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I've just returned from 2 weeks in Wales and London (with a few days in North Yorkshire) and I wanted to say a few words about Wales and the WISEKIDS/WISP Conference in Swansea and Bangor.

The conference was well organised - really impressive. … Continue

I just found this jpg of a game I was completely addicted to in 1979 and 1980 while "working" at Duke University. I took a 3 month post as an administrative assistant and had about 1 hour of work to do each day so naturally I spent 7 hours a day playing "Adventure." This was an early computer game developed by Will Crowther. I was completely enamored with this game, which was text based. A far cry from today's gaming, that's for sure.

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I spent 1/3 of my life in building and managing online communities and a fair amount of time in the 80s building and managing offline communities as well. If someone had predicted I'd be working for a software development company, I would have put all my AOL stock (aka lunch money) on that bet. I love working in community and feel like the luckiest person on the planet to be a professional in the field. I now feel like lightning struck twice and I have the best of both worlds - being part of tea… Continue

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Title of Panel: Hi ###, What's ###? Filters, Technology & Behavior Management

Panelists include: Linda Criddle, Tamara Littleton, Stephen Kline, yours truly.

URL: http://bit.ly/19wTeY

This panel discussion will examine the technical, social and legal challenges of UGC, behavior management and communicating w… Continue

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Dealing with Suicide on Your Online Community or Forums: How You Can Help and Protect Everyone.

My friend Patrick O'Keefe over at iFroggy.com (and the author of "Managing Online Forums" http://www.managingonlineforums.com) has written a really good article on dealing with suicide threats in forums or communities.

This is Child Safety Week in the US, and though the emphasis is mainly on offline safety, I think this is a great article to spotlight for the online world.… Continue