Home Plate--Paper Plate Education

I'm trying to catch up with a few links I saved a week ago. Why does it seem like forever? I think many of these are via Stephen Downes, but I'll confess, under a cold, I'm much less consistent in my habits.

This site grabbed me like a bar of dark chocolate...Home Plate--Paper Plate Education. Simple, doable, useful. Well spread via the webpage.

There is something so satisfying about practical and imaginative ideas!

eRulemaking Research

Steven Clift points to a recent report from University of Pittsburgh's eRulemaking Research group. (The damn .pdf is here and no, I'm not fond of the .pdf format.) The gist of the report is around the potential downsides of mass email advocacy campaigns. It is an interesting conundrum that the internet potentially makes a more direct input channel for citizen participation yet can reduce the viability and usability of the input because of volume that may be, or may be perceived as unhelpful.

Na silencio da Madrugada

Funny about intent. I had hoped to be blogging while on the road for business here in Portugal but there hasn't been enough brain to go around. I started the trip with the mid/end of a cold. Then ::::shoomp::: into the work. Sleep has to come into the picture somewhere, even with the irregularities of jet lag. Then working in Portuguese (which rarely gets exercised since learned 30 years ago) seems to create a brain tiredness like no other.

So, no blogging.

I logged on to blogger and realized I had also half-edited about 10 things before I left, but never finished them.

In the quiet of the predawn (a madrugada) I contemplate the fickle finger of fate and the pull of realtity against intent.

Bom dia!

(p.s. My timestamp is set to my home timezone. I'm 8 hours ahead!)