My experience with Connectivism and Connective Knowledge 2008 has been tantamount to climbing Mount Everest. The amount of sustained energy required to maintain an upward assent has been extraordinary – with many colleagues turning back or stopping along the way – but in this lay one of the key sources of its engagement, and one that tied students together into a unique, shared experience. It’s been absolutely incredible.
Every week yielded a fascinating new topic to be explored, and with it an even greater amount of tangential discussion. …

[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 …

Consider this post a Hail Mary play in the hopes that the Tech Gods may be listening and sympathetic to my wishes.
Wordpress.com needs to start supporting use of the Seesmic plugin and embedded video clips.
As the several posts I’ve written here indicate, I’ve spent the last few months gaining a greater and greater appreciation for the potential and value that Seesmic has to offer – from both user and technical perspectives.  The Alpha video chat application is continuing to pick up speed, having launched a procession of valuable tools …