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Daybook Disconnect
It happens to a lot of blogs. Mike Caulfield posts about it. A problem with a server or possible hack. Fixing it in this case ended up in losing track of the database. I had to reinstall WP and can’t...
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Summer Reading
A few newish works of digital lit for summer. Seed, by Joana Walsh. Source: Editions at Play Entrances & Exits, by Reif Larsen. Combines Google street view with narrative. Source: Editions at Play...
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A Note on Procedural Literacy
The Clearance of the Porcelain Dogs flickr photo by mcmorgan08 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-SA) license We don’t need no coding knowledge to read. Except In this view, programming has almost no...
View ArticleNotes on Pisteis Exercise
1 To get started, you have to isolate a claim that the page makes. The more specific the better. State it. Be ready to change it if need be. 2 Isolate the elements of the page – images, text, design,...
View ArticleNo new directions in annotation
Web writing is annotation. Annotations Are the Original Web Writing The fact that more or less anyone can publish to the web often makes people think that self-publication is its main use. And maybe...
View ArticleBernstein on notes as sketching
Bernstein on notes as sketching exercise from Tinderbox Way 3rd Sometimes, we need to know quite a lot in order to understand what we don’t know. Kumiyo Nakakoji (now at the Kyoto University Design...
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MarsEdit 4 Is Out
MarsEdit 4 is out, after a long development. Just in time for Weblogs and Wikis in spring. Reviews from 9to5Mac and MacStories. It could use a template or two to handle image captions and titles, but...
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Welcome to Weblogs and Wikis
“Caution: Plastic Child” by mcmorgan08 is licensed under CC BY-SA It’s spring semester, and Weblogs and Wikis is back for the 15th time. I introduced the course in 2002-3, just after Blogger was...
View ArticleBlog icon, site icon …
A student asked about the blog icon I mention in the StartUpExercises: On the checklist it said to add a blog icon, but I can’t seem to figure out what that is. What exactly should I be looking for? I...
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Weblogs Bootcamp Week 2
“24th July 2017” by themostinept is licensed under CC BY-SA BookCamp Week 1 is winding down or up – and you should be making a few posts to become familiar with the WordPress interface and the process...
View ArticleAttribution Helper Bookmarklet
Here’s the bookmarklet I use for embedding Flickr CC images to blog posts. It comes from Alan Levine (@cogdog), and is a project he started on GitHub. https://cogdog.github.io/flickr-cc-helper/ To...
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Bypassing the Customizer
If you are trying to add links to develop a blogroll and aren’t seeing a way to do it, you might be on the WP Customizer page. If you’re seeing this But you want to see this Then do this: Edit the...
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Week of 23 Jan: Blogging as Commonplacing
Ferrante Imperato, from Dell’Historia Naturale, Naples 1599. Alchetron The Topic for the Week is The Blog as Diary and Common Place Book. Blogs started (c. 1999) as logs – like a ship’s log – with the...
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How’d that bootcamp thing go, then?
Screen capture By the looks of blog posts, Bootcamp went well. Lots of experimenting with brief posts like Dani on CC and brief and informal but linked like Grace on CC. Early blogging tends to be hit...
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Reading Blogs as Literature
“25th January 2018” by themostinept is licensed under CC BY-SA For advice on reading and posting, refer to ReadingsBlogAsDiaryAndCommonPlaceBo0k. Use the same criteria for reading and posting for this...
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wikis r us
This week, it’s all about wikis. Readings, videos, and requests for writing are on the wiki. But the latest stuff is here: Writing with Strangers Are we there yet? WikiThinking Fedwiki in Motion
View Articleas promised: corrected calendar for projects
Here are the corrected dates for the ProjectProposalAssignment. Sorry for the glitch. Your project has to be approved by me before starting for credit. Mon Mar 5, midnight Draft proposals due. Post...
View ArticleGate-keeping your comments with a quiz
Not an everyday need, but worth looking at. The gate could be porous or an iron curtain – your call. Link to arstechnica.com Commenters offered a variety of ideas, which included everything from...
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Back from Break – The Projects
“Cat baiting birds with carefully placed birdseed.” by mcmorgan08 is licensed under CC BY-SA The projects are up and running, and should be be starting week 2 of posting. We haven’t had a more eclectic...
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Studio Tours Apr 2 – Apr 9
“31st March 2018” by themostinept is licensed under CC BY-SA Projects are proceeding apace, so it’s time to go a-wandering. I’m moving the studio tours up a week so you can get feedback from each other...
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