Tim Owens

Tim Owens

07
Sep

Kinect, 3D Printing, and Advanced Technology for Higher Education

Today after giving a standard talk to students about some great resources freely available on the web for their projects,
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07
Sep

Design Matters

So often I have lengthy discussions on Twitter and keep telling myself "I need to be blogging this! 140
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31
Aug

umwbl.gs and DIY url shorteners

Shortening URLs has become a really popular service in conjunction with Twitter and text messaging growing in popularity. I'
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19
Aug

Streaming Live Video without Ads for Pennies

I've been in search of a decent low cost video streaming solution for a long time now. It
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11
Aug

Encouraging Gravatar Use in Wordpress Multisite

We're in the process of redesigning the layout and look of UMW Blogs and one of the features
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09
Aug

The Myth of DIY U

It's hard to learn this way; in fact, it's harder than going to college. The educational
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08
Aug

Reflecting on 20 years of the World Wide Web

I grew up in a small town called Fairborn, Ohio and we didn't move to Virginia until 1993.
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07
Aug

Custom Post Types and Taxonomies in Wordpress

One of the greatest geek features of Wordpress 3.0 is custom post types. Custom post types takes Wordpress from
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05
Aug

Alternative Commenting Systems: Video Responses

I've been thinking a lot recently about ways to engage discussion on a website while still requiring people
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03
Aug

Sesame Seeds and the Race to the Bottom

This story came up today while talking to my brother about the declining quality of their day care center. I
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