Cleaning the messy office. Cleaning closets. And reviewing my personal technology configuration. In my current case, I’m talking more hardware than software! That’s what I’ve been doing over the slow weeks of early January before client work tends to kick in (and yes, I’m available!) After cleaning up my office (lots of paper recycled and … Continue reading New Year, New Technology Configuration
(Crossposted on Technology for Communities and Network Weaving CoP) A conversation emerging in the Network Weaving Community of Practice (NWWCoP) focuses on this question: how can/do we use social media for intentionally weaving our networks? As we prepare for a synchronous conversation today, I realized I can frame this question from a technology stewardship perspective, specifically the … Continue reading Curating our personal technology configurations
In 2009 Etienne Wenger (now Etienne Wenger-Trayner), John D. Smith and I published the culmination of lots and lots of thinking about how to use technology to support groups and communities. Digital Habitats: stewarding technology for communities was our way of trying to make sense of the tech landscape so that communities could provision their … Continue reading From the Archives: Are technology and process configuration patterns enough?
This is the 10th and last in a series of blog posts I wrote for Darren Sidnick about communities of practice in an elearning context late last year. I am finally getting the rest of the series up. Part 1, part 2, part 3,, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8 , and part 9 are all here on the blog. … Continue reading CoP Series #10: Stewarding Technology for Community
This is the second post in a series about how we learn from our work. The first one can be found here. The great American baseball player/philosopher Yogi Berra, said “You can observe a lot just by watching.” That quote popped into my mind when I was on a phone call with a group of Bill … Continue reading You Can Observe a Lot By Watching – Yogi Berra