Yesterday I met with my DSI cohort and talked about my approach to digital identity. The show-and-tell was fun, and yielded some really helpful comments. The best one came from Shawn Humphrey. What he said was so simple it kind of upsets me that I hadn’t figured it out. Since I started blogging as a … Read moreThe forest for the trees
I finished reading The Circle by Dave Eggers a couple days ago. It’s after reading books like this that I really, really wish I was part of a book club. I have so much to say, and so much I’d like to hear from others. Unfortunately, I’m not in a book club, so I have … Read moreThe Circle: a book report
I think I’m FINALLY starting to understand the different components of WordPress and how to best use them. Here is where I freely admit that I started messing around with WP looooooong before I knew what I was doing. After all, isn’t that the point of blogging software? You can just jump right in, no … Read moreCaptain Obvious to the Rescue! (Plugin edition)
My main goal in participating in DoOO is to improve my web portfolio. My courses are already all on my site, and I think the interface is pretty functional. However, until yesterday, the portfolio part of my website was lacking. All I had was an About page with a paragraph of text and a picture, … Read moreDoing Something with my Web Portfolio
So far, DoOO has emphasized the double-sided challenge of establishing and maintaining a good web identity. On the theoretical side, there are a plethora of questions: Firewall between personal/work personas? Integrated identity? Single unified website? Lots of different sites? Integration of social media? Meanwhile, on the technical side, it’s not exactly simple either. This was … Read moreConflicts of Interest
Working on websites isn’t exactly new for me, but to say I am a rank amateur is actually pretty generous. I’ve never learned how to do any of this in an organized fashion. Instead it’s been problem by problem, over the last 15 years or so. Every new organization had a new system, most of … Read moreAnd off we go…