People simply aren’t using RSS readers any more, and I’d argue if you even mention “RSS” people won’t even know what you’re talking about. RSS isn’t social. You can’t reply via RSS. You can’t share via RSS. Only social is social and Facebook just opened that (using “open” very loosely) to the entire web. Source:…

Originally posted on Hapgood: I’m sitting here starting an argument with you and you are starting an argument with me. I am against expressive social media, I say. I think it is making us very dumb and we should use other forms of social media to teach kids. “But, Mike,” you may be thinking, “why…

So far, the only thing the White House has said about its plans to replace the Affordable Care Act is that it would provide “insurance for everyone” and that people would be “beautifully covered,” but comments coming out of Washington indicate that not everyone will be able to obtain coverage under the replacement plan. Bloomberg… via…

I’ve generally kept my advocacy for the Lead-Crime Hypothesis of this blog. This is a blog about web-enabled education, after all. But today I can probably get away with it because there’s a web literacy connection. Seriously, I promise. For those who don’t know the lead-crime hypothesis, it goes like this: the massive crime wave […]…

Some things, you can measure centrally. Some, you can survey with a sample group. But sometimes, what you really need is a giant crowdsourced effort — and that’s what New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is asking Empire State residents to help with. You may remember that the AG brought a lawsuit earlier this month… via…

It’s been unusually warm here of late. Snow comes and goes. We are back to NO snow as of last night. Western NY

 Intel announced that it is shipping 3D XPoint memory DIMMs to data center customers. Intel tested a laptop with 16GB of DRAM against a laptop with only 64MB of DRAM and 16GB of 3D XPoint in the DIMM form factor with no perceptible performance loss. via 3D XPoint’s DIMM Prospects Lighten, Memory Sticks Shipping — News…

The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions narrowly approved the nomination of Betsy DeVos Tuesday for secretary of the United States Department of Education (ED). The committee voted 12-11 to approve President Donald Trump’s pick to head the ED, splitting along party lines. via ED Secretary Nominee Narrowly Wins Committee Vote — Campus…

Originally posted on random data from a tumored head: @todmassa @SCHEVResearch Not sure if this was your intent but see parallels to what we as data caretakers often balance to manage the chaos — John Hetts (@jjhetts) January 23, 2017 This was in response to the tweet pushing Fascism and the Caregiver. It makes sense, doesn’t…

A few million (mostly) women in the U.S. and abroad marched yesterday. They marched to protest various forms of oppression, symbolized in a new presidential platform that involved explicit racism, … Source: A Few Notes on Gaslighting – tressiemc Gaslight is a movie where a husband tries to convince his wife she is crazy. He…