RodeWorks

On the SocialLearn site there is an interesting opinion piece. Martin Weller raises the questions of how students used to the interactive, decentralized tools in their own lives will react to the traditional, centralized learning management system. His examples from The Open University are very helpful. The SocialLearn project sets up learners with a central profile for learning goals and tools. It also has an open API to allow other applications to be written to access and extend the content.

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I just made the update to 2.5, and it looks like 2.6 is right around the corner. The update to 2.5+ is pretty big, with database changes and a bunch of other stuff. But in normal WordPress fashion the actual update process is painless. I use a lot of plug-ins, and had been holding off in fear that some would get broken in the update — but all was good.

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Working as a one-person project team has its good and bad points. It is kind of lonely, but at least you never disagree with other members of the project team. But as projects become more complex, and the one-man band needs to play in a larger ensemble, some organization. Technology projects, which start small also have a way of growing into a mission critical application for a company — and again some organization, documentation, and setting of standards becomes critical to maintaining and growing the technology.

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My head is still reeling with ideas from A List Apart Boston. I’ve got the conference note book next to my desk at work and refer to it through the day. I’ll write some more thoughts up over the weekend, but here are some notes from fellow attendees. Good stuff!

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At An Event Apart Boston - summary of Jason Santa Maria’s presentation on good web design. Think of Henry Ford’s famous quote about the model T - any color you want, as long as it is black. The web world is at the model T stage - focused on function, reliability, etc. The next wave will focus on ‘telling stories.’. What made cars of the 30’s diifferent from the model T? They had style - they said something about you - they told a story. How does web design get to this next stage? Not sure, but talking about it can’t hurt.

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I am up in Boston at the 2008 An Event Apart conference. This is my third one. And after the other two, in each case, while I greatly enjoyed the event, I wasn’t sure I’d go the next year. But then I keep coming back. And I’m happy to be here again. Why?

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