Notices by Downes 🍁 (downes@mastodon.social), page 21

@charlag @lauraritchie I'm a bit uncomfortable with hosted email services (I run my own mail) but I could get over it. For me the main issue is spam; encryption is nice but I don't put deep secrets in my email. Also, I use email to send my newsletter, which is free when I host it myself but would get expensive if I used a service provider.

@pinkprius I don't use WhatsApp (or anything owned by Facebook) so it's not a replacement for that.

Just found Telegram while looking for Bryan Mathers. https://telegram.org/ Not a replacement for Mastodon; more like a replacement for email?

@dogtrax Bryan Mathers / Visual Thinkery - https://bryanmmathers.com/

Does music show that resonance without representation is a form of consciousness? https://aeon.co/essays/the-way-music-moves-us-shows-the-mind-is-more-than-a-machine?

Celebration of Life

We said good-bye to my brother Allan today. Lots of family and friends, including the whole crew from where he worked. Obit: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/ottawacitizen/obituary.aspx?n=allan-downes&pid=187793114 Instead of replying with comments and condolances please consider donating to the Diabetes Association. https://mastodon.social/media/xZW8vfoT1LHoLGSECjA

@lauraritchie I like this notation. You wouldn't use it to design a symphony (though it is at about the same level as learning design notation) but you can use it to help people follow what's going on.

Maybe the best use of learning design is as a roadmap for students, so they can follow what the plan of the lesson is?

This year's Downes Prize is awarded to: MOOCs and Open Educational Resources: A Handbook for Educators - Peter B. Kaufman, Intelligent Television. http://www.downes.ca/post/67613

Nice commentary on harmony from Jenny Mackness https://jennymackness.wordpress.com/2017/12/23/harmony-and-hope-as-pedagogies-for-2018/ My thoughts in response here https://plus.google.com/+StephenDownes/posts/6xGN77Q6KTY

Love this...

KevinHodgson @dogtrax tweeted:

@laura_ritchie @lauraritchie wrote a post inspired by a conversation with @Downes and others that inspired a found digital poem … ‘cause that’s how things go ‘round and 'round in connected spaces! … #clmooc #ccourses #digiwrimo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPeyDlJ9Mz4&feature=youtu.be

@lauraritchie I've been to Naples a few times over the last few years (but not in 2017 :( ) and it spoiled me for pizza. The only pizza for me is a Naples pizza.

(OK, not strictly true, pizza is a favourite food of mine.)

Titanic was 20 years ago. Titanic was when I got married (around week 10 or so). https://www.buzzfeed.com/sarahmarshall/20-years-ago-titanic-took-over-the-world-heres-why
#smallstories

@dogtrax Can you imagine what an incredible learning opportunity that is?

p.s. I wish wish wish I could do that. Not singing, of course. But talks, workshops, whatever. I've been to 36 countries or so... so many more to visit.

I sort of liked Joss Stone's first couple of albums came out a few years ago, but stopped listening. Last week I looked for some of her concerts online and today I looked up her videos - and she is in a project to do a concert in every country of the world. I listened to her sessions with local musicians from each country all day today - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UUr3uoU9jGjXXb8MTCO6zBeA - what a great way to meet the contemporary music of the world. #smallstories

@Tdorey Nothing. I just didn't see it.

Looking for a way to search for a hashtag - no search in the Mastodon interface? Hm. But I can search by using it in a post. Eg. #mooc #elearning #sliceoflife

@bryanalexander Well, the net is still neutral here. :) More seriously, though, it might be a good time to start thinking of alternatives to the internet as we know it. If the existing internet becomes something like 'interactive cablevision' then we'll need an alternative. Can we extend an academic/scientific Internet 2 with wireless P2P Fidonet?

2/2 So I looked up the location when I got home. Because if someone has to be out riding their rebuilt bicycle in this weather, what kind of person is going to remove it from where it is parked? Pictured is the location in summer - more people standing outside, more bicycles, and Google Maps obscures the sign. The location is the Shepherds of Good Hope on Murray Street at King Edward. http://www.shepherdsofgoodhope.com/ It's sad that they remove bicycles. #smallstories https://mastodon.social/media/pj9vXUjS0AyA00ddcTY

1/2 December 14, 2017. I captured this image on the way home from my presentation in Gatineau this afternoon. It was a bitterly cold day today, and the tones of the photo reflect that (to me, at least). But there are other stories - the man waiting for a bus (except it's not a bus stop), the bicycle leaned up against the 'no bicycles' sign, the unevenly-sized wheels on the bike. The photo as a whole told me a story about how poverty works when it's -20C. #smallstories https://mastodon.social/media/6mLgJLlBDl5Axn8TE9Y