By Michael, on January 24th, 2008
Last Sunday evening we arrived in Berlin after 34 hours of airports and airplanes… here’s what I learned:
Just because you’ve got five tickets and can take five pieces of hand luggage doesn’t mean you should use them all. But, the flip-side of this is that you’ll definitely have your hand luggage at the end of your . . . → Read More: Five tips for flying with kids
By Michael, on January 16th, 2008
It’s hard for me to believe that in less than four days now I’ll be walking the streets of Berlin with Franzie and the kids. And not just for a holiday but – God willing – to live for the next seven-or-so years.
Already the past two months of preparation have been the biggest project that I’ve . . . → Read More: Living and learning in Berlin
By Michael, on October 22nd, 2007
Last week A List Apart released the results of the Web Design Survey (that some of my class actually took part in):
The attached report shares everything we learned. We offer it freely to this community that has given us so much. For the curious, we also provide an “anonymized” version of the raw data. It contains . . . → Read More: Working and learning in web development
By Michael, on September 24th, 2007
As of today I am on the road to being redundant.
At the start of every semester I give a spiel to new learners in our class about how one of my main aims is to make myself redundant (as a source of web design and development knowledge). Today a few learners in class politely informed me . . . → Read More: I am redundant
By Michael, on September 11th, 2007
Since the 1990’s Agile software development has been evolving as an alternative method of project management for motivating and empowering teams of developers to develop and release great software for customers. But are “agile methodologies” applicable to learning and education? Could they help us learn? The more I learn about and try out agile software development, . . . → Read More: Agile learning – an alternative learning model
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