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The Kitchen Sink

For whatever reason this semester has been incredibly busy and I haven't taken the time to check back here regularly and update on the many initiatives we've been working on at UMW, or any of the many other things that interest me regularly. In lieu of

Are Makerbots still for Makers?

Anyone who knows me or follows some of the work I've been doing at UMW knows that I am a huge fan of MakerBot. Not only have they done a tremendous amount of work to bring 3D printing to the masses through their investment in bringing the cost

The Power of Syndication

This evening I spent quite a bit of time pulling together the feeds of just about every student involved in the Domain of One's Own pilot who has their blog installed into an aggregate site. This site not only aggregates all the work being done in the pilot,

Why I joined App.net

As might be obvious by my last post, I've been thinking a lot about Twitter (and subsequently App.net) in the last few days. With a small amount of hesitation I've decided to join App.net, if for no other reason than that competition in this

Twitter's Fate

There have been plenty of worries about the direction Twitter is heading lately. I'm not just referring to their attempts to monetize the service and the fear of sponsored ads and tweets directly in your stream. Hell, in a few months you might be wishing that was the

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