Happy holidays! Lunch Box will be shutting its lid for a month from now until mid January 2009. Thanks to all who’ve contributed comments, ideas and support in 2008.
I’ve really enjoyed blogging this year - it’s been a great discpline for me, professionally, to commit my ideas to screen. In November, Lunch Box had 773 visits from 582 visitors. On top of that, since mid September, 38 feeds have been picked up by readers. Visitors have been steadily increasing since I started in July. I plan to keep going next year, with an extended scope, now that my job is evolving to include e-learning research and innovation.
A few treats for the Christmas stocking, then. I’ve written on trends in education recently, so here’s some thoughts from the periphery …
First, this holidays I won’t be far away from Google Earth – some bright spark has created a mashup with surf forecasts, layering swell maps, wind direction, wave height and tides over Google Earth to help me track down that elusive wave.
I’m sure we’ll see many more mashups in 2009. Try Dipity’s timetube, which builds a timeline of videos scraped from across the web from your keywords. This has many uses – for example, tracking news stories and perspectives on current events.
Second, Sony Playstation has just launched the virtual world Home, which I’m picking will give Second Life a run for its money in 2009. The animation and rendering in Home are astonishing.
