Jay Cross

APRIL 17, 2008

Poppy Lane is a quiet, one-block street in the Berkeley hills that ends at a small public park where people come to climb Remillard Rock, watch their kids in the tiny playground, or play fetch with their dogs. The Meyer lemon tree out front bears fruit all year long. Bougainvillea and black bamboo hide the vaguely Japanese-looking house from the street.

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Jay Cross

APRIL 17, 2008

Continuing the photo tour of our outpost on Poppy Lane in North Berkeley. What you see from Poppy Lane… …and what you see if you peek over the fence. Looking from the dining room to the front deck. Here’s the view through the dining room. The top floor resembles a glass shoe-box. I’ll show you the view to the west from the southern end of the house to the north.

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Privacy Slides Photo Market 36

Jay Cross

APRIL 14, 2008

Listen to this 8-minute update if you want to know about the Informal Learning 2.0 Fieldbook. Books are an increasingly obsolete medium. My book on informal learning froze my thoughts as it came off the presses, as if the world is not always changing. Publishers spend a year doing what other sectors do in a month. Hence, I’m assembling an un-book.

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Learning 2.0 Informal Learning Informal Press 36

Jay Cross

APRIL 13, 2008

From an article I wrote in January 2007 : Microsoft hates losing business to upstart Google, first in search, then in advertising, and now threatening the Office monopoly. To try to make up for lost ground, Microsoft will buy Yahoo! I guess I’ll have to wait for Wal*Mart to acquire Amazon.

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Yahoo Microsoft Predictions Google 36

Jay Cross

APRIL 14, 2008

Yesterday an email query from Clark Aldrich struck me as oddly impersonal, since Clark and I usually converse in real time. He asked, “What is the most important thing that needs to be said about educational simulations?&#. Then I realized it was a question sent via LinkedIn. I don’t know how many of Clark’s contacts he asked but he has more than two hundred, so it could be quite a few.

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Jay Cross

APRIL 12, 2008

The wisteria over my front gate is in full bloom, our plum trees are covered with purple pom-poms, the pear tree in back is snowy white with blossoms, and my allergic reaction is so bad that I can hardly think straight. With my immune system compromised and my defenses down, last night I tottered on the edge of the bottomless pit of raw, seething information that is the web.

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Streaming Social Networks Learning 2.0 Ning 36

Jay Cross

APRIL 15, 2008

I test-drove a BMW 128 this afternoon. Costs about $30,000. I think I’ll buy the coupe. Any car-enthusiast readers have an opinion on this one? Sales pitch video.

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