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Reading 'On the Grid'
Are you an infrastructure junkie? Do you love server rooms, old steam tunnels, and campus power plants? Are you curious...
Gut Reactions to McGraw-Hill Acquiring Tegrity
Smart move: The big publishers, (McGraw-Hill, Pearson, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Reed Elsevier), all realize that unless they change they will...
Oblecs, or, Statements That Don't Mean What they Mean
My brother -- known to regular readers as Brother of Dean Dad -- sent me a nifty thought piece that...
Idle-atry
One of the policies Greenback U. has implemented, as it strives to be more environmentally and economically sustainable, prohibits vehicles...
Everything I Have Learned About IT Began With My Mother
This post is dedicated to my mom and every woman who has had to fight to be recognized as an...
Can You Explain IT to Your Mom?
Here’s an interesting challenge for many of us who work in and around technology: can you explain your job –...
Academic Identity Crises: Who is a Professor? What is an Administrator?
The two most misused nouns in the American academy are “Professor” and “administration.” In a recent New York Times piece...
Opposition to Affirmative Action
Twice in the last year, I’ve heard some statements on campus against affirmative action that have helped me understand some...