Point: No matter how many servers Google or RackSpace etc install, the amount of available storage will never "approach infinity". No matter how much you have, there could always be infinitely more (in this thought-experimental world where there are still infinitely more possible servers). A gazillion servers with peta peta peta bytes of memory each … Continue reading Infinitely sloppy thinking: one point and one question about “approaching infinity”

by Sharlyn Lauby via mashable.com It would be good to see ALT planning to incorporate some wave into the social networking around the ALT-C conference. Maybe the official Crowdvine network (http://cmalt-net.alt.ac.uk/) could kick it off, or the F-ALT fringe (http://f-alt.wetpaint.com/). The problem is that Google has not yet opened Wave up to public registration. This … Continue reading 5 Ways to Use Wave for Business or Academic/Educational Development #ALT #JISC

via uopeople.org Thanks to my delicious network for this link. Appeals to me, and Yale U association gives it credibility. Not sure it is the "world's first", unless tuition-free means no teaching 😉 Of course this means no fees. It this a blow back against U of Phoenix? I can see how to become a … Continue reading University of the People- World’s first tuition free online university #open #access #education

I just followed Posterous' instructions, here for linking Posterous Posts to Buzz. Posted via email from George's posterous

I am trying Google Reader and/or Posterous as social media broadcast hubs.In order to manage the network noise I might cause, I do not want to repost everything everywhere. This is emerging as a strong social networking faux-pas. But sometimes I might want to broadcast some items beyond the bounds of one network. TweetDeck could … Continue reading Signal-to-noise management using #GoogleReader, #Posterous, #FriendFeed, #Twitter, #Buzz, #Facebook, #LinkedIn, #Flickr

via feedproxy.google.com Looks interesting (not least as a part of seeing how these various social media hubs interact) Posted via web from George's posterous

Prompted by discussions on GoogleBuzz, a foray into ALT's CMALT CrowdVine (http://cmalt-net.alt.ac.uk/), I've been looking at some FriendFeed profiles trying to see if I miss anything by not being there, or there. CMALT is 95% (ish) noise while FF profiles that I have seen dip down to, oh, like 90% noise (i.e. items reposted from … Continue reading Social network noise – I want a personal friend aggregator that knows how my friends follow me #tweetdeck #buzz

I had the pleasure recently to run a module workshop on "The Philosophy of Higher Education" in the Postgraduate Certificate course in Learning, Teaching and Assessment in Higher Education (PGCLTAHE) for recently appointed lecturers in Cranfield University's Defence and Security Department at the Defence Staff College at Shrivenham. Most of the participants could be described … Continue reading Philosophy of Higher Education workshop at the Defence Staff College

Check out: Whitchurch, C. (2008). Shifting Identities and Blurring Boundaries: the Emergence of Third Space Professionals in UK Higher Education. Higher Education Quarterly, 62(4), 377-396. Higher Education Quarterly, 0951–5224 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2273.2008.00387.x Volume 62, No. 4, October 2008, pp 377–396 "... describes a further category of blended professionals, who have mixed backgrounds and portfolios, comprising elements … Continue reading “Third space professionals”? “Blended professionals”? the products of blended learning?