DISQUS and Facebook Comments, a troubling direction for online commenting

September 07 Comments Off on DISQUS and Facebook Comments, a troubling direction for online commenting Category: Blogging, Feed, HackText, Wordpress

Commenting systems have become a popular way to increase engagement online. But it means giving your comments live offsite. What do we lose and is it worth it?

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Carnival of Journalism: Hack your life with the Kindle, After the Deadline and more

June 09 Comments Off on Carnival of Journalism: Hack your life with the Kindle, After the Deadline and more Category: Feed, HackText

This month’s Carnival of Journalism asks: how do you hack your life? What tools and techniques allow you to work smarter and more effectively? There are four big things I want to focus on in this post. How my Kindle makes me a better worker and a more reliable journalist. Why After the Deadline makes […]

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Upgrades and privacy plugin phased out

June 07 Comments Off on Upgrades and privacy plugin phased out Category: Feed, onMason, Wordpress

We are in the process of upgrading onMason for the Fall semester. As part of that process,  we will be phasing out the Private WP 2 plugin. That plugin’s functionality is now included as part of WordPress. Here is how you can activate it: We’ve attempted to migrate all sites using the plugin to the appropriate privacy […]

Announcing P2 for Kindle! A WordPress theme for notes and collaboration

May 17 Comments Off on Announcing P2 for Kindle! A WordPress theme for notes and collaboration Category: Feed, HackText, Wordpress

I’m announcing a new tool for Kindle users. P2 for Kindle is a WordPress theme built for group work and note-taking on Amazon’s Kindle device. As previous visitors to my blog may remember, I think of the Kindle 3G as my swiss army knife of internet-enabled devices. With an internet connection pretty much anywhere, a […]

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