Philosopher. Educator. Journalist. Programmer. Photographer. Cyclist. Socialist.https://bsky.app/profile/downes.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/downes.bsky.social/post/3mlrhug5cgc2vAdding DID to RSS and Atom Feeds https://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2026/05/adding-did-to-rss-and-atom-feeds.html13 May 2026 23:36 +0000at://did:plc:66jcrkacv2vbii5l5rdpid7t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrhug5cgc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/downes.bsky.social/post/3mily6naf2k2iAfter three days of the #OLDaily funding campaign, I'm at 7% of my subscriptions target.03 Apr 2026 14:57 +0000at://did:plc:66jcrkacv2vbii5l5rdpid7t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mily6naf2k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/downes.bsky.social/post/3mi5dvazgt22jWith my retirement now just a few days away I have added the subscription links to my page so you can support continued publication of OLDaily. www.downes.ca28 Mar 2026 19:17 +0000at://did:plc:66jcrkacv2vbii5l5rdpid7t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi5dvazgt22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/downes.bsky.social/post/3mi2tpjltls2lThose Takeaways - https://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2026/03/those-takeaways.html27 Mar 2026 19:22 +0000at://did:plc:66jcrkacv2vbii5l5rdpid7t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2tpjltls2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/downes.bsky.social/post/3mhljdiaew22dI've posted my LinkedIn Newsletter publisher script on GitHub. https://github.com/Downes/linkedin_publisher It's tailored pretty specifically to my own newsletter but your AI could use it as a starting point for your own LinkedIn newsletter. Runs in a Docker container on my cloud VPS.21 Mar 2026 17:06 +0000at://did:plc:66jcrkacv2vbii5l5rdpid7t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhljdiaew22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/downes.bsky.social/post/3mhdu3xptqc2uI have added two new repositories to github containing updated code from my CList project. KVStore github.com/Downes/kvstore is a very secure key-value store for account information; ProxyP github.com/Downes/proxyp is a proxy allowing web servers to access APIs where resource sharing is required. https://github.com/Downes/kvstore18 Mar 2026 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:66jcrkacv2vbii5l5rdpid7t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhdu3xptqc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/downes.bsky.social/post/3mgrzvhryl22gI am interviewed on the history, present and future of MOOCs by Saffron Mccullough for the MOOC Institute. Topics range from the origin of connectivism, neural networks and what they need to work, and the impact of AI on the future of learning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wemfqgn873I11 Mar 2026 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:66jcrkacv2vbii5l5rdpid7t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgrzvhryl22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/downes.bsky.social/post/3mg6ae54mok2zInspired by a few others, I've posted a page titled An Album for Every Year of My Life (So Far) ... https://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2026/03/an-album-for-every-year-of-my-life-so.html03 Mar 2026 16:56 +0000at://did:plc:66jcrkacv2vbii5l5rdpid7t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg6ae54mok2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/downes.bsky.social/post/3mfkewokx6c2lI am interviewed by Geoff Cain for Episode #61 of Simon Says: Educate! Unpacking the Ethics of AI in Education. https://open.spotify.com/episode/0s5xcR3mJZabDXlB5xVcj1 See also this summary and useful slide presentation from Ronald Lethcoe. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7431751899546124288/ #edtech23 Feb 2026 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:66jcrkacv2vbii5l5rdpid7t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfkewokx6c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/downes.bsky.social/post/3mf5iwtjeyc2lIn the past we've had things like critical thinking and computational thinking. These were useful concepts. We might now want to coin a new discipline 'agentic thinking' . www.downes.ca/post/78869 https://www.downes.ca/post/7886918 Feb 2026 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:66jcrkacv2vbii5l5rdpid7t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf5iwtjeyc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/downes.bsky.social/post/3me55gjo5tc2aMy video 'Federated Open Learning Resources' as recorded by the Open Education Conference last fall is now available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2QbKfOoGYk05 Feb 2026 19:40 +0000at://did:plc:66jcrkacv2vbii5l5rdpid7t/app.bsky.feed.post/3me55gjo5tc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/downes.bsky.social/post/3mdvwl27fy22kNo newsletter today due to the migration. Existing links should be serving fine though.02 Feb 2026 22:49 +0000at://did:plc:66jcrkacv2vbii5l5rdpid7t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdvwl27fy22khttps://bsky.app/profile/downes.bsky.social/post/3mdsnkx46pc2wAll my Iceland photos fro last summer are finally posted: South Iceland: https://www.flickr.com/photos/stephen_downes/albums/72177720330902983/ East Iceland: https://www.flickr.com/photos/stephen_downes/albums/72177720331159227/ North Iceland: https://www.flickr.com/photos/stephen_downes/albums/72177720331323135/ West Iceland: https://www.flickr.com/photos/stephen_downes/albums/72177720331674702/01 Feb 2026 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:66jcrkacv2vbii5l5rdpid7t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdsnkx46pc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/downes.bsky.social/post/3mdqxq77vlc2fParts of my website are not working at the moment as I migrate it to the new VPS31 Jan 2026 23:26 +0000at://did:plc:66jcrkacv2vbii5l5rdpid7t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdqxq77vlc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/downes.bsky.social/post/3mdnpibc6t22zThe