Backing Up for a Moment

This is finals week for me and my students, and it happens every quarter: A students arrives to class breathless (or sends an anxiety-ridden email) to say that his hard drive crashed or his laptop froze up or he lost his flash drive, the consequence of which is that no trace remains of his essay/technical …

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Creative Distractions

First things first: If you read these posts through email or an RSS feed (thank you for subscribing!) and haven’t seen the new background photo on the blog’s website, please take a moment at some point to check it out. The photo was taken by my very good friend Caroline who has an excellent eye …

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