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Thoughts on Apple, Flash, Connect Pro and Adobe
Check out Steve Jobs' open letter on why Apple does not allow Flash on its mobile devices. Jobs gives a...
Math Geek Mom: Making the Grade (Sort Of)
I remember my comprehensive exams in graduate school as the low point of that experience. Classes were fun, and I...
Co-op-ucation
Just one more thought -- really, a question -- on the subject of co-ops. Cooperation isn't just a form of...
Motherhood After Tenure: Switching Roles, or, How I Turned into Archie Bunker
As I have mentioned before, my husband quit his job in January, making me the official “breadwinner” and reversing the...
To Her, With Love
Marilee Lindemann considers the influence a single seminar with Susan Gubar had on her life – and worries that today’s public university students are less likely to meet the mentors who could inspire their intellectual dreams.
PowerPoint Hates Freedom
A few weeks ago, I aired out some thoughts on webinars and their seemingly endemic suckitude. This week, several alert...
From Consuming to Producing
The thing that sticks with me from my Ph.D. program was being told that the difference between an undergraduate and...
The goodness of co-opness
Recent events like the explosion at Upper Big Branch and the BP drilling platform fire in the Gulf show up...
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