Who I Am Not Speaking On Behalf of in this Blog

It is tax time and as such, I can look through my tax records for the last two years and it reminds me of folks who gave me money or supported my travel that I am *not* speaking for in this blog.

  • I am not speaking on behalf of the University of Michigan in this blog
  • I am not speaking on behalf of IMS Global Learning Consortium in this blog
  • I am not speaking on behalf of Blackboard in this blog
  • I am not speaking on behalf of the Sakai Foundation in this blog
  • I am not speaking on behalf of Etudes, Inc. in this blog
  • I am not speaking on behalf of Cisco, Inc. in this blog
  • I am not speaking on behalf of McGraw-Hill Higher Education in this blog
  • I am not speaking on behalf of Google in this blog
  • I am not speaking on behalf of O’Reilly & Associates in this blog
  • I am not speaking on behalf of Barnes and Noble in this blog
  • I am not speaking on behalf of Amazon, Inc in this blog
  • I am not speaking on behalf of Apple Computer, Inc. in this blog
  • I am not speaking on behalf of the University of Amsterdam in this blog
  • I am not speaking on behalf of any organization or person who is paying me or covering my travel expenses in the past, present, or future.

So with that said, when I write in this blog, I am only speaking for me, myself and I.

Some of the posts are written by my Ego and other posts are written by my Id and carefully edited by my Super-Ego. It is not hard to figure out which of my posts are written by which part of my psyche. (My Ego is writing this post).

Sometimes I use the word “we” in posts – it is generally referring to some large group like the whole Sakai community, all teachers, people interested in first programming courses, all totally cool people around the world, all hockey players, people on a diet that are not losing weight as quickly as they like, all people with the first name of ‘Chuck’, all people with at least one tattoo, all motorcycle riders, etc. When I use ‘we’ it should not be mis-construed as representing a precise consensus of the large generic group I am speaking for when I use the word ‘we’.

I am using ‘we’ in the sense of Majestic plural (a.k.a the ‘royal we’).

Hope that makes things clear. Now back to my taxes.