Voting now open for the eduStyle web awards

The nominees for the first-ever* eduStyle Higher-ed Web Awards have been selected. From a list of 1,800 potential nominees, the list has been winnowed down to 37 schools in 18 categories. It looks like some very good designs are in the running. Go to the People’s Choice section and cast your vote. (You must be an eduStyle member to vote, but it’s easy to sign up. There’s no excuse not to, really.)

* I call this the first-ever eduStyle awards rather than first annual -- which is what eduStyle calls it -- because something cannot be annual until it recurs. (Old journalism habits die hard.)

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Now playing: The Raveonettes – Blitzed
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Friday Five: too busy to blog edition

wp_169.jpgWelcome to another one of those “I’m so busy I have no time to blog except to post this note to tell you how busy I am” posts. Yeah, you know the ones. The ones where the deluded blogger, thinking dozens of loyal readers are waiting eagerly, anticipating the next brilliant post, is wracked with guilt and feels possessed to say that he, well, has nothing to say. This is one of those posts.

But since it’s Friday, and I suggested in last Friday’s post that a Friday Five would be in the offing this week, here are the top five reasons I’m too busy to blog.

  1. If I’m going to get out of the office by noon today, I’ve got a lot to do.
  2. Paralyzed by the backlog of unread items in my RSS feed.
  3. Lack of motivation.
  4. Lack of bloggable ideas.
  5. A severe and lingering case of Spring Fever! (Even on a stormy morning.)

So that’s it. Nothing to see here, really. You’ll likely find something worthy of your time at one of the many fine blogging establishments listed on the blogroll to your left. Good luck.

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Now playing: Ha Ha Tonka – Gusto
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