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An IndieWeb talk at WordCamp Riverside in November 2018
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I’ve submitted a talk for WordCamp Riverside 2018; it has been accepted. They haven’t scheduled the two days of talks or given me a specific time slot …
Focus on the good things in life
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History celebrates the battlefields whereon we meet our death, but scorns to speak of the ploughed fields whereby we thrive; it knows the names of …
News Aggregators
Extending a User Interface Idea for Social Reading Online
boffosocko.com - Author Chris Aldrich
This morning I was reading an article online and I bookmarked it as “read” using the Reading.am browser extension which I use as part of my workflow …
Mathematics
Some ideas about tags, categories, and metadata for online commonplace books and search
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Earlier this morning I was reading The Difference Between Good and Bad Tags and the discussion of topics versus objects got me thinking about …
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ðŸ‘“ Nobel Prize for Medicine Goes to Cancer Immune Therapy Pioneers | Scientific American
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Two men are recognized for basic research that unleashed the immune system against cancer, becoming a new pillar of therapy A nice quick overview of …
Mathematics
Gems And Astonishments of Mathematics: Past and Present—Lecture One
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Last night was the first lecture of Dr. Miller’s Gems And Astonishments of Mathematics: Past and Present class at UCLA Extension. There are a good 15 …
Mathematics
Category Theory at UCLA Extension in Winter 2019!
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As I get amped up for the star of Mike Miller’s Fall math class Gems and Astonishments of Mathematics, which is still open for registration, I’m even …
ðŸ‘“ Discovery of Galileo's long-lost letter shows he edited his heretical ideas to fool the Inquisition | Nature
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Exclusive: Document shows that the astronomer toned down the claims that triggered science historyâ€™s most infamous battle â€” then lied about his …
ðŸ‘“ Famed mathematician claims proof of 160-year-old Riemann hypothesis | New Scientist
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Michael Atiyah, a famed UK mathematician, claims that he has aÂ "simple proof" of theÂ Riemann hypothesis, a key unsolved question about the nature …
👓 Titans of Mathematics Clash Over Epic Proof of ABC Conjecture
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Two mathematicians have found what they say is a hole at the heart of a proof that has convulsed the mathematics community for nearly six years. This …
🔖 A New Factor in Evolution by James Mark Baldwin | The American Naturalist: Vol 30, No 354
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In several recent publications I have developed, from different points of view, some considerations which tend to bring out a certain influence at …
👓 The Last Goodbye | Path: Simple, Personal Social Networking
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It is with deep regret that we announce that we will stop providing our beloved service, Path. We started Path in 2010 as a small team of passionate …
🔖 [1809.05923] What is Applied Category Theory? by Tai-Danae Bradley
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This is a collection of introductory, expository notes on applied category theory, inspired by the 2018 Applied Category Theory Workshop, and in …
👓 Adaptable lizards illustrate key evolutionary process proposed a century ago | Science Daily
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The 'Baldwin effect' has now been demonstrated at the genetic level in a population of dark-colored lizards adapted to live on a lava flow in the …
An Indieweb Podcast: Episode 9 30 Days of Indieweb
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Running time: 0h 58m 33s | Download (18.9MB) | Subscribe by RSS | Huffduff Summary: David is about to head off abroad for a month. We talk about …
👓 "The Audrey Test": Or, What Should Every Techie Know About Education? | Hack Education
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I want us to set the bar really high when it comes to education technology -- both in its development and its implementation. I don't think it's too …
👓 Make Your Daughter Practice Math. She'll Thank You Later.
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The way we teach math in America hurts all students, but it may be hurting girls the most. The way we teach math in America hurts all students, but it …
Our Daily Bread — A short 30 day podcast history of wheat and bread in very short episodes
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Drop what you’re doing and immediately go out to subscribe to Our Daily Bread: A history of wheat and bread in very short episodes! Subscribe: Android …
📺 IndieWeb: Taking back your content with practical decentralization steps | Decentralized Web Summit 2018 | YouTube
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ðŸ‘“ abc News | Peter Woit
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The last couple months Iâ€™ve heard reports from several people claiming that arithmetic geometers Peter Scholze and Jakob Stix had identified a …
👓 The Information on School Websites Is Not as Safe as You Think
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Some tracking scripts may be harmless. But others are designed to recognize I.P. addresses and embed cookies that collect information prized by …
👓 The Expensive Education of Mark Zuckerberg and Silicon Valley | Kara Swisher for New York Times
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They have weaponized social media, and we are all paying the price. I’m definitely just biding my time until their export feature improves. Then I’m …
IndieWeb technology for online pedagogy
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Very slick! Greg McVerry, a professor, can post all of the readings, assignments, etc. for his EDU522 online course on his own website, and I can …
👓 Everything bad about Facebook is bad for the same reason | Wired
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The philosophy of Hannah Arendt points to the banal evil beneath Facebook's many mistakes. We definitely need some humanity and morality in our …
Microcast: The IndieWeb and Academic Research and Publishing
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Running time: 0h 12m 59s | Download (13.9 MB) | Subscribe by RSS Overview Workflow Posting Researcher posts research work to their own website (as …
Reply to Brad Enslen about The Future of Blog Snoop
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I’m hitting a fork in the road with this site and the experiment of using a blog as a directory of blogs. The problem here is me: I’m running out of …
🔖 Gems And Astonishments of Mathematics: Past and Present | Dr. Mike Miller at UCLA Extension
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Mathematics has evolved over the centuries not only by building on the work of past generations, but also through unforeseen discoveries or …
👓 Farewell Social Media | James Shelley
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I recently purged the data from my Facebook account. This effort was shockingly labour intensive: it took a browser script all weekend to crunch, and …
👓 Owning and controlling my own content | Laura Kalbag
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One of the ultimate goals we have at Ind.ie is owning and controlling our own data. That means I want to have ownership and control over my own …
👓 Beyond my means | Laura Kalbag
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When I wrote about owning and controlling my own content, I talked about trying to keep my “content” in its canonical location on my site, and then …

