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Information Fluency, or a Rose by Any Other Name
Last week I attended the University of Central Florida’s Information Fluency Conference. How smart to host a conference on this...
Waitware: Why MacOffice 2011 Will Not Sync With Your Smartphone Calendar
Mr. Steve Ballmer Chief Executive Officer Microsoft Corp. Redmond, WA Dear Mr. Ballmer: Got a minute? We need to talk...
How an academic is not a business executive
At times of increasing entrepreneurialism in universities, when budget pressures drive higher education administrators to press professors to think and...
Gleicking "The Information"
Gleick verb, Gleick'd, Gleicking to synthesize large amounts of information and present in an informative, educational and enjoyable format to...
Mothering at Mid-Career: Sprint/Spring
When I went to type the title of this post -- “Sprint” -- my fingers went to a different word...
A World Without Community Colleges
In the wake of yesterday’s post, which prompted notes from several alert readers reminding me that other states (such as...
TED: Swap "Education" for "Entertainment"
Should TED replace "Entertainment" with " Education"? Doesn't "Technology, Education, Design" make more sense than "Technology, Entertainment, Design"? Entertainment? We've...
Reno 911
With Wisconsin and Ohio getting most of the national attention lately, I’ve been struck by the amazing goings-on in other...