Review of QuickTopic and Quick Doc.

Great post by Alan at cogdogblog about two useful applications (one for single-topic discussions, the other for gathering comments on documents) with very low barriers to use. I love applications like this (which the folks at the TLT Group call 'Low Threshold Applications') which have a quick pay-off for instructors and students and little or no cost to uptake. – SWL

Afterword: Looks like Alan has previously submitted an LTA to the TLT group – cf. http://tc.unl.edu/cansorge/lta/lta25.html. Any suggestions on how to get them to produce their list as an RSS feed?

[EdTechPost]

yup, yup, these are handly little tools, but they also are not the easiest to manage becuase in part, they are 'out of the package' that students used to webct or blackboard, etc. are used to using…

Joel on Software: “Here's the thing: the very best candidates have come to realize that they have a choice of where to work, and when they apply for a job, they are applying because there's something intriguing about that particular job, not because they'll take any work that comes along. And you can see it in their cover letters. For example, if I were to see something like “I'm happy where I am, but I've always wanted to move to New York and if Fog Creek is anything like you describe it on your website, it sounds like a great place” you would sound a lot more desirable than someone who writes, “You will find that I am a very hard worker.”

[Poorbuthappy Guide to Ease]

yes, well, i must admit that I've had the best luck using a slightly personalized version of a standard letter. I think that the more that you write, the less chance you actually have of attaining the position because there is more information by which to rule you out of competition.

MSNBC's Blogspotter. Here's something interesting.  MSNBC's website has a column called “Blogspotting” that talks about blogs The latest article is about the importance of Google ranking, and it mentions Denise Howell (referred to as “a conference blogging star”).  It also mentions this blog because of the nice article that Jerry Lawson wrote. 

Too bad the column doesn't have an RSS feed.

[Ernie the Attorney]

this again, is a recreation of normal reward systems found in media, it will aid in the construction and replication of hegemony throughout the blogosphere. nothing new there though.