Read: Introducing the Bootstrap Starter Kit

Read Introducing the Bootstrap Starter Kit
A great way to start using Bootstrap, another thing to add to my list of things to try…

In other words, Bootstrap helps you make hand-coded websites, without them looking hand-coded.

The problem is that many of the themes don’t come with everything you need! For a seasoned designer/developer, that’s not a problem. But for students like mine, it can be a big problem. So I built something to try and help.

Read: Dissertating in the Open: Keeping a Public Research Notebook

Read Dissertating in the Open: Keeping a Public Research Notebook by Kimberly HirshKimberly Hirsh

I’m making a few notes to myself here to document my process for keeping a public research notebook. They might be of interest to you, too.
First, I’m talking here mostly about keeping up with the literature. There are (in my opinion obvious) ethical implications of actually sharing your data on…

via Chris Aldrich, nice description of workflow

Read: Thoughts on open notebooks, research, and social media

Read Thoughts on open notebooks, research, and social media by Chris AldrichChris Aldrich

I remember thinking over a decade ago how valuable it would be if researchers kept open notebooks (aka digital commonplace books) like the one Kimberly Hirsh outlines in her article Dissertating in the Open: Keeping a Public Research Notebook. I’d give my right arm to have a dozen people in resear…

Chris Aldrich does a good job in keeping up on this area.

Read: Algorithmic blog lists

Read Algorithmic Blog Lists by Maurice Parker

In my previous post, I talked about curated listings of blogs.  This time I want to talk a little bit about computer generated lists. Following
A following list is a staple in social media.  Who you are following and who is following you are very useful pieces of information.  You can tell a lot …

Interesting work here…

Read: Students write 50 STEM biographies of women

Read Students write 50 Wikipedia biographies of women in STEM in less than a year by Cassidy Villeneuve

In Fall 2018, Dr Rebecca Barnes of Colorado College began asking her environmental science students to write Wikipedia pages for women scientists. In response, her students have risen to the occasion, producing a total of 52 new biographies for women in a wide variety of STEM fields since then.
“I…

Is this a step toward citizen journalism? This is pretty interesting – crowdsourcing Wikipedia pages…

Read: The Culture War at the Heart of Open Source

Read The culture war at the heart of open source

There’s a war going on. When isn’t there a war going on? But I’m not talking about a physical war here: I’m talking about a war over meaning. This particular war is a fight over what “open source” means. Let’s take a few steps back. The Free… | Steve Klabnik | “The most violent element in society is ignorance.” – Emma Goldman

More thoughts on what “open source” means…

Read: Why open?

Read Why open? by Ben WerdmüllerBen Werdmüller

I’ve been building open source platforms for my entire career. It has not made me rich. Nonetheless, I’m more committed than ever to openness as an ideology, strategy, and organized response.
It took me years to realize that the startups I founded were more acts of resistance than they were ways to …

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.