The pending WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility compliance deadlines for public colleges, at both the federal level (now postponed) and New York state level (not postponed yet, as far as I know), have me looking at our department’s web content with a fair bit of paranoia. Today was the blog’s turn to get some attention. The… Continue reading New theme
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Blogging as an embarrassingly rough draft
If you’ve followed this blog for a while, I am honestly quite confused. This blog is not particularly insightful or well thought out. I have a tendency to just barf up posts and publish them. But I’m also not apologizing: this is an important part of my workflow. There are many steps between an idea… Continue reading Blogging as an embarrassingly rough draft
Blogroll
Inspired by @fsvo, I’ve added a “Blogroll” tab to the top of these blog pages. Blogrolls were a popular late 1990s/early 2000s way to recommend content. The idea is that you include a list of links to other blogs on your own blog, so that people can discover new, related content. It’s basically low-tech relevance… Continue reading Blogroll
Obligatory static site generator post
This past week, the CUNY Academic Commons — the home for this blog — was offline for a few days, as they were migrating to new hosting. Then, when it came back, you may have noticed that the theme for the blog was all wonky, and some of the functionality was not working. Anyhow, this… Continue reading Obligatory static site generator post
#blogjune
This year, like in past years, a handful of librarians are doing #blogjune, which is a challenge to blog every day for the month of June. I think it is a wonderful initiative. Each year it is an opportunity for me to add some great new feeds to my RSS reader. It helps reestablish a… Continue reading #blogjune
