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21CT: tHURSDAY tHUMOR (Inspirational)

Frank's Blog - 21CT — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:14:54 +0000

Thanks to @justinreeve on Plurk who finds this video strangely inspirational. So do I. And it’s fun(ny) too!

21CT: EduBloggerCon 2008 – So close yet so far

Frank's Blog - 21CT — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:03:35 +0000

I am an EduBlogger newbie. But how wonderful it would have been to join in with seasoned and newbie bloggers alike this weekend at EduBoggerCon 2008 in San Antonio (supported by CUE and NECC). I live in Morelia, Mexico, south of the Texas border – perhaps a bit too far south to attend (working in Mexico also means that your paycheck is a little too far south as well). Somehow with the event being practically in Mexico (and indeed Old Mexico), I felt authentically connected, technically and spiritually. But behind this feeling of connection are the educational technology and academic bloggers feeding the EduBloggerCon and NECC events to the rest of the world via Ustream live videos and chat backchannels, Mogulus live broadcasting, Twitter, blogs (loaded with goodies like those of Ian Jukes), podcasts, live blogging with CoverItLive (thanks TechChicks, CoolCatTeacher and others), and the sensational microblogging newcomer, Plurk – where Ginger Lewman set out to prove Plurk as a serious live journalism tool. See my Plurk post for more details on this incredible new Web 2.0 tool that fits so comfortably into the hands of right-brainers like me. Even those not yet quite fond of Plurk were still feeding news, links, schedules, tidbits, and humor to Plurk via multisite forwarding tools like ping.fm. Thanks Mrs Durff! And thanks Lee Kolbert for nudging me back to Plurk after dismissing it so quickly a couple weeks ago.

Thanks Dean Shareski for this video clip.

So close but yet so far, but as close as almost being there. Hats off to all of you that are sharing your learning and expertise and wanderings with the world.

21CT: The Power of Plurk: Live Blogging at NECC

Frank's Blog - 21CT — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:28:00 +0000

Find me on Plurk at http://www.plurk.com/user/metaweb

If you decide to join Plurk, can you do me a huge favor and join by clicking here (then directly click on the “Plurk” button)? This will make you my Plurk pal, and that will make me very happy. Plus I get some extra Plurk karma and other goodies if you join via my account. Thanks!

The more I plurk around the more I “get” it. Plurk is a microblogging Web 2.0 tool that let’s you create discussion threads in 140-character bites. But, unlike Twitter, it holds a discrete conversation together. Ginger Lewman has been live blogging Ian Jukes’ presentation today at the NECC 2008 Conference in San Antonio, Texas (NECC also has a Ning Community). Here is a live feed to the session, proving that Plurk keep’s a single discussion intact:

Full feed here: http://www.plurk.com/p/utg6

Liz Davis has a nice video tutorial on Plurk Basics.

You can save Plurk threads for future reference by clicking on “plurk page” link at bottom right of each discussion (see image above), then click on the RSS feed on the following page … subscribe to your favorite RSS reader or simply tuck it away into your bookmarks. I am hoping that they will eventually add a “favorites” feature for Plurk posts. Plurk, like almost any Web tool, takes a little playing around with before you get the hang of the interface and its capabilities. Give it a go, you’ll be glad you got plucked by Plurk.

Related Reading:
Why I *heart* Plurk by Steve Dembo
FAQ: What is Plurk?
From Blip.tv and Liz Davis: Plurk Basics
Liz’s Plurk blog coverage: Seeing the World through Blog Colored Glasses.
The NJ Tech Teacher’s blog post NECC Remote (via her Plurk post of course)
Plurk in a Twitter World