Tag: Rant
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Two things (well three) that are sticking in my craw
This weekend, like many in the past and many yet to come when the temperature changes has got me miffed. Not at the weather, but at the idiots that “forecast” the weather. Well, that isn’t quite true, it’s at the idiots that tell us about it on the news and on TV. It’s been -20…
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Why being a Machead isn’t fun anymore
Three years ago now, I got my “Dual 2” PowerMac G5. It’s a great machine and it’s still kicking out everything I need it to do with hardly a wimper. Around the same time, I got my first subscription copy of MacAddict. I read that magazine cover to cover ans with my G5 followed every…
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Commercial Blogs/Profiles not AI the Route to Web 3.0?
Well, this weekend I noticed that there are an increasing number of ads on the radio that are yaking about blogs… More Mo on Joe and all this other crap and companies like Burger King, movies like Jack@$$ et all having profiles on MySpace (edit 11/17 – TR article in the same vein). These Web2.0…
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Blended vs Hybrid Learning – What do we really mean?
This is something that we’ve joked around with a bit in the office. What really are we talking about when we say blended learning or hybrid learning? With all those freaking letters after our names, why are we collectively using synonyms to describe two very different learning environment? If we truly want each other to…
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Almost Best Buy and the horrible state of customer service
I won’t get into what a horror the customer service levels are in many restaurants these days – from people literally too weak to lift the spatula or other tools they need to cook to the complete lack of work ethic and weak English (all kudos though for trying though… it just gets to you…