Here's the snappy explanation about why I'm writing this blog, and why I named it OAEieio. Actually, I'm going to try not to be too snappy because I'm not paid to be a poet. I am being paid (25% at the moment) to be a member of the User Reference Group for Sakai OAE. The purpose of this blog is to keep something of a journal describing the work I do weekly in this role. The presumed audience includes the folks I work for. The presumed audience does not include the general public, and not even the Sakai Community, really.
The "e-i-e-i-o" part is a reference to how hard it has been for me to remember the order of the acronym: OAE = Open Academic Environment. The song helps me remember that the "E" comes last. And thinking of the song I suddenly realize that pigs, sheep, horses: oink-oinks here and baa-baa there isn't a terrible metaphor. All those voices, all those tools.
