Author Archives: jbj

Classes ended today; “all” that’s left now is grading, final papers/projects, and exams. But it’s still a moment of relief and some joy. (Why, yes, I did have complex issues in some of my classes this semester . . . … Continue reading →

Sometimes students are mystified when professors take a hard line on late work–but last night my computer *really* did crash / my grandmother *really* did die. Let me explain with an example from my own current organizational nadir: For several … Continue reading →

These action photos from a recent campus event–Undergraduate Research & Creative Achievement Day–kill me. Viewed as a set, I seem to be fired up. In reality, I’m doing speaker introductions. This must be what the students are talking about when … Continue reading →

This has been a bad day (with no tech support lined up yet!), so I’ll keep this brief: 1.  What does it mean when other parents say, “Oh, so he’s your only child . . . that explains it”? and … Continue reading →

Here’s the upshot of my del.icio.us workshop today. It’s useful to have seen my del.icio.us assignment, if you haven’t before. (Here’s an official del.icio.us blog post about its educational uses.)           4 information-management problems My bookmarks are on my work … Continue reading →

CCSU readers may be interested to know that I’m doing a workshop on del.icio.us for the recently re-branded  Instructional Design & Technology Resource Center (the old FCC) this afternoon, 4/30, at 1pm.  Free registration is required: http://www.ccsu.edu/media/ExpertsRegistration.htm

On campus today we had our annual workshop on the renewal, promotion, and tenure process, hosted by the provost, the union, and HR.  There was also a panel of deans, the chair of P&T, and two faculty who had recently … Continue reading →

At some point over the past week, this poster appeared in the stairwell I use every MWF: “All that it takes for prejudice to prosper is for good men to do nothing.”  As you can see in this detail, this … Continue reading →

It’s come to my attention that not every single person on the internet has seen Merlin Mann‘s steampunk video, so here’s the link.  Don’t watch it while consuming food. (And, yes, this will be the first 4 minutes of this … Continue reading →

One of the reasons Daring Fireball makes such compelling reading is that John Gruber frequently links to things that, while perhaps Apple-related in some sense, are really broader concerns about writing or thinking.  A couple of weeks ago, for instance, … Continue reading →