Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 21, 2021

I blog, for instance ;). There are other ways I write as well, and experiment, and look to refine my thinking. I reflect on what I do and how to do it better, learning to do new things that I need to meet my current challenges. Sure, I do the work. However, I also take walks, put my feet up and ponder, and more.

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Clark Quinn

MAY 29, 2019

So, the steps seem to be: Write a post (more below). Write to every blog author you find and offer them to link to your post. And, as one of the people who blogs (e.g. Maybe newbie social media marketing hires are writing them? If you don’t know what you’re talking about, please don’t write.

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

, but she triggered many thoughts about my writing approach. I thought I’d share how I deal with blogging, articles, and writing in general, as a ‘ show your work ‘ effort. It starts with my commitment to two blog posts a week. Regardless, I tend to write each in one fell swoop.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 31, 2023

Seek I subscribe to blog posts via email, and I use Feedblitz because I use it as a way for people to sign up for Learnlets. I also continue to use Microsoft’s Word as a writing tool. Share My blog (e.g. I have to occasionally use or output to Powerpoint, but for me, it’s a more elegant tool.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 9, 2022

However, a couple of tools have become more prevalent, and one’s slipped back, so… I’ll rearrange my list for this year, given that I’m not writing a book right now, with an expectation that it may swing back. Writing is a primary way for me to think through things, and that’s not changing.

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

By the way, I’m experimenting with video as a blog mechanism. That is, we’ll write a white paper, and an AI will parse it, then present it, and drill it. Again, a video of an idea I want to talk about. This time about AI and Meaningful Practice (just around 2 minutes). I welcome your thoughts. Which is part of learning.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 28, 2019

WordPress: my first learning tool is this blog. OmniGraffle: a lot of thinking comes from reflection, both with the blog for thoughts, and through diagramming my understanding. Word: I do most of my writing besides blogging in Word. Here’s where I lay out my ideas. OmniOutliner: another way I think is in outlines.

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Clark Quinn

JUNE 20, 2023

So, teams (or the rare individual) who could manage the writing, the technical specification, and the technical implementation. this blog!). I note that this blog was contributing to Google C5 (according to a tool I can no longer find), for instance. Back then, I postulated that Web 1.0 was producer-generated content.

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Following on my thoughts on writing yesterday, this was a topic that didn’t fit (the post got too long ;). If not the reading, they can interfere with the flow of my writing! And, of course, that this isn’t an official article source, this is my blog ;). When I write those, I try to provide sources.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 22, 2014

Word: I write most of my articles and books in Word. The outline feature is critical for me (and the main reason I haven’t switched to Pages, it’s just not industrial strength) in structuring my thoughts, and writing is one of the ways I think out loud. Sense & Share. Facebook: also a source of insight.

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

It occurs to me to mention some of the other places you can find my writings besides here (and how they differ ;). These tend to be aggregated thoughts that are longer than a blog post, but not as through as a chapter. So, my writing has shown up in: eLearnMag. The post Other writings appeared first on Learnlets.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 6, 2017

While I ordinarily refuse (on principle, otherwise I’d get swamped and become a PR hack; and I never promise a good review), I acquiesced to Patti Shank’s offer of a copy of her new book Write and Organize for Deeper Learning. This is a contribution to the field, with a focus on writing. These are small asides.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 1, 2014

At the mLearnCon conference, it became clear it was time to write about wearables. At the same time, David Kelly (program director for t he Guild) asked for conference reflections for the Guild Blog. Long story short, my reflections are a guest post there.'

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Clark Quinn

JUNE 26, 2018

MS Word: writing is one of the first ways I make sense of the world. I wouldn’t mind disentangling myself, but it’s pretty much a lingua franca and has industrial-strength outlining, which I rely on for longer writing. this blog): is the other way I write and make sense of the world. WordPress (e.g.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 3, 2017

Read this blog, instead. Apparently, with an expectation that I’ll blog it. Somehow, people think this blog is for PR. I used to get a lot of offers to either receive or write blog posts. And I won’t write for you for free. And I speak and write as a service! And those will get reported.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 26, 2022

Well, it comes down to some reflections on blogging. Some people I’ve lost touch with, most who aren’t blogging any more or even in our field! Some people I’ve lost touch with, most who aren’t blogging any more or even in our field! There are myriad reasons I want to continue to blog.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

So, in the spirit of transparency, it occurred to me to share a little bit about me and this blog. Here I lay out who I am, why I write it, and what I write about. I speak at events, and write books, but my main income is from consulting. Yet generating business isn’t why I write this blog.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Here are my tools, in no particular order: WordPress is how I host and write this Learnlets blog, thinking out loud. Word is still the way I write when I need to go industrial-strength, getting the nod over Pages because of it’s outlining and keyboard shortcuts. Twitter is how I track what people find interesting.

