Author Archives: Reverend

Reclaim Interview at OER18

Posted on June 18, 2018 by Reverend

I met the team of @ReclaimHosting for an interview on #DigitalLiteracy in the post-cambridge-analytica-era.(PLEASE don’t tell anyone that there has been a rift in the space-time continuum at 8’45 of the video!)https://t.co/Q6Z5tcYDcM #OER18 — Jöran ? (@joeranEN) June 10, 2018 … Continue reading →

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Headless at VCU’s ALT Lab

Posted on June 8, 2018 by Reverend

Tim and I had the good fortune to be able to head down to Richmond on Wednesday to catch up with the Research & Development group of VCU’s ALT Lab. We basically sat in awe for over two hours while … Continue reading →

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Swimming in a Digital Ocean of Love

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Reverend

Yesterday Digital Ocean published a customer story featuring Reclaim Hosting. It was nice. A month ago Tim and I talked with Lisa Tagliaferri (a CUNY Grad Center alum-I love CUNY!) who is keenly interested in framing the power and possibility of Digital … Continue reading →

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Kes

Posted on May 26, 2018 by Reverend

When I was in London at the end of April I had the good fortune of stumbling into a showing of Ken Loach‘s second feature film, Kes (1969), at the British Film Institute (BFI). It’s my second time at the … Continue reading →

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25 Years of EdTech: 2008 – EDUPUNK!

Posted on May 25, 2018 by Reverend

I really appreciate Martin Weller allowing me to take the reins of his 25 Years of EdTech series for 2008. It was a leap of faith for him to agree, but I think he realized that sometimes ed-tech’s history has … Continue reading →

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Hosting Futures

Posted on May 24, 2018 by Reverend

Today I learned about Qubes https://t.co/EK9R8V4Mqj which is run through HubZero https://t.co/KJY9Vf97Tj which this tweet is a reminder for me to blog about. A good look at what the future of both communities and hosting may look like. — Jim … Continue reading →

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Samson Would Have Laughed

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Reverend

Over a week ago Adam Croom reached out to Tim and I to help him make a game for Keegan Long-Wheeler, who is presently convalescing from brain surgery. We were asked to create a short video of us responding to … Continue reading →

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Changing URLs in WordPress Database via Command Line

Posted on May 18, 2018 by Reverend

I am learning the art of a sysadmin is not so much knowing how to do something, but rather how to do something quicker via command line 🙂 I transferred a cPanel account the other day from one domain to … Continue reading →

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Reclaim’s VHS Splash

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Reverend

Bryan Mathers‘s developed a VHS splash page for Reclaim Hosting, and we really, really like it. I’ll let him explain the details, while I just revel in its beauty. I will note that the title on the VHS tape is … Continue reading →

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Bildungs Punk at Re:publica 18

Posted on May 15, 2018 by Reverend

I’ve been procrastinating this post because I have so much to say about my time at the Re:publica conference in Berlin almost two weeks ago, but that never works out well.* So, where to start? I think I’ll start with … Continue reading →

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