Category Archives: blogging

The Life and Death of the Blog

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Reverend

On the heels of a transatlantic journey I sat down with Tim Owens to discuss the fate of academic blogging in the wake of Harvard University’s  announcement of their shuttering their blogging system. This is our seventh episode of Reclaim … Continue reading →

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Blog Body

Posted on July 25, 2018 by Reverend

  Blog Body -this one is for you @adamc A post shared by Jim Groom (@jim.groom) on Jul 25, 2018 at 2:16am PDT Last month my family and I had the good fortune of welcoming Adam and Katie Croom to … Continue reading →

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Sometimes They Come Back

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Reverend

The other day I got a comment on a post from 2007 about teaching Foucault’s Discipline and Punish. It’s over a decade old at this point, and it’s interesting to me because it marks a moment when I was knee … Continue reading →

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Tying Up Loose Ends for 2017

Posted on January 1, 2018 by Reverend

“I’m not one for end of the year posts,” he says as he writes an end of the year post. But I wanted to take advantage of this blog genre to clear the decks for 2018. What do I mean? … Continue reading →

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12 in 17

Posted on December 31, 2017 by Reverend

I just realized as I was trying to file away 2017 that this blog turned 12 years old two weeks ago with no fanfare. Maybe that’s proof it has become so much a part of the fabric of my life … Continue reading →

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“Hold all my calls, I’m blogging”

Posted on September 26, 2017 by Reverend

“Jim finding a Tony comment on my blog via a Downes link. It’s like 2006.” Well, I’m not sure things are that dire, but it does feel good to still be blogging while most have gone fallow or re-entrenched to … Continue reading →

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Hello Blog!

Posted on December 10, 2016 by Reverend

Been taking a bit of a break from the bava blog the last few weeks, it’s been a welcome respite. September and October were fairly intense travel months, and after the US election I really wanted  break from the maddening media. … Continue reading →

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Give Up the AWS Ghost

Posted on September 11, 2016 by Reverend

Building on my last post about moving ds106.club off Amazon Web Services (AWS), I moved another EC2 instance I setup back in 2014 to run the blogging platform Ghost. Like ds106.club, I had not been able to access the server … Continue reading →

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The Bava Diner or, Comments on Post Independence

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Reverend

One of the interesting side effects of regularly blogging on the bava for almost 11 years is you get a longer view of the things you’ve written. I’ve posted a lot about technology, education, WordPress, domains, etc., over the years, … Continue reading →

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Blogging from Behind

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Reverend

The title says it all, I’ve been blogging from behind lately. Ever since I hit the road for a lion’s share of July to Austin, Los Angeles, and Norman, Oklahoma I’ve been feeling the pressure to catch up. It’s often … Continue reading →

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