Learning with Tom

Have you ever noticed that some people are much more emotionally needy than others? They need to share everything with you. All the stuff you really can’t do anything about. But it’s more than a need to share. The way I think of it is that these folks take up…

It’s been a little while since I last posted to this blog. I am now maintaining our OpenUp! blog at work, plus I have been distracted on another blog-ish project I’m doing with my brother, computers.net. Anyway, so I login here only to find that now everyone needs to have…

Every once in a while, the Internet makes a great idea possible. This is the case with Bookmooch and sharing used books. What is Bookmooch? This article from icommons.org explains the basics: “Bookmooch is an online community for exchanging used books. If you join as a member, you can ask…

In the US, representative democracy just means that the more money you have, the more your special interest get represented. Is there still room for regular people to have a say? UPDATE: I understand that voting is important. But the problem goes beyond people not voting. At what point do…

It’s time to put at little oil into the ol’ blogging machine, pull the cord a few times, and hope she starts up again. I’ve gotten so rusty at this I really don’t have anything to say. We released eduCommons 2.1.0 at work, and since then my brain has pretty…