Jeff Welty’s NCCLAW blog isn’t the only place you’ll find fine discussions of the law.  The TLS blog too weighs in on weighty matters… This one just tickled my funny bone. (see picture).  Come on…think!  You’ll get it.
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Today’s blogs are yesterday’s websites.  Saying that, however, does not do them justice.  Today’s blogs aren’t even yesterday’s blogs–which essentially started out as online journals that allowed the author to easily post daily text entries.  Today’s blogs are media-rich, online publishing platforms–while simultaneously being very easy to create, edit...
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These Lectures Are Gone in 60 Seconds You’ve heard of mini-lectures. Now come micro-lectures. This article from The Chronicle of Higher Education espouses a daring idea: Cut a 60-minute lecture down to a 60-second chunk for online audiences. Think it can’t be done? Click here to read how some...
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Cate Cunningham and I are both interested in how human memory works. Cate sent me an entertaining and enlightening article from The New York Times about why have difficulty remembering jokes. The article also provides insight into processing and recall capabilities of the human brain, all of...
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Here’s a great video clip (Danish) that’s been floating around the web for years now.  It remains one of my all-time “favs”.  It portrays a medieval monk getting some helpdesk support for his new-fandangled technology…a book. I like how the video humorously illustrates the challenges we all face at...
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