July 2008 – Page 6 – Silence and Voice

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2008-07-12

Still driving upstate. Stopped at a supermarket to save the time from doing it in the morning. #
Got up early and mowed the lawn and did two loads of laundry. Time to rest before vacuum and mop. Then, done for the weekend. #
Making apple martinis for a house guest. I think I perfected the recipe. #

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2008-07-11

Enjoyed the #CP2 conference call tonight with @smithjd. We made great progress on the website update project. #
Saw a long line outside the AT&T store this morning. Who would have ever thought it?! #
@ChrisRicca The “fat” picture is not coming up withthe link you left. #
@gminks Who are you replying to? #
Endless meetings today. #
Forgot have to run to the bank before it closes. #

Communities of Practice: Creating Learning Environments for Educators ~ Book Discussion

Interested in an online summer book discussion about communities of practice? If so, you may want to check out the one hosted and facilitated by CPsquare, the community of practice on communities of practice.

We will be reading and discussing selected chapters from the 2-volume Communities of Practice: Creating Learning Environments for Educators, edited by Chris Kimble and Paul Hildreth. The books are not the easiest to locate, and the cheapest (and quickest) place to order is directly through the publisher (use this great discount for the pair that somebody found), which is where I got mine. To bad they are not both available via Amazon (odd, really, I think).

The event is free for members of CPsquare; otherwise it is $50 for non-members who will have to register here.

Let’s see what we can learn together this summer about communities of practice.

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Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2008-07-10

Anybody out there use Plurk? #
Meeting with our SumTotal represenyative all day. #
Nicest day outside all week. Getting some fresh air from the all-day LMS meeting. #
@BrooklynGrrl SumTotal. Already have it, and upgrading to a newer version. #
@skydaddy SumTotal. Upgrading to a newer version. #
Leaving the office. Long day configuring and planning for LMS upgrade. #
Have CP2 conference call in 90 minutes. #

Word 2007 Automatic Update Mouse Problem

Another day, another technology problem. This time, the mouse stopped working in Microsoft Word 2007. On top of that, Word was no longer opening files and started to freeze.

All other programs? Normal. Mouse? Normal. Windows? Normal.

The cause? A known problem with an automatic update “fix.” If you face this same problem (after all, Word worked fine last night but not this morning), check out the Microsoft Help and Support site, where you will find the simple fix that makes it once again work fine.

The irony? Microsoft acknowledges this problem exists (see and click on the highlights). Why haven’t they created a fix for it that gets pushed out, as opposed to hoping people find the solution on their own?