Disgust with Creative Commons and the Free Culture Crowd

I may be the biggest fan of Creative Commons anywhere. Sure, I’m biased because the licenses are built on the framework we established with the Open Publication License years before. And yes, the licenses have some well-rehearsed problems (e.g., the undefinable “Noncommercial,” the compatibility-killing “ShareAlike”, etc.). But despite these problems I firmly believe that the … Read more

Nix those auto-inserted <p>s in WordPress

If you’ve ever hated fighting the white space WordPress aggressively inserts all over the place, just insert this snippet of code at the top of your template file: <?php remove_filter (‘the_content’, ‘wpautop’); ?> Shazaam! No more auto-inserted <p>s!

The MOOC Misnomer

MOOC = Massive Open Online Course There are a number of reasons why the term MOOC is a misnomer. – Many MOOCs are massive but not open (e.g., http://www.udacity.com/legal/) – Many MOOCs are open but not massive (e.g., http://learninganalytics.net/syllabus.html) – Many MOOCs try very hard not to be courses (e.g., http://cck11.mooc.ca/how.htm) Well, at least all … Read more