Stephen Downes
SD (Stephen Downes) is a legend. A google alert prompted me to his blog just now because he mentioned my last post. One of the category words for his post was my name. I clicked it of course (have done before mind you, just not for a while) and what reveals is a fascinating overview of some my edublogging since 2005! Well, it is to me because all those citations from SD mean a lot to me!
But what’s more important about SDs work here, is that he is an “A-lister” who is always reaching back into the “Long Tail” and pulling people up the front for a bit. Not enough A-lister’s do it. I think its a trait of original blogging prowess. Something Mark Bernstein inspired me to think about when he spoke in Sydney at the BlogTalk Downunder 2005.
Thanks again Stephen.
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March 8, 2009 at 11:47 am
Alan
Hear hear! Stephen gave me a first shoutout in 2003 before I had a blog after sending him a link for early RSS stuff I was trying inspired by his paper on Education and RSS.
He is legendary with an amazing reach, and we should nominate him for some kind of award, but he hates awards. Besides, its more fun to tease him via comments 😉