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In Inside Higher Ed, a profile and some dangerous ideas

Joshua Kim just published an article in Inside Higher Ed.  Which isn’t newsworthy in itself, because that one-man writing machine writes *daily* Technology and Educations columns there, and has done so for years.  Which is impressive! This new one is … Continue reading →

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Bryan Alexander Consulting, three years after launch: an update and lessons learned

Three years ago we launched a business.  How has Bryan Alexander Consulting done so far?  What have we learned? TL;DR version: it works.  The business is sustainable and profitable.  We have worked with a large, growing, and international group of … Continue reading →

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Bryan’s travels for June

Continuing my new habit, I’d like to point out some places I’m traveling to in the near future.  Specifically, let’s look ahead to June. June 7th: working with the excellent St. Michael’s College in Burlington, Vermont, to explore changing traditional-age undergraduate … Continue reading →

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Disciplining educational technology

Earlier this month I met with several dozen people at Georgetown University to discuss an unusual question: should educational technology become an academic discipline?  Carl Straumsheim wrote up a fine account, not to mention the bits where he interviewed me. … Continue reading →

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Experimenting with a new technology: PowerWall

Over the years I’ve enjoyed experimenting with new technologies as they appear.  Which is appropriate for a futurist.  This week we started another such pilot, and I wanted to blog about it. buy intagra online buy intagra no prescription generic … Continue reading →

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Bryan’s travels for the next month

Inspired by Audrey Watters and other friends, I’d like to mention some of my upcoming trips and public appearances ahead of time. buy doxycycline online buy doxycycline no prescription generic On April 25th I’m leading a short workshop on the … Continue reading →

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Dealing with a bad request, or how not to be an ask hole

Earlier this month I received a request for my services, and it was pretty thoroughly awful.  It’s a fine worst-case example of how not to ask someone to help you, so I thought I’d anatomize it here to improve requests … Continue reading →

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Running for local office

As of this month I’m doing something new: running for political office. It’s a very small office, and a hyper-local one. buy elavil online buy elavil no prescription generic  I’m seeking election to a new school board for our county. … Continue reading →

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Three years without caffeine: a surprising lack of agony and terror, plus a caveat

Three years ago this week I gave up caffeine.  I used to drink more than any human should, and stopped it dead, cold turkey.  You can read about how and why it happened in these posts: 1, 2.  You can … Continue reading →

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Blogging from the hospital

This morning I blogged about way the digital and face-to-face worlds are increasingly intertwining. The context was a major IT and education conference.  Little did I know that I’d return to this theme in a far more personal sense. buy … Continue reading →

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