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Online photo sharing and back-up

By alex miller • Oct 21st, 2008 • Category: Lead Story, News Items, Social Networking, Web Tools

Do you use Flickr? Flickr is a great tool for backing up your photo’s and sharing them with your friends and family. It also integrates with Facebook, and many other tools… read on



Happy 1st Birthday to my blog!

By alex miller • Apr 18th, 2008 • Category: Blogging, News Items

Today is my blog’s 1st birthday. April 18th. I can’t believe it’s been a year since I started this blog. It’s really quite amazing when I look back through all the entries…



Feeling Slack because my Dad’s got a blog!

By alex miller • Apr 17th, 2008 • Category: Blogging, Fun Stuff, News Items

Is nothing sacred? My Dad’s got a blog AND he’s getting more comments than me… If it’s not enough he humiliates me in real life…



Welcome to teaching and learning in 2008

By alex miller • Feb 1st, 2008 • Category: News Items

So it’s the beginning of 2008 and it’s time to get back into it. But, before we do, and in case you missed it…. bumped into Kevin Rudd on Christmas Eve…



US University puts classes on YouTube

By alex miller • Nov 18th, 2007 • Category: News Items

Berkley University, California has put free videos of courses on YouTube. Have a look at their YouTube homepage. Check out their three sections, Courses, Events and Campus Life;

More than 300 hours of University of California, Berkeley, classes and events are available online in this media rich format. The university began online broadcasts, called “webcasts”, of [...]



Steve Jobs and a Field of Women

By alex miller • Aug 13th, 2007 • Category: News Items

I flew to Sydney early on Friday August 10th for the ICVET Learning Powerhouse 2007 - Sustaining the Spark conference. It was such a great day for sharing, collaborating, networking with colleagues and viewing product showcases. I must say, I gave my newfound blogging/twitter network a bit of a rap while I was there and I got some interest in the Web2.0 apps we are all using. I was very motivated by some of the speakers. You can see more on my moblog.
So what’s this about Steve Jobs?

On the flight, I was delighted to read in the QANTAS magazine that when recently attending the “All Things Digital” conference with Bill Gates, Steve Jobs was heard referring to recent statistics about iTunes becoming one of the most popular programs for Windows and stated; “It’s like giving a glass of ice water to somebody in hell!”
So, we stayed in Sydney for the weekend for the AFL Field of Women 2007 event (and of course some shopping). This was an amazing event for Breast Cancer Network Australia with 100% of proceeds going to Breast Cancer. Great to see the Sydney Swans (yes I’m a fan) win. More photo’s on Flickr.