• There is a special, as yet uncreated, word for people who think 4am is a good time to party. #
  • It’s JUST FINE, tho. I have to be up at 5.30 anyway, for this FUCKING CONFERENCE! Yay. #
  • Now i has Red Bull ‘n’ everythin’ is good. #
  • At FOTE Conference. Tim Bush is very nice, tho he did just imply that if there’s a fire, we’re on our own! #
  • Odd format to the day – very formalised, but quite tasty agenda. #
  • Sam Peters@Google talking about Cloud Computing. Interesting stuff, tho it all seems like common sense to me. #
  • Keep hearing it as ‘clown computing’, which would be something else entirely… #
  • Pauline Randall@virtualE. This is a 2nd Life talk. This could go either way… #
  • Again, some smart, pragmatic thinking, that should occur to 2nd Life educators, but often don’t. #
  • @josiefraser Are you at FOTE today? #
  • 1st attendee question was to GooGirl – Asked what Google’s agenda in helping edu is. #
  • … Of course, what he meant was ‘Are Google evil?’ #
  • Wow, this is quite a Google hostile crowd – conversely, they seem happy with everything said about 2nd Life. #
  • Harold Fricker@JISC on mobile technology. HF was ambushed to speak early, so not yet caffeinated! #
  • MULLET!! #
  • BBC Backstage on ‘Why Portability Matters…’ #
  • Interesting conflict between desire for privacy & peoples rampant abandon with their shit on Facebook. #
  • Ian Forrester (?) is an awesome fun speaker, without enough time to go into detail. #
  • Really sharp questions about online rights, but not enough time for answers… #
  • Some fun Google baiting, as prep for the Google/Yahoo cage-match that I’m counting on happening later. #
  • Yahoo talking! #
  • The Yahoo guy is basically talking about how his early computer life was fuelled by stolen goods! #
  • James Broad is his name. He is really young & enthusiastic. He scares me. I like him. #
  • The day, 2nd Life aside, is more about awesome use of data than gloss & bollocks. #
  • Which I like – less Flash, more function. Simple tools that users can adapt to their own uses. #
  • The thing I always think when hearing educators talk about the ways they use tech? #
  • … That great educators make great education, regardless of the tools. This speaker is great. #
  • Philip Butler@ULCC! He was great! #
  • Test @nixsight #
  • @josiefraser I guessed that as soon as I tweeted. Lots of enthusiasm & ‘blue-skying’ which is ace… #
  • @josiefraser A great primer in intermediate level eLearning, mind. Nice sandwiches! #
  • BTW, am Tweeting blind, so apologies to anyone trying to tweet me! #
  • Tim Marshall@JANET. Future of Technology in Education. Already good… #
  • Innovatinting? #
  • Maria Ilia@London Metropolitan Network. This is techie stuff, really, & last night is pulling at me! #
  • Hm. Perfectly good business presentation by Maria Ilia, but mic is muddy & it’s wrong audience. #
  • Miles Metcalfe@Ravensbourne College. ‘Basically, if it’s got a plug on it, it’s my fault.’ #
  • ’100% buzzword complaint.’ Also, ‘The 21st century always does my head in.’ #
  • Is- Is that comic sans? Still, I forgive him, because he’s totally great. Pragmatic but forward-thinking. #
  • Someone just asked whether they should allow their students to ‘friend’ them on FB. Thoughts? #
  • A cup of bad coffee & a nice ginger biscuit & we’re back! Sleepy… #
  • John Hickey@Apple. ‘Technology is anything that wasn’t around when you were born.’ #
  • Heard JH speak recently @ Apple. Appealing speaker & according to a colleague, ‘a lovely voice’. #
  • Aw, man! A tiny little bit of Apple jingoism at the end marring an otherwise universal talk. #
  • Also for some reason, the screen went a bit blurry. Or that might just be my eyes. #
  • Tom Abbott@University of Warwick. Creativity and Media Production. #
  • Score for being the first HE geek today to mention The Goons. & then The Boosh! #
  • … The challenge of making the exceptional ordinary. #
  • … And a Matt Madden slide! #
  • ‘Fail again. Fail better. Creativity is about being brave. Encourage people to take risks.’ #
  • Alastair Mitchell@Huddle. Social Collaboration Tools for Staff & Students. Slick CEO presentation. #
  • These guys are footing the bill for drinks n food. No-nonsense so far, but surely pitch imminent? #
  • Love the thinking behind Huddle, but concerned that, in practice it might just be another login. #
  • FOTE over! Time for sleeping! #
  • Reet, final Lahndan tweets of the day. FOTE was enervating; is that the right word? Hopeful, anyway. #
  • Feels like finally, a few people at a certain level are asking the right questions bout tech in edu. #
  • On train at Waterloo. Looks like I dodged the ‘terrorisms’ watchlist bullet, despite this weeks EW! #
  • Now, blessed sleep. Apologies for so many Tweets – mainly meant as aide-memoires due to addling. #
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