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I have been on Mastodon for nearly two years. It has been interesting learning the new culture. I tend to take people at face value there so, when someone asked why their posts weren’t gaining engagement,…

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I have been unhappily surprised by the apparent lack of usage data available to academic law libraries. After talking to some folks at the MAALL annual meeting, my own experience seems to be a common…

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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. One of the things I’ve been looking forward to in my new role is teaching. The calendar has rolled around and I was asked…

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I am sensing a disturbance in the Force. Where things like Google alerts used to be reliable sources of news, their reliance on deteriorating search is becoming visible. Websites are also starting to pull their RSS…

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I got a new driver’s license. It is my ninth one, as I’ve moved around a bit and all the jurisdictions in which I’ve lived have required you to get a new one. The visit to…

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I have been fiddling with my multi-factor authentication, probably more than I should. I had been using Duo Mobile on Android. Then my workplace required me to add the Akamai app because they use Akamai. I…

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I attended a conference focused on online learning. I’ve been making a push to firm up my understanding about teaching and this was an accelerator. It was noted more than once how dissonant it was to…