Chris Aldrich does a good job in keeping up on this area.
April 2019
Read: Algorithmic blog lists
Interesting work here…
Read: Students write 50 STEM biographies of women
Is this a step toward citizen journalism? This is pretty interesting – crowdsourcing Wikipedia pages…
Read: The Culture War at the Heart of Open Source
More thoughts on what “open source” means…
Read: Why open?
Here’s a part of open source that I have not thought about before:
Open source is a bottom-up, worker-led movement. The means and outputs of production are available to everybody. I think that’s beautiful – and, in a world where every aspect of our lives has been packaged and monopolized for profit, a powerful force for good.
Read: RSS is Better Than Twitter
Another call to RSS over Twitter – love it!
Read: Teaching habits that support active learning
These ideas could also be applied to corporate training as well as learning in the college environment.
Eulogy for Arlo
Our dog, Arlo, went to his rest on March 29, 2019. He was 12 years old, and he is greatly missed. Arlo came to our family as a shelter dog. He was intended for one of our children, but ended up being “Dad’s dog”. Andy took great pleasure in walking Arlo, playing with him and taking care of his needs. Arlo loved it when the family would get home in the evening, and would be ready for dinner and a walk. Arlo was an older dog when he came to us (seven years old), so he was not as active as a younger dog. However, that was the right kind of dog for our family. His favorite place was the bed in the master bedroom, where he would take naps during the day, watch TV with us in the evening, and sleep with me and my wife. He was a great snuggler, and was always ready to be close when someone was having difficulty and needed some love. Arlo was Andy’s first dog, and it was in his 50’s that Andy discovered he was a dog person. Arlo will always have a special place in our hearts. We love you, Arlo.