Just photos

This picture was taken at the beginning of June. She still looks like a puppy. And those big feet!

These photos were taken at the end of June. What a difference in just a few weeks! She already looks more adult (but still behaves like a puppy)!

More puppy images

I will post some recent photos of the 'puppy' here on the blog. She will be 6 months old at the end of this month! When I get to the module on sharing photos, Flikr, etc, I should post them there, instead, or as well. I think there are opportunities to share photos on other social networking sites, so when I get to the next module on Facebook and social bookmarking, del.icio.us, etc, I should share the photos with you from there. I have been very busy with other work recently -- it is journal renewal time -- so I am preoccupied with that and I don't have much time for 21 lunges.

Wiki -- a different way to think about creating something

Wikis have great potential for encouraging participation in the creation of something, but as the wiki module says, this technology-enabled process of participatory creation 'radically changes the meaning of 'authorship', 'ownership' and even 'plagiarism'.' Think about it. Everyone can make a contribution; you don't have to be an 'expert'.
I have heard the phrase 'radical trust' used in relation to wikis. The more recent addition of restrictions, and allowing pages to be 'locked-down' defeats the original purpose of the wiki.
Like wikipedia, readers need to be able to edit every part of the document at hand in order to retain the spirit of the wiki. As all changes are tracked anyway, if changes are made that are not appropriate, or if documents are deleted, earlier manifestations can be easily reinstated.
However, restricting the open-ness of a wiki has a purpose. The creation of a document can be limited to a specific working group that has responsibility for implementing recommendations or procedures, etc. Provided that everyone in the group actively contributes to the creation of the document, procedures, standards, etc. it may mean that the group's commitment to the final document is strengthened through this exercise in cooperative creation.
I have added a few things to the 21 lunges wiki, and looked with great interest at the changes made by others.

More on Podcasts

July already! How the time flies! I have come to the conclusion that the reason I cannot get a satisfactory podcast subscription result at home is due to the fact that we have a dial-up rather than a broadband connection. When I tried to download the latest audio file for a podcast I subscribed to at home that is only half an hour long it took over 2 hours! And the download was not successful because the connection cut out at the last moment. Disappointing. Since we are unable to put our mp3 player software on work computers I can't do the subscribing at work.
I've decided then, that for the purposes the 21 lunges programme, that listening to past audio files, and subscribing to programmes as RSS feeds will have to suffice.