Tim Owens

Tim Owens

30
Oct
The Kitchen Sink

The Kitchen Sink

For whatever reason this semester has been incredibly busy and I haven't taken the time to check back
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19
Sep
Are Makerbots still for Makers?

Are Makerbots still for Makers?

Anyone who knows me or follows some of the work I've been doing at UMW knows that I
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03
Sep

The Power of Syndication

This evening I spent quite a bit of time pulling together the feeds of just about every student involved in
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17
Aug
Why I joined App.net

Why I joined App.net

As might be obvious by my last post, I've been thinking a lot about Twitter (and subsequently App.
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16
Aug

Twitter's Fate

There have been plenty of worries about the direction Twitter is heading lately. I'm not just referring to
2 min read
16
Aug
Failing Coursera

Failing Coursera

Every time one of these new "MOOCish" sites pops up I do my best to play around with
4 min read
14
Aug
The coming 3D printing disruption

The coming 3D printing disruption

This is a patent awarded to Lego for the design of the standard modular brick sets in 1961. It is
2 min read
12
Aug

Where did the O in MOOC go?

Another day, another MOOC fires up its engines and fills my Twitterstream. And Moocmooc is about as meta as it
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12
Aug

Kaltura and Media Publishing at UMW

Update: I gave up on Kaltura. Despite the warm and fuzzy outlook that follows I later found the information available
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26
Jul

DangerCon Maker Meetup in Fredericksburg

This past Saturday I had the opportunity to attend DangerCon, a collaborative meetup of the Fredhack group and NovaLabs in
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