Out of Gas
Gas is the latest app to get attention from the hand-waving wing of the edtech press. In general, I try and ignore coverage of “the… Read More »Out of Gas
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Slackuum
slackuum. Noun. ‘slak-kyüm The verbose blend of attempted productivity and despair that occurs when a company deploys Slack as an email replacement without defining if… Read More »Slackuum
Going Someplace Nice
Not that it matters, but I’m dialing back/entirely eliminating my use of Twitter. Life is too short, and I’ll be spending my time in nice… Read More »Going Someplace Nice
Twitter Is Now the Go-To Place for Source Hacking – and the Owner is the Source
Many people have written many things about Elon Musk’s bank-funded, Saudi-supported, Jack Dorsey-supported, Binance-supported acquisition of Twitter, to the point where I seriously question my… Read More »Twitter Is Now the Go-To Place for Source Hacking – and the Owner is the Source
Who Tracks You When You Read the News?
When we browse the web, most of us expect some level of tracking by advertising companies and data collectors. However, the extent of the tracking,… Read More »Who Tracks You When You Read the News?
Reducing Risk Is Not the Same as Remote Learning
It’s human nature to try and reduce things down to a binary – a yes/no, either/or – but reality tends to be more both/and with… Read More »Reducing Risk Is Not the Same as Remote Learning
Making Text from the Facebook Papers More Accessible
tl;dr I’ve been working on extracting text from the released pdfs of the Facebook Papers. The cleaned pdfs, the extracted text and the code used… Read More »Making Text from the Facebook Papers More Accessible
FunnyMonkey gets a technical facelift
Keeping even a simple web site up to date is work, and anything we can do to reduce the time required is a good thing.… Read More »FunnyMonkey gets a technical facelift