Android / Business / iOS / Marketing / Mobile / Presentations / Web 2.0 Tools

…Why I Hate Mobile – K. Blessing’s Rant/Plea at Open Web Camp 2012

The title of Kimberly Blessing’s presentation was actually Realizing “One Web” – or, Why I Hate Mobile, which is only slightly less pointed than my abbreviated version.  She gave the compelling talk at Open Web Camp 2012 last weekend, held at the eBay/Paypal office in San Jose.  Blessing mentioned that she had been trying to summarize … Continue reading »

Badges / Design / eLearning / Instructional Design / Marketing / Web Design Tools

The Noun Project – Free Icons for Badges, Web, and other Media!

With all this talk of Mozilla Open Badges, I thought it necessary to share a neat resource I found for free icon images.  The Noun Project is a really great website for obtaining vector (scalable) images for use in all sorts of publications and media, including creating your own badges. Here’s a sneak peak at … Continue reading »

eLearning / Higher Education / Jobs / Marketing / Social Media

How to Market Yourself in the Field of Educational Technology (part 1)

I received a phone call on Saturday morning from Canada.  Had no idea who it was. I ended up speaking at length with a freelance writer about the field of educational technology.  She asked about the type of training that Instructional Designers receive in a masters program and we chatted about graduate schools that have competitive Educational … Continue reading »