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Clark Quinn

APRIL 12, 2016

WordPress is my blogging tool (where you’re at right now), and it’s a way I think ‘out loud’ and the feedback I get is a wonderful way to learn. Things that eventually appear in presentations and writing typically appear here first, and some of the work I do for others manifests here (typically anonymized).

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 30, 2017

I write tasks for projects into a project management tool. And I write non-project oriented tasks into a separate ToDo list. But… I didn’t document the blog post idea before I did something else, and got distracted by one of my open projects. So for one, I have a specific goal for several of the projects each day.

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Clark Quinn

APRIL 22, 2020

And I’ve maintained a reputation for staying on top of learning science as well, recently writing a book on myths around learning science. This has been a public service announcement, we now return you to your irregularly scheduled blog. I’ve spent my entire career caring about making good learning happen. Are you ready?

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

If you go from just having an idea (first line) to trying to capture it as a product (next), whether a diagram or a screed, to communicate to some hypothetical reader, you find out that you might not have thought it out fully (the first benefit to having a personal journal, e.g. blogging). And you do some processing to generate that product.

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

And, then I decided I’d write a blog post about my thoughts, and I wanted a reminder (there’ve been times in the past when I had a good topic, but by the time I got back I couldn’t remember what it was). So I made one for that post (coming soon), and one to write this (see, it works!).

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Clark Quinn

JUNE 23, 2010

What I’m now keeping as a note to paste in reply to these solicitations: You clearly do NOT read my blog. If you had, you’d see that there’s been an ongoing flurry of attempts at getting me to pay attention to online degrees and either similar or the sister sites, and I blogged that it’s not what I do.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 7, 2015

WordPress: my blogging tool, that provides regular reflection opportunities for me in generating them, and from the feedback others provide via comments. Facebook: there’s another group that I use like the Skype channel, and of course just what comes in from friends postings is a great source of lateral input.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 2, 2012

I was looking for any previous post I’d made about stealth mentoring, so I could refer to it in a post I was writing, and I couldn’t find it. If they’re blogging and tweeting, or otherwise leaving tracks of their thinking, they can be mentoring you and not even know it. Similarly, here, with a difference.

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

As I’ve mentioned before, I’m writing a book on mobile learning. My only previous experience was writing Engaging Learning , where the prose practically exploded from my fingers. There’s a consequence, and that is a decreasing frequency of blogging. This time is different. I’m feeling a tad stretched!

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Clark Quinn

MAY 31, 2018

From time to time, it’s worth a reminder that Quinnovation (the firm behind the blog) is available to help you. In addition to books, I write white papers, blog posts, and articles for others. Next week we return you to your regularly scheduled blog at this same channel. I could do the same for you.

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

If this were a real emergency, I’d write a book or something. We now return you to your regularly scheduled blog, already in progress. . This was a jest, this was only a jest. Seriously, we do have to pay attention to the science in what we’re doing, and view things with a healthy skepticism.

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

A blogging or website tool : I use WordPress for Learnlets (i.e. I use Word to write (Pages hasn’t had industrial-strength outlining), Keynote to create presentations (e.g. Notes more for personal stuff, Notability for work-related. I use Omnigraffle for diagrams and mindmaps. one from each suite).

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

During my presentation last Thursday that was an introduction to eLearning 2.0 as part of an online event for the eLearningGuild, I mentioned a few common ways that I've seen eLearning 2.0 approaches. One thing I really like about the list is how tactical they are.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

I naturally decided to answer in a blog post ;). I write book reviews as a way to reflect on my learning (e.g. Experiment with different ways to represent your understanding: write, diagram, make an audio or video file. I was asked by a colleague to answer some questions for a project on how to learn. Look for links.

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 14, 2008

for Learning Professionals Free Online Course (you can jump in at any time) is all about Blogs for Learning. There's a bit in there on blogging strategies, but the reality is that when I go back and look at my previous posts on what your personal strategy should be around blogging, I'm not finding that much.

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Clark Quinn

APRIL 19, 2017

WordPress is my blogging tool (what I’m using here), and serves both as a thinking tool (if I write it out, it forces me to process it), but it’s also a share tool (obviously). At least until I find a better tool (haven’t really got my mind around Scrivener’s organization, though I’ve tried).

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 3, 2010

In the capture and share category, major tools include: WordPress – I blog as a way to reflect and get feedback on my developing thoughts. Feedblitz – this is how I aggregate blogs I track and have them come via email (where I’ll see them). Skype – chats and calls and videochats with folks.

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Clark Quinn

MARCH 8, 2016

So you could write or present, diagram (see what I’m doing here?), If you choose to use a different media (perhaps it’s relative, like when I created an animation after blogging for > 10 years ;), we might know. Sensing is about reconciling what’s found with your own knowledge. or experiment.

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Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 31, 2010

For my sins, of course, it appears there’s more mobile writing in my near future, which will likely impact my blogging a bit, but as always I’ll try to keep a balance. Stay tuned to your usual channels, which includes the Quinnovation News page (which always points to what I’m up to).

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