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We got back into Calgary early this morning (possibly the last flight to land at YYC for the night). Maui is great. A little more developed than I'd have liked (CostCo™ and Wal-Mart™ don't fit into my ideal mental image of relaxing tropical islands) but we had a blast nonetheless. Photos are now on Flickr, and I will try to do a braindump about the trip so I don't forget the details.

Now that I'm getting my head back into the mainland side of things, instead of being a haole-wannabe-local with my head in the waves, I'm realizing how successfully I was able to ignore things back home. I did have the laptop, but internet connectivity was crappy enough to make it useful only for checking email for emergencies (of which there was only one, thankfully).

Next up is the Web 2.0 Online Learning Festival. I have been graciously allowed to put my name on the billing, which means that since I was away for the last 11 days, I'm really just riding on some coat-tails. Brian, Jim, Gardner and (at least nominally) myself will be hosting a session at the NMC Online Conference on the Convergence of Web Culture and Video – tomorrow (March 21). Nominations are open, so if there's some awesome web-2.0-ish video that should be featured, add it to The List, and it might make it into The Envelope. 

A quick tour of the NMC Second Life campus. I walk around the virtual poster session, go for a walk/fly, and take a quick look around. Click the "play " or "download " links to take the tour.

The poster session seems odd at the moment – I'm not sure faithfully reproducing the physical world is the best way to take advantage of the virtual – but it may seem better on July 12 when the presenters will be on hand for discussion.

Second Life NMC Poster Session: A screenshot of the NMC Secondlife poster session.

If you’re working at an institution that isn’t a member of the New Media Consortium, you might want to check out their freshly posted membership invitation.

It’s a really great group of people, from an amazingly varied group of institutions, working on some pretty cool stuff. The Summer Conference is always informative and energizing, and members are on the inside track on initiatives like Pachyderm and the like.

Membership isn’t free, but it won’t break the bank, either. And no, I don’t get commissions… Hmmm… I should check into that!