Jeffrey Dunster

I'm sitting in the Louis Armstrong Internation Airport in New Orleans, LA. This was an intense week and I'm glad to be going home! I've been attending the first ever Do It With Drupal (DIWD) conference.

DIWD, It Was Awesome!

This was my first "real" conference experience. I've attended several as a student at BYU, but this was my first professional conference, with flight, hotel, and per dium arrangements. I would do it again.

I recently learned a new term for a concept I have struggled to explain to people for some time. Connectivism.

First, watch the presentation. It's short, to the point, and effective.

How much do you trust your friends and family? Would you trust them enough to pick your major for you? How about your spouse? That may seem absurd to you, but we make many important decisions in our lives believing that they are ours alone. Are they? In practice, most of us consult friends and family, even strangers, about important decisions we must make. We are social creatures that depend extensively on each other.

I want to take a moment to share my philosophy of cultivating your social networks, learning how to trust them, and improving how you use them.