by Andy DeSoto on August 9, 2008
Every once in a while I enjoy taking a step away from the broader picture of Internet technology and social media services to more closely examine the impact technology is having within my own community. When I learned that a chemistry professor at my university, the College of William & Mary, had received a national award for his use of technology in the classroom, I knew I had to share the news with readers here at andydesoto.com.
by Andy DeSoto on July 8, 2008
Last week, I spent a decent bit of time working on a side project of mine, a podcast homepage that also features the latest excerpts from campus news sources. As I worked to implement an accessible yet intellectual property-respecting aggregation page, I came across a surprising find: not a single one of my university news sources’ RSS feeds provides the full feed; rather, each only syndicates the excerpt of each article.
