I find blog writings to [...]

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