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Well, I have been absent for a while from my blog, but it certainly was for a reason. The past few months have been a blur to some degree. In January I left the Arizona Department of Education and took a position with Remote-Learner.net. After spending a little over 6 weeks in that position, I realized that I had made a mistake. I should clarify that the mistake had nothing to do whatsoever with Remote-Learner. It was entirely my own mistake. They are a terrific company, both to provide services and to work for. My mistake was not understanding that my true occupational passion is for K-12 education, with a healthy secondary interest in the technology side of things. Fortunately, in the middle of March the Department of Education (most especially Cathy Poplin and Nan Williams) were willing to let me return and continue in the great work that they are doing there.

My biggest regret in this whole journey is the tremendous inconvenience I caused both the Department of Education and, most especially, Remote-Learner. Sometimes, we have no other way to find things out about ourselves than by experience (which can be painful and it was for me). I appreciate tremendously how professionally the folks at Remote-Learner (and the Department of Education) handled this situation and certainly appreciate their understanding. It only increases my admiration of the company and the quality of the people that work for them.

With that backstory, that is why I have been more absent than normal from my blog. Things have finally settled down after these couple of job changes, finalizing the new Arizona Educational Technology Plan and a myriad of other things.

I have several blog post ideas in draft form, including some new thoughts about twitter and the echo chamber of educational technology. As always, NECC provides the backdrop for some thinking and great new ideas and so I'll likely be sharing some of those as well. I will also be doing some rearranging of my hintonweb blogs and sites as I try to better organize things for me, my thoughts, interests, and professional portfolio. I'm looking forward to things.....