Author Archives: cbd

Facebook social error

Facebook social error: Continue reading

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YouTube poetry

YouTube’s caption tool doesn’t always work well Continue reading

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Booting up

A boot! Moving closer to starting physical therapy for my Achilles tendon rupture. Continue reading

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Goodbye, Delicious

Goodbye to Delicious after six+ years and 3000+ links. Continue reading

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Dartmouth Seminar

Summary of the Dartmouth Seminar for Composition Research in August 2011: an important step in my retooling as an empirical researcher. Continue reading

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Reading job applications

Reading job applications: most HR managers take less than a minute, leading me to think about the way job application assignments work in my technical communication course. Continue reading

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Oh, Charlotte

“Charlotte,” a silly stock (?) image from the Illinois ethics test Continue reading

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New cast, boot to follow

Good report from my surgeon Drake White, a new cast, and a boot in the near future. Continue reading

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Three errors

Three error messages (1 effective, 2 not so much) from WIU’s new security push Continue reading

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Odds and ends crutchtime

Odds and ends as I get used to crutches after surgery: helpful friends, colleagues, students and family; adaptions for crutches; the girls’ birthday party; transfer research update. Continue reading

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