http://www.mtraining.com.au Partners in education Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:24:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've had my day made by the strangest of articles, Heavy Boots. I'm positively happy and have had my world view restored again. Before you tell me I have a skewed world view, you may be right. I subscribe to the belief that people are people are people and people ... http://www.mtraining.com.au/?p=153 One of the biggest barriers for people writing is the dreaded writer's block. With blogging, twitter and status feeds the illness strikes just as hard and just as often. Unfortunately the added pressure of immediate feedback and putting what you write out there in the wild only compounds the problem. ... http://www.mtraining.com.au/?p=150 I heard it recently said that learning is not about the content, but the conversation. I understand the sentiment, but think it misses the point. Learning is about context. The content and the conversation are but parts of this. The best of content delivered to in a format that is ... http://www.mtraining.com.au/?p=137 I and others in the tech community shared a small smile as we marked 1234567890 Day this Valentines day. For the non-geek 1234567890 was a Unix timestamp. Simply put the number of seconds elapsed since midnight Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) of January 1, 1970, not counting leap seconds, passed 1234567890 ... http://www.mtraining.com.au/?p=113 It’s become cliche how much we are flooded with information. The rate at which the human race acquires knowledge is set to continue to speed up. More than one futurist has predicted that in the not too distant future the total of all knowledge will double every 30 days. Whilst ... http://www.mtraining.com.au/?p=95 The new year has started and provides us with the opportunity to think about where we are, where we want to go and how we go about getting there. In short, we have thought, and in many cases made, our New Year's resolutions.  The idea of the New Year's resolutions has unfortunately been ... http://www.mtraining.com.au/?p=75 A couple of weeks ago, I was watching a program on ABC2 called hack and they were exploring in an open-forum style the issue of privacy and the world of Web 2.0. You can see the show at http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hackhalfhour/programs/s2359534.htm and it is well worth the watch. It was quite interesting, and somewhat ... http://www.mtraining.com.au/?p=60 One of the more interesting developments within society today has been the constant push of technology. From fridges that can communicate to the internet to TV’s that can record hours of programs to watch at your leisure. The integration of technology has become less of a conscious decision and more ... http://www.mtraining.com.au/?p=58 There are so many things we do by instinct. Actions we have learned and refined over years of practice to a point that we do not even think about the actions. They are simply a part of us something ingrained to the muscles and mind. They can be little inconsequential ... http://www.mtraining.com.au/?p=56 One of the more ambiguous Chinese curses or blessings are the words, "May you live in exciting times." It certainly asks the question which it is. Overall, I'd have to say exciting wins out for me. At Mtraining we have been going from strength to strength and certainly been having ... http://www.mtraining.com.au/?p=39