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19

Aug

DCDC Monthly Feature: Google Reader

Posted by Betsy  Published in OpenSource, Origami, Web2.0

A short article (plus slideshow) that I wrote about Google Reader is currently the monthly feature on the Distance Course Design and Consulting Group website. Of course, it’s my job to write them, but you could check it out anyway. Those are my hands in the pictures, by the way – and you can see [...]

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13

Aug

South Bend Table Tennis Center

Posted by Betsy  Published in Personal

We’ve been living in South Bend for almost two weeks now – without encountering anyone in the outside world except for the people in Jess’ program (who are great people, by the way). So, I started brainstorming things that I could do to get out more, and found the website for the South Bend Table [...]

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5

Aug

New credentials

Posted by Betsy  Published in Personal, Web2.0

One great benefit of my current job is that I have access to lynda.com, where I can learn various tech skills. So far, I’ve learned to use Adobe Flash, ActionScript 3.0, and most recently, PHP. When you complete a course, which means viewing all of the instructional videos, you can download a PDF certificate of [...]

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