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Unlocking Student Data Could Lead to 'App Economy' for Colleges - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:37:00 -0600

Unlocking Student Data Could Lead to 'App Economy' for Colleges - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education

theeconomist: Publishing obscure academic journals is a licence...

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:31:18 -0600

Publishing obscure academic journals is a licence to print money. But when research is funded by the taxpayer or by charities, the results should be available to all without charge.

Setting… (Taken with instagram)

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 10:46:19 -0600

Setting… (Taken with instagram)

"My chief consolation in this year of living dyingly has been the presence of friends” - Christopher..."

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:06:50 -0700

““My chief consolation in this year of living dyingly has been the presence of friends” -...

chartier: Sparrow for Mac, my default client for over six...

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:01:04 -0700

chartier:

Sparrow for Mac, my default client for over six months now, got a huge update today. Dropbox now joins CloudApp as an option for uploading attachments, you can (finally!) block remote images¹ but opt to show them from specific senders (and you get ‘once’ or ‘always’ options, unlike Mail), and you can now use Gmail-like search tools to focus your queries.

I became a Mail user and fan almost immediately after switching to the Mac in 2003. But Mail has been lagging the last few years when it comes to all the little details, which frustrates me as an Apple user. For example: Gmail has been out since 2004, and despite Mail finally gaining Archive support in Lion this summer, it still creates a top-level /Archive folder when you archive Gmail messages. Yes, even under 10.7.2. Yes, Apple’s name is still on the product.

Sparrow does an incredible job of keeping its default options and interface simple, yet allowing more advanced users to pull some levers to get serious work done. It’s some of the best $10 I’ve spent on software.

If anything, this Sparrow promo video is really slick. Also: inspiring. Great style and polish, and it reminds me of Realmac Software’s promos for Analog](http://www.realmacsoftware.com/blog/something-new).

Blue & White

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:07:55 -0700

Blue & White

Wintery Irons (Taken with Instagram at Boulder, CO)

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 12:01:12 -0700

Wintery Irons (Taken with Instagram at Boulder, CO)

Bridge, Brooklyn

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:21:00 -0700

Bridge, Brooklyn

laughingsquid: Shop ‘Til You Drop Banksy Style Black Friday...

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:39:28 -0700

laughingsquid:

Shop ‘Til You Drop Banksy Style Black Friday Stencil in London

Boulder, CO…It’s a pretty great place to live.

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:19:00 -0700

Boulder, CO…It’s a pretty great place to live.

"We used to speak with one another, but now through the convenience of electronics, we can enable a..."

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:45:04 -0700

“We used to speak with one another, but now through the convenience of electronics, we can...

"Adding a new chapter to the research that cemented the phrase “six degrees of separation” into the..."

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:44:13 -0700

“Adding a new chapter to the research that cemented the phrase “six degrees of separation”...

"Jeff Bezos Owns the Web in More Ways Than You Think"

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:20:31 -0700

“Jeff Bezos Owns the Web in More Ways Than You Think” - Jeff Bezos Owns the Web in More...

"UC Davis’ pepper-spray videos have gone viral around the web, proving citizen journalism can allow..."

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:44:47 -0700

“UC Davis’ pepper-spray videos have gone viral around the web, proving citizen journalism can...

"Facebook officials are now acknowledging that the social media giant has been able to create a..."

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:05:17 -0700

“Facebook officials are now acknowledging that the social media giant has been able to create...

"PostPost, a powerful, noise-reducing search tool for Twitter, has pushed out some updates that make..."

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:54:52 -0700

“PostPost, a powerful, noise-reducing search tool for Twitter, has pushed out some updates...

"The past decade has seen a student-loan binge, so that today Americans owe well over six hundred..."

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:14:27 -0700

“The past decade has seen a student-loan binge, so that today Americans owe well over six...

archiemcphee: Artist Erik Kessels created this massive...

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:09:17 -0700

archiemcphee:

Artist Erik Kessels created this massive installation at Foam in Amsterdam that fills the gallery space with a collection of every photo uploaded to Flickr during a 24-hour period. Multiple rooms are piled from floor to ceiling with a sea of images. What an awesome sight.

“Through the digitalisation of photography and the rise of sites such as Flickr and Facebook, everyone now takes photos, and distributes and shares them with the world - the result is countless photos at our disposal. Kessels visualises ‘drowning in pictures of the experiences of others’, by printing all the images that were posted on Flickr during a 24-hour period and dumping them in the exhibition space. The end result is an overwhelming presentation of a million prints.”

[via Craftzine]

"We ask our students to be good observers, consider the world carefully and to analyze the..."

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:34:06 -0700

“We ask our students to be good observers, consider the world carefully and to analyze the...

"When I began teaching a course called “Writing for the Web,” three years ago, I pictured..."

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:27:20 -0700

“When I began teaching a course called “Writing for the Web,” three years ago, I...