Monthly Archives: February 2014

Internet Poempathy

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Maureen Crawford

I have been thinking a great deal about the meta rhizomatic language of the Internet – the ways in which it is manifesting, the implications, where personal learning networks/PLNs fit into the picture (thinking about boundaries and peripheries and similarities … Continue reading →

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Leaping Internet Lingo Produces Knowmads!

Posted on February 15, 2014 by Maureen Crawford

  This post is a fulfillment of the promise I made in my previous piece, Networks are Expanding Our Ignorance, to expand on my musings regarding Logan’s thesis of human meta-languages being evolutionary responses to information overload, specifically dealing with, The Sixth Language: … Continue reading →

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Networks are Expanding Our Ignorance

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Maureen Crawford

My father, prior to retirement, was a research scientist, professor, academic – he exemplified what most people think of when they use the term ‘an expert in his field’.  My dad was very wary of the term expert. When I … Continue reading →

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You is Us – in Symphony!

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Maureen Crawford

“Together we create a symphony of ideas.”  Doesn’t that phrase just perfectly sum up the idea of social networks? Well sort of  – but perhaps our networks are not really a symphony of ideas – perhaps they are more of a … Continue reading →

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