[UPDATE: Please be sure to read the comments for a discussion on this matter between existing users of Diigo, Diigo staff, and myself. ]
I deleted my Diigo account tonight after a period of only a fortnight.  I’ve heard many great things about the application as a better version of Del.icio.us with support for group collaboration and was inspired to check it out when it was suggested as a potential tool for the Facilitating Online Communities course I’m presently taking.
Based on the little I saw of the application it did bear …

This post seeks to shed some light on the topics of Pageflakes, “pagecasts”, how they’re created, potential uses, and some of the issues to bear in mind when investigating their use.
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Background
Pageflakes is one of a growing number of websites that enables people to establish a personalised and customised space on the web. Unlike the websites of a number of years …

About Me
My name is Mike Bogle, and I am an eLearning Researcher from the University of New South Wales. My primary role in my unit, Learning & Teaching @ UNSW, is to research innovative technologies and evaluate how they can support learning and teaching, pilot new services, and provide consultative support for local academic staff interested in incorporating emerging technology into their curriculum.
Work History
I’ve been at UNSW since 2002, and began at the Educational Development and Technology Centre (EDTeC) on the Learning Resource Catalogue (LRC). This project sought …

This is yet another brainstorm, and I must admit I’m not sure I completely agree with myself in certain areas.  I wanted to get my thoughts down on paper and then reflect once I had something to read.  If you have thoughts I’m all ears.
Following on the topic of Planning Online Communities that I explored the other day I’d like to brainstorm on another thought, and that is the crucial premise that “technology doesn’t drive communities, people do.”
It might seem paradoxical, but it does seem to be true; in order …

[NOTE: I'm not sure exactly where I'm going with this; I just need to work something through mentally and this is as good a place as any to do it.]
Plan to throw one away. You will anyhow.
There’s a saying in the FOSS world that is something to the effect of “plan to throw one away. you will anyhow”. I believe this concept was originally proposed in Eric Raymond’s “The Cathedral and The Bazaar”, which discussed the devolved nature of open source development and has since became a hallmark piece …