Category Archives: Technology

And I Blog…

By alex | Published: 3/25/2011
Certainly not the first time a Twitter thread has led to a bumper sticker: michaelzimmer: Right now: I supposed to be working on a journal article (tenure), but instead I’m writing a blog post (impact). halavais: ∴ impact ≠ tenure RT @michaelzimmer: I supposed to be working on a journal article (tenure), but instead I’m writing […]
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iPad for $250

By alex | Published: 1/5/2011
It is the season for resolutions and predictions. Instead I offer questions and metrics. Let’s start with the questions. What do you do with a $250 iPad. Just before Christmas, Amazon cut its basic Kindle to under $100, but I don’t see the first generation being offered by Apple for $250 any time soon. I […]
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Another non-course

By alex | Published: 12/2/2010
Chatting with the program director tonight over dinner, I discovered that my “Locative and Mobile” course is unlikely to “make”–just not enough student interest. This despite efforts to poll the students and move toward something they wanted. Really disappointing, since this was the course I was most looking forward to working on next semester. Luckily, […]
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What makes up a badge?

By alex | Published: 12/2/2010
One of the discussions I was particularly excited about at the Barcelona Drumbeat Festival was using badges to indicate certain skills, abilities, capacities, traits, or accomplishments. The idea here is what you might find in Boy Scout merit badges, or Foursquare badges, or Stack Overflow badges: a quick way to see what a person knows, […]
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