Note: As of 1 Oct 2026, this is a FULL STATIC COPY of all 6,390 posts shared on this blog since 2003. Updated content and ideas from Wes Fryer are still available!

Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Category: blogs

  • Who is linking to a particular website?

    I received a question today about tracking links to particular websites. I’m sure there are multiple ways to do this, but two ways are to use Technorati and Google. From the search page or advanced search page of each site, you can form search queries with the following syntax. Copy the URL of the website…

  • Promoting blogosphere civility

    Today’s NYT article “A Call for Manners in the World of Nasty Blogs” includes some details about work being done by different folks relating to “blog codes of conduct.” I had heard about the troubles Kathy Sierra faced recently which led to the “Stop Cyberbullying” day Friday before-last, but not the stories of someone creating…

  • MySpace defamation suit highlights important issues

    Saturday’s article from Pennsylvania “Hermitage principal sues over MySpace parody” highlights issues of ongoing importance relating to user-created content, defamation, free speech, and appropriate/ethical uses of digital technologies. According to the article: A school principal sued four former students who he contends posted parody MySpace.com profiles saying he smoked pot, kept beer at school and…

  • Cyber compliment day

    Jen has called for a cyber-compliment day today! Thanks to Helen Mowers for bringing this to my attention! 🙂 Technorati Tags: CyberCompliment

  • Feed river options

    I’ve posted some new thoughts over at TechLearning in a post I titled, “Changing information processing routines.”

  • Blog tools keep getting better

    Last night I setup a new podcast blog for a church project on wordpress.com, and I was very pleased with how easy the process was and the new features which are available there for free. Unlike a WordPress blog you host yourself, you can’t upload and install plug-ins to a blog on wordpress.com, but you…

  • Cyberbullying and death threats

    I am exceedingly troubled to read Kathy Sierra’s post from yesterday, “Death threats against bloggers are NOT ‘protected speech’ (why I cancelled my ETech presentations).” I’m not entirely sure what to say. That doesn’t happen often. I hope law enforcement officials can find and prosecute those behind these malicious and damaging virtual attacks. Our continuing…

  • Fast Company mention

    I heard a few rumors back in February that the March 2007 issue of “Fast Company” magazine included some references to several edu-bloggers, including yours truly. Now that a newer issue is on the stands, the article (“Back to School”) is available online for free. The article also mentions David Warlick and Joanne Jacobs. Interesting…

  • Making Google Reader feed subscriptions easier

    I’m continuing to experiment with Google Reader as an alternative to Bloglines for subscribing, scanning and reading blog posts. One of the main things I’ve missed about using Google Reader has been the absence of a “browser button” to subscribe with a couple clicks to a blog’s web feed. (Bloglines calls these “easy subscribe” buttons.)…

  • Blogging intro curriculum

    I’m teaching a series of 3 workshops (the same session repeated) with Michael Kelly next week in San Antonio at the SITE conference. We’ve put together a wiki of curriculum we’re going to use for the workshop. My lengthiest contribution is the page on subscribing to web feeds with IE7 and Google Reader. Lots of…