Questions We Ask About AI in Education https://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-questions-we-ask-about-ai-in.html30 Jan 2026 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:66jcrkacv2vbii5l5rdpid7t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdnpibc6t22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/downes.bsky.social/post/3mcq7z3pgmk2dThe rest of my photos from today, in full size: www. flickr.com/photos/stephen_downes/albums/72177720331547013/ #photography18 Jan 2026 22:57 +0000at://did:plc:66jcrkacv2vbii5l5rdpid7t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcq7z3pgmk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/downes.bsky.social/post/3mcgiqko54s24Listening to Music When the System Stops Listening, George Stroumboulopoulos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujs9l4YrxcM You'll want to listen to Billy Bragg just after. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjUA3RU4B8E15 Jan 2026 02:06 +0000at://did:plc:66jcrkacv2vbii5l5rdpid7t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcgiqko54s24https://bsky.app/profile/downes.bsky.social/post/3mcdfo6h7s22yThe Conference Board of Canada is changing its name to Signal49 Research. Because decades of name recognition has no value, I guess. https://www.conferenceboard.ca/13 Jan 2026 20:33 +0000at://did:plc:66jcrkacv2vbii5l5rdpid7t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcdfo6h7s22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/downes.bsky.social/post/3mbk57rnp5c2sHere's the big news I have to start 2026. https://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2026/01/stephens-retirement-faq.html03 Jan 2026 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:66jcrkacv2vbii5l5rdpid7t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbk57rnp5c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/downes.bsky.social/post/3mb5vgo5p5c2jI have written an RSS reader that runs locally on your Windows / Mac / Linux desktop, coded with help from ChatGPT 5.2 (it took a *lot* of guidance to get what I wanted). It's PRE-ALPHA (please read the readme)29 Dec 2025 22:34 +0000at://did:plc:66jcrkacv2vbii5l5rdpid7t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb5vgo5p5c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/downes.bsky.social/post/3m5bu7kkf6k2qThere has been a *deluge* of new resources in the learning and technology space over the last few days. The @oldaily.bsky.social account will be busy - you might want to unfollow it for a bit. I'll be spacing all the new stuff over the next week or so of email, RSS, LinkedIn and web editions.10 Nov 2025 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:66jcrkacv2vbii5l5rdpid7t/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5bu7kkf6k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/downes.bsky.social/post/3m57utyx6fc2vA remarkable hour-and-a-half video from one of my go-to channels, Not Just Bikes. The video is a detailed take-down of 'vehicular cycling' as advocated by John Forester. According to Forester, cyclists should act like cars, and that bike infrastructure is dangerous. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRPduRHBhHI09 Nov 2025 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:66jcrkacv2vbii5l5rdpid7t/app.bsky.feed.post/3m57utyx6fc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/downes.bsky.social/post/3m54yfvxpks2wConvert your name to a Norwegian one. https://ainovakit.com/converter/norwegian-name-converter/08 Nov 2025 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:66jcrkacv2vbii5l5rdpid7t/app.bsky.feed.post/3m54yfvxpks2whttps://bsky.app/profile/downes.bsky.social/post/3m52t5qynzk2aSlides, audio and transcript for the presentation I gave yesterday, 'Training and Educational Data Analytics: An Overview', are now available: https://www.downes.ca/presentation/59907 Nov 2025 19:35 +0000at://did:plc:66jcrkacv2vbii5l5rdpid7t/app.bsky.feed.post/3m52t5qynzk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/downes.bsky.social/post/3m4gkjvgpjk2gSlides and audio for my talk AI Applications: A Taxonomy https://www.downes.ca/presentation/59730 Oct 2025 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:66jcrkacv2vbii5l5rdpid7t/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4gkjvgpjk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/downes.bsky.social/post/3m4gkiritms2gSlides and audio for my talk Federated Open Learning Resources https://www.downes.ca/presentation/59630 Oct 2025 18:06 +0000at://did:plc:66jcrkacv2vbii5l5rdpid7t/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4gkiritms2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/downes.bsky.social/post/3m4bq2g3qxc2bNow if I could only remember what I promised to present.... ;) [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Oct 2025 20:03 +0000at://did:plc:66jcrkacv2vbii5l5rdpid7t/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4bq2g3qxc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/downes.bsky.social/post/3m373grakks2335 Days in Iceland - 13 - Breiðdalsvík - Day 19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQk57vCKHL0&list=PLeBQHgzQN9x0u1s5li0E1k5isMqdU0QWq&index=1415 Oct 2025 01:23 +0000at://did:plc:66jcrkacv2vbii5l5rdpid7t/app.bsky.feed.post/3m373grakks23https://bsky.app/profile/downes.bsky.social/post/3m3676nuh4k25Podcast interview: Learning Networks and the Age of AI with Stephen Downes. www.downes.ca/post/78346 https://www.downes.ca/post/7834614 Oct 2025 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:66jcrkacv2vbii5l5rdpid7t/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3676nuh4k25https://bsky.app/profile/downes.bsky.social/post/3m2q5o6fk3s2zAnother bikepacking video: 35 Days in Iceland - 12 - Djúpivogur to Breiðdalsvík - Days 17-18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_oQA4blFOc&list=PLeBQHgzQN9x0u1s5li0E1k5isMqdU0QWq&index=1309 Oct 2025 02:53 +0000at://did:plc:66jcrkacv2vbii5l5rdpid7t/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2q5o6fk3s2z