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We’ve moved to www.chrisbetcher.com 5 Jan 2010 | 11:27 pm
OK, I actually did it. If you read the previous post, you’ll know that I was thinking of moving this blog to a self-hosted server and doing a bit of a blog makeover in the process. I asked for some fe...
The WordPress Tango 4 Jan 2010 | 05:15 pm
For a few years now, this blog has been an important place for me to do my “thinking out loud”, and in the process it’s been extremely rewarding to have been able to share some of that public ponderin...
Happy New Year 2 Jan 2010 | 03:31 am
Hope 2010 is a great year for you all! This photo is made of three separate images stitched together with Photoshop. It’s the calm before the fireworks storm! I thought it turned out quite well cons...
The Wisdom of Leo 26 Dec 2009 | 04:25 pm
I’m a big fan of Leo Laporte. Leo is best known these days for running the TWiT network (This Week in Tech), a podcasting empire that publishes more than a dozen excellent tech podcasts like MacBreak...
Ways of Working 18 Dec 2009 | 11:09 am
I hope you’ve all been following the K12 Online Conference this year. There have been some fabulous presentations coming out of this year’s event and, as usual, there has been a diverse collection of ...
I am not a prostitute 17 Dec 2009 | 02:57 am
In the past six days I’ve received six emails from various companies asking me if I’d please be so kind as to promote their services, talk about their products or otherwise just mention their wares in...
The more I know, the more I realise I don’t know 12 Dec 2009 | 04:21 pm
Crossposted on the Adobe Education Leaders blog (http://blogs.adobe.com/educationleaders/) I remember the first time I saw Photoshop. I think it must have been about 1993 or so, when I got a free copy...
Vote Early, Vote Often! 11 Dec 2009 | 09:32 pm
Yes, it’s that time of year again! The annual Edublog Awards are in full swing, and after a few weeks of people making nominations for various blogs, tweets, wikis and social networks across a really ...
Insightful 9 Dec 2009 | 10:23 pm
Thanks to yet another bloody good idea from my mate Mr Robbo, I was inspired to do the same thing he did… This is a Wordle tag cloud that gives an overview of the general zeitgeist of Betchablog. It ...
Staying On Message 8 Dec 2009 | 12:23 am
Over the last year or so, I’ve been invited to present at a number of conferences, including a couple of keynotes. It’s been an enriching experience, and one I enjoy immensely, although I do always e...