Comments on: RIP NWE

By: cbd

cbd — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:53:27 +0000

Glenn, given what I’ve heard about how unusable the NWE had become, and how far removed from the innovative culture which made it exciting, I’m not upset at all. As Jeff notes, the help database shows a lot of the same infrastructure which was present in ‘02 after the last major upgrade. Too bad.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:01:42 +0000

This is really depressing. I thought the NWE really epitomized the best in innovative teaching environments. It actually gave me faith in the work I was striving to do. Not that I ever really got to where I was good with the technology–I flailed about quite a bit–but I really believed in it. I find myself in my little technology-deprived school now looking back longingly at what was available through the NWE and what I would do with it now. I really hope that Florida can get its act back together.

By: cbd

cbd — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:33:11 +0000

Heh, I don’t remember, either. A middle-aged man. Maybe Thomson, Shoaf, or Kershner.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:11:46 +0000

I don’t remember that story. Which wight was that?

By: John

John — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:02:05 +0000

The NWE’s influence was far flung, for my part reaching west of the Mississippi. (But that’s part of the idea behind the web, right?) Any way, never having set foot in the state of FL, let alone the NWE, I’ll be mourning its passing.