George Siemens catches the mood that Audrey Watters, Jim Groom and others have been pushing out. Technology is too shiny and we forget the humans that we work with at the peril of developing automatons and throwing away people and creativity.
George Siemens "shares some Elgg love": "When I survey the landscape of educational tools, I come to the following conclusion: Elgg is the most important tool, currently available, in shaping the future of learning."
Interesting post flagging the info overload things that we have all come across. The second point in the 5 point list is part of the concept that Downes & Siemens have used in the Connectivism MOOC i.e. don't even attempt to read everything - that's not what it's about. Instead choose & filter your information, create networks and trust platforms for 3rd party filtering.