danoff dot org :: 23 August 2011 ed.

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About

I, Charles, make danoff dot org^SM a website about me for readers, clients, students and more. My work includes freelance writing, editing The Uncertainty Principle, designing websites plus running my educational company Mr. Danoff's Teaching Laboratory. To learn more please peruse my Résumé/CV, Educational Autobiography (2010) or LinkedIn profile.

Here on the homepage I publish "Checking-In" my weekly column on what I've been doing lately plus event news, links of interest and other fun stuff!

Checking In #19

my weekly column

UP-N INBOUND -- Dented last Thursday about the Teaching English as a Second or Other Language (TESOL) activity I made about Korean baseball. Combined a YouTube video, Wikipedia article and Flickr! picture into an activity that worked pretty well during a tutoring lesson.

Had a sensational wet & spicy beef in Skokie at Portillo's. Jeffrey's recommendation. Whilst enjoying my savory Italian beef I read the inspiring tale of Portillo's founder. Four years invested working a hot dog stand with water via a garden hose turned into a 3-state restaurant chain, boutique cafes and shopping mall. All, as noted, done without financing or outside investors.

Reminded me of similar tales of practicioners focusing on their craft independently for 4+ years then having it pay off big, like Warren Buffett, Vidal Sassoon and OFWGKTA.

Charles
23 August 2011

You can find past editions of Checking In by going to http://danoff.org/ledive/index.php?title=Checking_In&oldid=171364.

Upcoming Events

August 2011

On Saturday the 27th, the Online edition of Volume II: Issue Five "Faire le mal pour le plaisir de la faire" of The Uncertainty Principle will be published. Before that you can read a copy by buying the print edition for $1.50 (in USA).

October 2011

On Thursday October 13th, Volume II: Issue Six "_ _ _ _" of The Uncertainty Principle will be published. Please visit the webste at http://theup.biz for more info.
On Thursday the 27th, I will be giving a talk about Collaborative Lesson Planning at the Open Education 2011 Conference in Park City, Utah, USA.
On Monday the 31st, my first novella will be published. Pre-ordering information will be available soon.

Past Events

July 2011

On I gave a talk at OKCon 20111 with Joe Corneli in Berlin about Paragogy our paper on Paragogy was published in the conference proceedings. We also helped run the P2PU workshop.

April 2011

I exhibited my work on Collaborative Lesson Planning at The Interactive show 2011 put on by the NYC Hacker Collective.

June 2010

I self-published "A Caddy Story" a short-story. The first public output of my work writing fiction.

Notes & Errata

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