By Joshua Kim. The Slack bubble seems to have hit academia hard. Like the flu or meningitis, college campuses seem susceptible to rapid outbreaks of digital contagion. More...
By Joshua Kim. Life in 2050 will be better than it is in 2018. Take whatever variable you care to measure of human well-being, and in 30 years that outcome will be better than today. More...
By Joshua Kim. Published in 1954
I’m in search of a funny novel about campus life. This search is motivated by a desire to find more humor in academia. Please help. More...
By Joshua Kim. How higher education fits in to a new book about America’s small city renaissance. More...
By Joshua Kim. Along with everybody else.
A takeaway from The Happiness Curve is that we should be recruiting as many people over 50, and preferably over 60 or even 70, as possible to our institutions. Not only will they bring their accumulated years of knowledge and experience and wisdom, they are also likely to be in a good mood. More...
By Joshua Kim. Y’all need to tell me if I’m crazy. From where I sit in the ivory tower, free of the burdens of either useful knowledge or accountability for my prognostications, it seems obvious to me that LinkedIn / Microsoft should buy Coursera. More...
By Eric Stoller. Apple partners with Blackboard to offer digital wallet integration with NFC access. More...
By Barbara Fister. It’s hot out there. Sit back and pop open a cold thriller.
It’s maybe not the right time to be slacking off. Every time I look at the news there’s some new horror. Even our generally cheery weatherman is shaking his head: This weekend will be a scorcher, and half the western states appear to be ablaze again. More...
By Barbara Fister. Facebook has been in the news a lot, lately. It’s getting flack for apparently violating a 2011 consent decree with the FTC by sharing data with device makers, including Chinese firms, one of which our intelligence agencies considers dangerous. More...
By Barbara Fister. I noticed some chatter about how news sites are addressing – or not addressing – the new European Union privacy regulations that just went into effect, aka the GDPR. In particular, I was surprised to hear that if you are in Europe you can’t read the L.A. Times. More...
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