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Chris Aldrich
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What I'm up to A Collection of IndieWeb Articles Here's a selection of articles and pieces I've written about IndieWeb related technology and …
🎧 Episode 42: My White Friends (Seeing White, Part 12) | Scene on Radio
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For years, Myra Greene had explored blackness through her photography, often in self-portraits. She wondered, what would it mean to take pictures of …
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 …
Extending a User Interface Idea for Social Reading Online
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
👓 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 …
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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 …
Education
👓 "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 …
Mathematics
👓 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 …
Storytelling
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 …
Mathematics
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 …
ðŸ‘“ 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 …
Mark Zuckerberg
ðŸ‘“ 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 …
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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 …
ðŸ‘“ 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 | Huffduff Overview Workflow Posting Researcher posts research work to their own …
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 …
ðŸ”– 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 …
Posse
An IndieWeb Magazine on Flipboard
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This morning I set up an IndieWeb Magazine on Flipboard. While it is “yet another silo”, it’s one that I can easily and automatically syndicate …
Social Media
An Introduction to the IndieWeb
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Why IndieWeb? Whether you’re starting a blog, building your personal brand, posting a resume, promoting a hobby, writing a personal journal, creating …
ðŸ‘“ Pictures of Death: Postmortem Photography | The Atlantic
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When photography was new, it was often used to preserve corpses via their images. An Object Lesson Fascinating to read about some of the cultural …