Marie Connelly is not a Guru.

Well, thanks for the recommendation, I suppose -

If we’ve spent any time together recently, I’ve probably talked your ear off about Coursera, and this new class I’m taking on Social Network Analysis. (Sorry, not sorry.)

If you’re not familiar with Coursera, check them out! They’re part of the whole MOOC movement (Massive Open Online Courses) and they’re doing some interesting things in terms of making college courses (mainly introductory-level) available …

I’ve never been big on resolutions. Probably because they always seem to slowly fade into the background as Real Life begins to overtake the holiday season again.

I do like the idea of resolutions though – it’s important to set goals. To try to do better. I think that’s always worthwhile, whether it’s January 1st, or October 17th. It’s nice to have the clean slate …

As I mentioned at the beginning of the month, I took the October Challenge over at 750words.com – to write 750 words a day, for 31 days. It was a little touch and go for a couple days (including a fairly rushed update on Monday when I remembered the power might go out during my typical writing time), but I’m rather pleased to say …