Category Archives: indieedtech

My Post-cPanel Toolkit

Posted on June 5, 2024 by Reverend

I spend less and less time in cPanel managing my online presence. I’ve moved bavatuesdays off cPanel 10+ years ago given my blog demanded a bit more juice than shared hosting could provide resource-wise. But once my go-to site went … Continue reading →

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Communication, Community, and Commitment

Posted on July 4, 2022 by Reverend

Our focus at Reclaim Hosting throughout 2022 has been all about increased communication.  And while I’ve mentioned this before on the bava, the Reclaim Roundup has in many ways been central to this push. It seems prosaic and not all … Continue reading →

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Thinking about Edtech

Posted on June 17, 2022 by Reverend

In fact, I’m always thinking about edtech in some fashion, but these days I’m thinking about the term itself. There are more than a few reasons for this, not least of which Reclaim Hosting was essentially born as an edtech … Continue reading →

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And that, my friends, is the Personal API

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Reverend

A couple of days ago the Programmable Web wrote an article about the work BYU is doing to give students more control over their data. The idea undergirding this is the concept of a personal API, what exactly that means remains … Continue reading →

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The View from Here

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Reverend

I’m pretty happy today. It doesn’t hurt that it is a glorious day here in Trento, Italy, and the Spring is slowly creeping back into this mountain detachment. But that’s not the only reason I am feeling good these days, I … Continue reading →

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Lo-fi Ed”-“Tech

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Reverend

I was having a chat with Cynthia Davidson about possible applications for helping her students create HTML webtexts for the Kairos Journal. She ultimately ended up pointing me to HTML5 UP, an awesome set of HTML5 templates. It’s brilliant when a question … Continue reading →

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The Personal in Indie

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Reverend

Against my better judgement, I’ve been temporarily expatriated from my heavily guarded mountain compound in Italy to slum amongst the Trump loving scum in the U.S. God I hate this country! But enough about the King, let’s talk Indie Ed”-“Tech. This past weekend a … Continue reading →

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Reclaim’s Daydream Nation

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Reverend

Spirit desire. – “Teenage Riot,” Daydream Nation Last week we christened yet another host node server at Reclaim Hosting (Fugazi filled up quick!), this one was named after NYC’s indie rock pioneers Sonic Youth. It was interesting timing because the first school we … Continue reading →

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“The Internet is the most basic form of the punk rock revolution”

Posted on December 11, 2015 by Reverend

I highly recommend this interview from back in 2008 that Ian Svenonius conducts with Calvin Johnson of K Records, Beat Happening, Halo Benders, and Dub Narcotic Sound System and more. The discussion starts with Johnson talking about how the work … Continue reading →

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My Pilgrimage to Librecon

Posted on November 4, 2015 by Reverend

I’m currently traveling back from Librecon, a conference that aims to bring together the applications of free software in both business and  education. The conference was held in the gorgeous and quite historic city of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain, and … Continue reading →

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