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Feedburning Learning

February 12, 2009

Feeds & email updates are all about drawing readers into a community from the margins–which is to say, they are all about learning.

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Shelved with: Hearts & Minds
Tagged With: Darwin Day, Digital Literacy, Disaster Relief, Fire, Ian Stewart, Melbourne, Australian Red Cross, Rob Glazebrook, Blogging, Science, Christmas, Shanta Rohse, Community of Practice, Thematic Theme Framework, Dana Hanley, WordPress
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Can’t Take My Joy From Me (Michelle Shocked)

January 20, 2009

On this day, I think it is O.K. to be happy…. mog.com More about this song Share

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Shelved with: Mind & Society|| The Reading Life

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RCB Bookmarks, Mid-January, 2009

January 18, 2009

Links on culture, reading, and the web.

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Shelved with: The History & Future of Books|| Literacy|| Community & Time|| Civic Life|| The Reading Life
Tagged With: e-books, Voltaire, e-readers, Jason Epstein, Kassia Krozser, NEA, Bookmarks, Peter Osnos, Books, Politics, Civility, RCBLinks, Dana Hanley, Reading, Digital Literacy, Reading on the Rise, digitalculture, SpinStoppers
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A Heritage and Future of Reading

January 12, 2009

When the books we have are no longer the books we knew, who will teach us to read?

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Shelved with: Literacy|| Hearts & Minds|| The Reading Life
Tagged With: Institute for the Future of the Book, Virginia Woolf, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Jakob Nielsen, John Crowley, Annie Dillard, Liberal Arts, Bob Stein, Mark Bauerline, Charles Williams, Online Literacy, Connie Willis, Piers Anthony, Digital Literacy, Reading, Family, Robert Gu, Future, Susan Cooper
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On Making the Future

January 1, 2009

To the extent that the future is shaped by human action, it is not much use trying to predict it ? it is much more useful to understand and work with the people who are engaged in the decisions and actions that bring it into existence.

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Shelved with: Margin Notes|| Mind & Society|| The Reading Life

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WordPress 2.8 – Better Widgets?

December 30, 2008

Widget management is item #1 on the list of priorities for WordPress 2.8 development. I explored the cognitive psychology behind the widget management screen design in an earlier post, WordPress 2.5 Widgets?Taking the Load Off Your Mind. Here are the takeaway design suggestions.

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Shelved with: Margin Notes|| Science & Technology
Tagged With: 2.5, 2.8, Analogy, Digital Literacy, Psychology, Usability, Widgets, WordPress
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The Infinite Book: The Plastic Logic Reader (and the Real Nature of Books)

December 28, 2008

A book is essentially whole, unitary — a little world of human thought, word, & spirit, chosen, shaped, and bound within its covers. Books are bundles; a book is what is bound together. For what makes a book more than it’s binding?

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Shelved with: Visual Arts|| The Reading Life|| Science & Technology
Tagged With: Book Publishing, Books, Digital Literacy, e-readers, Espresso Book Machine, Jorge Luis Borges, Library of Babel, Plastic Logic Reader, Andrew Golis, POD, Andy McCourt, Print Culture, Book Arts, Richard Archuleta
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Joy to the World (Bruce Cockburn)

December 22, 2008

Bruce Cockburn’s Christmas is a tradition around here. Thanks to Quercus126 for providing this rendition. If you want to hear it played by the man himself, it’s here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3YF8nH7J0o

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Shelved with: Visual Arts|| Local Life
Tagged With: Christmas, Guitar, Holidays, Music, Video, Bruce Cockburn
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Gutenberg’s PC: The Espresso Book Machine

December 17, 2008

The Espresso Book Machine brings the flexibility and ubiquity of digital media to the old medium of printed paper books, extending the transformation that Gutenberg’s press began, and putting the final say on publishing a book firmly in the hands of the authors and readers. So what will happen when everybody has one of these?

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Shelved with: The Reading Life|| Science & Technology|| The History & Future of Books
Tagged With: iLiad, Jason Epstein, Kindle, POD, Readius, Clay Shirky, e-ink, e-reader, Espresso Book Machine, Gutenberg
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Shiny new software…

December 11, 2008

Snow outside, snow on Matt’s blog, WordPress 2.7 (with a snazzy redesign and full support for child themes!), and Firefox 3.1 Beta 2. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…

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Shelved with: Science & Technology|| The Book of Nature
Tagged With: Coltrane, Digital Literacy, FF3.1, Firefox, Snow, WordPress, WP2.7, Blogging, Christmas
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When Jesus Christ Was Born (Michelle Shocked)

November 28, 2008

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwjeEZvdhO0 It’s time for Christmas music, right? Michelle Shocked sings with her whole soul, ’cause she knows what its all about. Visit her on the web at MichelleShocked.com.

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Shelved with: Visual Arts|| The Reading Life
Tagged With: Michelle Shocked, Music, Video, Worship, Christmas, Holidays
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A National Day of Listening

November 27, 2008

Only connect. Don’t let the mundane stand in the way. Make the time. Be curious and honest, and keep an open heart. Find others to encourage and support you in this practice. It’s simple, but it can mean the world.

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Shelved with: Mind & Society|| The Reading Life
Tagged With: National Day of Listening, NPR, Questions, Radio, Stories, Thanksgiving, Dialog, Traditions, History, Holidays, Marriage, Marriage Encounter
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