There are a couple of really thought-provoking themes floating around at the moment that have just taken me down a train of thought I want to reflect on.
In a post today (“Cloning the UMW Blogs Empire“), Jim Groom discusses how he set up a WPMU installation for Longwood University by cloning their existing UMW blog framework and transplanting it to a new domain. It’s a phenomenal example of reuse and sharing, and how quickly innovation can occur at a local level once the barriers of perception are cast off …

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This clip covers a video discussion tool known as Tokbox. I’ve been meaning to post a walk through for this service for some time but the fates have conspired to keep me at bay until now. Happily I managed to complete it earlier today.
From their About Page:
“Tokbox is a free service that lets you talk with your friends over live video. Here’s how it …