Social networking for good: my manifesto

I’ve finally fallen off the deep end on my soapbox and spilled my impassioned rant onto this space.
You cannot disconnect me
I read alot about workplaces banning access to social networking sites. It always makes me get up on my mental soapbox. It often makes me reach for my iPhone just to make a point to those [...]

All I do at work is sit online and chat with my friends.. no really… it’s true

A few times a week I devote a smallish amount of time at the start if my day to researching what’s going on in the world of learning, particularly learning online, even more particularly indulging my professional interest in connecting learners using technology.  I am often found searching wordpress for interesting ideas and links. I often [...]

Twitter? At work? Yes please. Microblogging’s possibilities for internal communication

I’ve been using Twitter alot lately (what’s Twitter you ask? See here for a good explanation from Brendan Hughes). I have a modest network which is largely centred around my interest in learning through social media. Sometimes posts are work related, sometimes they’re not.  It seems to give me a snappy (140 characters or less) [...]