Monthly Archives: August 2008
Effectively using a Course Management System
There are a number of Course Management Systems (CMS) for running courses via a website. These are also sometimes called Learning Management Systems (LMS) or Virtual Learning Environments (VLE). I use Moodle to look after the Organic College’s distance learning courses. This has been fantastic but I often find myself looking around at other services [...]
Dowse with these!
I couldn’t resist posting this picture which I found via Graham on Mark Wallace’s blog.
god lowers the price of oil
these people may be a tiny bit insane.
Picasa desktop upload to WordPress button
WordPress Idea — Picasa desktop upload to WordPress button.
10 reasons why mind mapping is great
10 reasons why mind mapping is great. I use Mind Mapping a lot both for planning, research and summarising. Both hand-drawn and computer-created (currently use iMindMap) are valuable.
Time to Get Growing
It’s been a long time in gestation but I’m excited to be writing the first post for ‘Get Growing‘ – a site dedicated to growing your own food. The aim is to provide inspiration and information to encourage more of us to start producing and eating things we’ve grown ourselves. From small acorns… There are [...]
WordPress 2.6
WordPress 2.6 is being rapidly deployed to all my sites. Some really useful new things, especially the enhanced security and Google Gears integration. The admin panel is now starting to look really good. But I can highly recommend this drop down menu plugin which is the icing on the cake and improves speed of use.
Zone5 on top form
My friend Graham has just posted his latest response in an ongoing debate which is well worth reading. I’m with Graham all the way! Thanks for making the effort to to do all the writing Graham.
Monbiot says what I was trying to say in the pyramid post…