People(unfriendly)soft

Having shared a humorous but griping cartoon about university web sites, I felt I should mention as well another even more frustrating university website for employees. I’m not sure how many other universities use “Peoplesoft” or whether the aspects that are frustrating have to do with the platform itself or with the way it is set up [...]

Recent Comments – Now with more Recentness!

Blogger seems to have fixed its comments feed issues, and so I’ve put the recent comments box back in the sidebar. I put it under the Google Reader sidebar with links to posts I’ve read on other blogs and thought were worth sharing. If you have a preference as to which sidebar feature is placed [...]

That’s No Blog…It’s A Textbook!

Mark Goodacre and Tim Bulkeley are among those who are continuing the conversation about non-traditional, less “texty” textbooks. As this conversation takes place on and between blogs, it is worth noting that the blog format offers many of the features I mentioned in my earlier post on this subject. A blog can integrate text, links [...]