If you’re a regular reader of this blog and my social feeds, you’ve noticed the topic of the “IndieWeb” showing up quite a bit. Chris Aldrich has an excellent post defining the IndieWeb that I recommend you checking out if you really want to understand what this all means. Aldrich indicates: In broadest terms I…
Technology is a major part of my professional and personal life. I have a variety of screens, services, tools, apps, and networks that impact my daily work. I also believe in being as organized and productive as possible, especially when it comes to my digital texts, tools, and practices. Over the past year, I’ve continued…
This post in Aeon magazine by Gloria Origgi, an Italian philosopher and a tenured senior researcher at CNRS suggests that we’re no longer in the information age, we should now be focused on reputation. This is an interesting glimpse into opportunities to use technology to provide insight and verification into claims made online. From the…
One of the challenges of social networks is that these platforms are meant to serve as the pipes that connect us with others digitally. Since many of us do not have one digital hub that we use as our online home, we use profiles on these networks (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIN, Mastodon) to assemble bits and…
Finding the sweet spot TL;DR #175 – 11/23/2018 Hey all, welcome to TL;DR. Each week I synthesize the news of the week that I think you need to know in education, tech, & literacy. This week I was involved in the following: Digital Literacies and the Skinner Box – As I dig in to Behaviorism…
Sharpen your saw TL;DR #170 – 10/20/2018 TL;DR is a weekly review of things that I think you should be reading. A primer of some of the cool things that happened…but you may have missed. This week I created the following: Dispositions in the digital domain: Reader, text, & activity in online environments – This…
I’ve been experimenting with some IndieWeb philosophies and tools on this site, but more importantly on my breadcrumbs website. My breadcrumbs website is my digital commonplace book. This is inspired by the website philosophy & structure developed by Chris Aldrich. My purpose is to switch up my relationship with others and social media networks while doing more to own…
Would you rather receive this in your inbox? Subscribe here. Listening to learn TL;DR #156 – 6/29/2018 This week I posted the following: What is IndieWeb & why should you care? – This post is a response to a post from Chris Aldrich about defining the IndieWeb, and what you would like to see in IndieWeb.…
Alan Levine recently posted a series of questions to help others think through some of thoughts and motivations as we develop and maintain a domain of our own. I’ve written a lot about this in the past, and I’ll try to include some links to content/posts as I respond to the prompts. This is a…
Would you rather receive this in your inbox? Subscribe here. Deep thoughts about screentime TL;DR #153 – 6/08/2018 This week I posted the following: Possible cultural & technological futures of digital scholarship – This post is a bit of a deep dive, but it sums up my thinking about the futures of scholarship and publishing…inspired by…