Several of the CCTE tagged del.icio.us links over the past few weeks led me to articles about social book-marking. (It didn’t take me long to realize the irony in using del.icio.us to learn about social bookmarking!) EDUCAUSE’s 7 Things You Should Know About… article lists social bookmarking as #7 on their list, and […]

I’ve been at TC for over 5 years now, and one thing that’s kept me happy is the consistency of the chocolate chip cookies in the cafeteria. Glistening with buttery goodness, they’d make them a couple times a week, I think to draw people in with the aroma. Matthew and I would peel […]

My first computer was a Coleco Adam some time around age 10. My two brothers an I had already mastered every game made for our Atari 2600, so a computer that played ColecoVision games was a welcome addition. This monster used your TV as a monitor, came with a printer the size of […]

I’m taking a course this semester called Social Software Affordances, taught by Ulises who I met in the Technology and Society course this past Spring.
We’ll be studying the current impact and future possibilities of social software — blogs, wikis, RSS feeds, social bookmarking, etc. From the syllabus:
‘Social software’ has become a convenient label to […]

With the rainy days coming up, I bought some caulk to seal up the door that leaks when the outside drain backs up. Mission accomplished, door sealed. I think I’ll stay dry.
Applying the caulk reminded me of a skit on SNL, filled with sexual innuendos. One of them was something about “filling the […]