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13 March 2010

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Why are there no prosecutions against the Roman Catholic Church...? http://j.mp/9QdRG5 - Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:52

iPhone pages now down to 3 now; cull those apps...! - Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:29

@tonyfish Thanks Tony, will do - Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:26

Microsoft's analytics could work across the "three screens"? http://bit.ly/9FNE9w & http://bit.ly/blotJ7 - Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:14

CDO - "bit like OCD except with the letters in alphabetical order… just like they should be!" http://bit.ly/bekRmM - Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:05

...seems like a twitpic failure on last #red related tweet http://twitpic.com/184ryv - Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:50

Hmmm, seems all #redmonk tweets are red http://twitpic.com/184pgu - Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:38

Wondering why this one tweet has red text... http://twitpic.com/184oub - Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:34

Thinking that @screwyousxsw has quite big hands... - Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:39

Liking @lukesurl's cartoons and they are all CC licenced http://bit.ly/9iYOX7 - and first time I've come across http://comicpress.org/about/ - Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:23

On pawns and queens http://bit.ly/4pC9ZQ and "feeling like batman" http://bit.ly/b5wLXZ /by @lukesurl - Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:15

RT @andrewhyde: Full @TechStars historical company results for all you data junkies: http://bit.ly/TechStarsResults /via @techstars - Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:04

GCHQ lost 35 laptops... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/12/gchq_laptops/ - Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:01

Judge rules that BNP's "new constitution is still discriminatory" - http://bit.ly/aMTHyV - Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:50

Just seeing if tweetie2 update now does pass message to twitpic...! http://twitpic.com/17zpgd - Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:57

@mapperz :-) - Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:59

@mapperz thanks, free as in CC type licence? - Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:53

@mapperz ah, so there is a licence deal with Ordnance Survey then? - Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:40

Intrigued to see how "Comics & Graphic Novels" will be delivered on the iPad http://bit.ly/bShOzZ) - Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:55

I like @netvibes #wasabi but wish that I could rely on it to update without having to manually *refresh* - Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:50

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90-9-1 theory

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Link, Lurk and Learn…

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By James Burke on 12 October 2007

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By James Burke on 28 February 2007

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By James Burke on 25 October 2006

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Community of Practice: overview, roles & responsibilities

By James Burke on 13 October 2006

Any Community of Practice (CoP) takes time to emerge, develop and then subsequently flourish. CoPs are a significant organisation investment and should not be implemented for quick fixes applied in order to make short term gains. Although once implemented CoPs rapidly become an integral part of organisational life that require minimal ongoing investment to maintain, there is a requirement for clearly defined roles and responsibilities in the important early CoP days. This entry contains an overview of CoPs and introduces some potential roles and responsibilities involved in successful implementations.

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Collaboration in Networks for Learning

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Community of Practice development – useful background reading

By James Burke on 01 August 2006

Online content is all well and good but sometimes you just need a good book to sit down with and really get into a topic. Here is some great reading relating to developing, nurturing and sustaining Communities of Practice.

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