May 31, 2008 at 12:30 pm · Filed under Diigo Links
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East Coast – Attractions & Landmarks
One of my Flickr pictures being used on the Schmap site.
tags: john-martin, picture, flickr, schmap
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SlideRocket – Create, Manage, and Share Presentations on the Web
Yet another web based presentation tool. This one has a very attractive user interface and transitions.
tags: sliderocket, presentation, tool, slideshow
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T&L in a Networked Environment
Jeff Utecht’s wiki for CE5160, Teaching & Learning in a Networked Classroom
tags: class, utecht, wiki, teaching, learning, network, classroom, course, plymouth, psu, plymouth-state
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Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery
From Peachpit, $23.99
tags: book, presentation, zen, design
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Tagging: People-powered Metadata for the Social Web
From Peachpit, $31.99
tags: book, tagging, metadata, social, web
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May 27, 2008 at 12:30 pm · Filed under Diigo Links
May 20, 2008 at 9:02 am · Filed under Random Thoughts
Want to help in the fight against childhood cancer? So does St. Baldricks! St. Baldrick’s day has been an annual event in our community for years and yet I knew little about it until this year. Turns out that St. Baldrick’s started as a challenge between three friends hoping to raise $14,000 by shaving their heads. Their efforts expanded and in the end yielded over $100,000! From that beginning, St. Baldrick’s has grown into
“…the world’s biggest volunteer-driven fundraising program for childhood
cancer! In eight years, events have taken place in 18 countries and 46
US states, raising over $34 million, and shaving more than 46,000 heads.” (
http://www.stbaldricks.org/about_us/index.html)
This year St. Baldrick’s wasn’t held in our community. However, my son’s Cub Scout troop put out a call for volunteers and Hunter, along with his friend and St. Baldrick’s alum Ian, have chosen to participate. We have our own connection to childhood cancer, as a family friend and schoolmate was recently diagnosed with and is currently receiving treatment for, a form of osteosarcoma.
So today, my son and I are beginning our fundraising efforts and are looking forward to losing our locks on the 31st. I’ll be posting pics as soon as the shearing begins!
If you would like to donate to my fundraising effort: https://www.stbaldricks.org/get_involved/donate.html?ParticipantKey=2008-53478
If you would like to donate to Hunter’s fundraising effort: https://www.stbaldricks.org/get_involved/donate.html?ParticipantKey=2008-53476
If you would rather not donate online, feel free to download a donation form here: http://www.stbaldricks.org/includes/downloads/donation_forms/53500/2008DonateS53476.pdf
As I type this, Jon Lester has just pitched a no-hitter against the Kansas City Royals. I’ll take this as a good omen, since Jon Lester is a cancer survivor himself!
Tags: stbaldrick, cancer, fundraising, hunter
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May 5, 2008 at 1:37 pm · Filed under Random Thoughts, Web Expressions
I am presenting today at the Business2Business Conference being held at the beautiful Mount Washington Valley Hotel. I was invited to speak about Free and Open-Source Solutions to enhance communication and collaboration in business. What follows is my Google Presentation that will go off in about 30 minutes.
Free Communication & Collaboration Tools for Business
How business can quickly and easily deploy Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) solutions to enhance their internal and external communications, collaboration and marketing efforts.
The recent explosion of content authoring tools such as blogs, wikis, and Google Office have created an untapped opportunity for businesses to improve their ability to communicate and collaborate internally, within the organization, but also externally, in working with partner organizations and development teams outside of the traditional business model. The simplicity and availability of these tools outside of the physical office environment have led to unprecedented gains in productivity, as well as some unique partnerships. This session will serve to introduce participants to the wide variety of tools available and discuss how they might be quickly integrated into their business practice.
UPDATE: Presentation went well. It was recorded, so I may have a copy to post here in the next couple of days. Here is the PBwiki link for those interested in the presentation development and some of the vids we didn’t have an opportunity to view this afternoon. Thanks again to all who attended!
