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When my oldest son was little, I started reading him Shel Silverstein. He got mixed up when I told him that these were poems, and poetry, and he called it all poemtry. Although now he knows what it’s really called, … Continue reading →

Good article over at the Huffington Post by Hugh McGuire. This particular sentence jumped out at me. “After a day on the web, it’s often hard to get my brain to switch back to the slowness needed to read a … Continue reading →

Everything is better with bacon on it.

Interesting article over on Reflections of a Newsosaur. This guy thinks that media outlets made a huge mistake by putting their content on the web for free. A few of the unintended consequences of this ‘original sin’: :: “By giving … Continue reading →

Me: Our site is down. I’m not sure I know exactly how to get it up, can you help? Tom: Yeah, I was just heading out to spray some disinfectant on a chicken’s butt, and then I’d be happy to … Continue reading →

As many of you know, I’m the director of Utah State University’s OpenCourseWare project. We’re pretty proud of what we’ve built, and it’s always nice to get a bit of recognition.

I try to avoid politics on this blog, but every once in a while I have to. CNN wrote a piece about Attorney General Eric Holder who called America a ‘Nation of Cowards’. Why are we cowards? From the article: … Continue reading →

I’m a big fan of the musical You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown. I’ve written about the musical before on this blog. Usually I just listen to the music–I haven’t seen the musical itself in years. But today I went … Continue reading →

I’ve been a fan of Cory Doctorow for some time. I think he hits the nail on the head with the recent Author’s Guild/Kindle tiff. And of course David Wiley’s opinion is always worth reading.

“I look at my photography like this. When I make an image it belongs to me. It belongs to me while I take the photo. It belongs to me while it sits in my camera. It belongs to me while … Continue reading →