doug — off the record

just a place to share some thoughts


August 2015

  • Clipart on Demand

    Sometimes, I could just kick myself.  I always seem to be the last to know. I was working on a document yesterday and got the text right.  I thought a couple of pieces of Clipart would be nice to break up the text and to illustrate the message I was trying to create. So I… Continue reading

  • OTR Links 08/31/2015

    blog.growth.supply The Truth About Blogging — STARTUPS + WANDERLUST + LIFE HACKING — Medium https://t.co/nOY2ScCfGB via @Firefox — Doug Peterson (@dougpete) August 30, 2015 tags: IFTTT Twitter Dangerously Irrelevant |  trudacot Dangerously Irrelevant |  trudacot http://t.co/Z5BwhjDOXz via @Firefox — Doug Peterson (@dougpete) August 30, 2015 tags: IFTTT Twitter via:packrati.us What Coke Contains — Medium https://t.co/J1Okoalxna via @Firefox… Continue reading

  • Why Twitter?

    Yesterday morning, I was tagged in an interesting question from Jennifer Casa-Todd. Well, let me see now.  Starting at the As, there’s Andrea, Andrew, Andy, Aviva – whoa, this is going to take a while.  As I was contemplating moving the count to my other hand, Steven jumped in with his answer. I thought that… Continue reading

  • OTR Links 08/30/2015

    Another nail in Adobe Flash’s coffin – Chrome to block Flash ads from September 1st https://t.co/IPf2r173za Another nail in Adobe Flash’s coffin – Chrome to block Flash ads from September 1st https://t.co/IPf2r173za — Doug Peterson (@dougpete) August 29, 2015 tags: IFTTT Twitter via:packrati.us 5 Alternatives to Think-Pair-Share for Classroom Discussion WeAreTeachers: 5 Fun Alternatives to… Continue reading

  • Dumb Rules

    A comment I made yesterday brought back a bizarre memory about rules. There was a time when our two older kids were in daycare together.  Depending upon my wife’s and my schedules, you’d either drop the kids off in the morning or pick them up at the end of the day.  Because of their age… Continue reading