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An IndieWeb talk at WordCamp Riverside in November 2018

Focus on the good things in life

Extending a User Interface Idea for Social Reading Online

Some ideas about tags, categories, and metadata for online commonplace books and search

ðŸ‘“ Nobel Prize for Medicine Goes to Cancer Immune Therapy Pioneers | Scientific American

Gems And Astonishments of Mathematics: Past and Present—Lecture One

Category Theory at UCLA Extension in Winter 2019!

ðŸ‘“ Discovery of Galileo's long-lost letter shows he edited his heretical ideas to fool the Inquisition | Nature

ðŸ‘“ Famed mathematician claims proof of 160-year-old Riemann hypothesis | New Scientist

👓 Titans of Mathematics Clash Over Epic Proof of ABC Conjecture

🔖 A New Factor in Evolution by James Mark Baldwin | The American Naturalist: Vol 30, No 354

👓 The Last Goodbye | Path: Simple, Personal Social Networking

🔖 [1809.05923] What is Applied Category Theory? by Tai-Danae Bradley

👓 Adaptable lizards illustrate key evolutionary process proposed a century ago | Science Daily

An Indieweb Podcast: Episode 9 30 Days of Indieweb

👓 "The Audrey Test": Or, What Should Every Techie Know About Education? | Hack Education

👓 Make Your Daughter Practice Math. She'll Thank You Later.

Our Daily Bread — A short 30 day podcast history of wheat and bread in very short episodes

📺 IndieWeb: Taking back your content with practical decentralization steps | Decentralized Web Summit 2018 | YouTube

ðŸ‘“ abc News | Peter Woit

👓 The Information on School Websites Is Not as Safe as You Think

👓 The Expensive Education of Mark Zuckerberg and Silicon Valley | Kara Swisher for New York Times

IndieWeb technology for online pedagogy

👓 Everything bad about Facebook is bad for the same reason | Wired

Microcast: The IndieWeb and Academic Research and Publishing

Reply to Brad Enslen about The Future of Blog Snoop

🔖 Gems And Astonishments of Mathematics: Past and Present | Dr. Mike Miller at UCLA Extension

👓 Farewell Social Media | James Shelley

👓 Owning and controlling my own content | Laura Kalbag

👓 Beyond my means | Laura Kalbag