September 28, 2008 – Silence and Voice

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2008-09-28

@intrepidteacher I have been using coComment recently as co.mments has not been consistent. I do not like coComment; very bulky to use. #
@betsyweber I think of Paul Newman more as a humanitarian who makes healthy products and gives a lot of money away more than an actor. #
@lmockford Will you bw effected by #Kyle? #
@RobinYap Fun day; use public transit? #
Working on the ironing portion of my Email Catch-Up Day #ECUD http://tinyurl.com/4dp62n #
@intrepidteacher Do you mean like http://tinyurl.com/44nron ? #
@coComment I am referring to how many steps to add and then verify I have added a feed. Also, when I go to the main window, it moves slowly #
@coComment It would be great to have a right-click option to add the current feed. #
@bjschone The best for weathering them. #
@lmockford The best for your preparation for it. #
Looking for collaborative online mind mapping tools for working in real-time from different locations. Can anybody recommend one? Thank you. #
@RobinYap What is a “future shop?” #
@gminks Are you going to really live the role and show us your success 9 months later?! #

Class Blog Policy (Disclaimer)

I posted this in my online class where I listed all the class member blogs, and thought some of my online colleagues may find it potentially interesting:

As a reminder, blogs out there on the Blogosphere (the online world of blogs) are generally public, which means that anybody anywhere can see them. I do not think it would be ethical for me to publicly require you to post to the world about what you are learning in our class, and this is one of the reasons I stated in the syllabus and in our session last week that your blogs do not have to be public to anybody outside of this class. With this in mind, I believe there is great value in learning and engaging in the process of speaking publicly (that is part of the role of being an educator, IMHO), and as such encourage you to use your blog to build your online presence and persona, encourage feedback for your thinking and online work, and to foster community with others who have similar interests (both professional and personal).

Email Catch-Up Day (ECUD)

I have been feeling a little behind in things recently. Email, filing, reviewing articles, ironing–you name it. What to do about all this? Have an Email Catch-Up Day (ECUD)!

I am not just behind in replying to and filing emails, but they are a symbol of communication (and even contemporary life as well) itself, and thus I am calling today Email catch-up and not just Life catch-up. My recent work history and style reflects that if I am able to get my email addressed, and in the process achieve Inbox Zero, then most other personal organizational challenges somehow seem to be resolved.

What do I want to get addressed today?

achieve Inbox Zero
complete the conference reviews I owe
catch-up on ironing
file all the papers in my desk’s “pile”
finish reviewing the readings and my lesson plans to finish my slides for Tuesday’s Online Course Creation class
reply to all class Forum posts and adjustments in course dates
upload the lingering photos to Flickr from ASTD and Central Park that are sitting on my desktop
review Tweets
read (or mark as read) all RSS feeds
post a few open items to the new Reflective Practice Community that we are developing
update the list of A Very New York Christmas book and ornament signings Michael Storrings is doing this Fall

Phewwww, gotta go!

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