LibraryThing

February 18, 2006 in Books, Web Technology

I read a lot. As an English teacher, part of my reading addiction is work related. However, since I was young I have found that reading is something that allows me to block out everything else. The only other “escape” I have found is alcohol and playing the guitar. The former was toxic to me [...]

CoComment

February 6, 2006 in Web Technology

I’m not going to rehash what those who are smarter than me are saying, but cocomment is pure genius. I have forever wanted an easier way to track, remember, and follow up on all the various comments that I make on blogs. With the advent of much of the blog content being consumed by RSS, [...]

New Senior Class

February 4, 2006 in Books, Education

Our English department is developing new electives for our seniors to take. These are year-long classes that each teacher develops based on their own personal interests in literature. They range from outdoor writing to science fiction to Greek myths. My class will focus on contemporary literature, predominantly novels. For the purpose of the class, I [...]

Newsmass or Real-Time Aggregators

February 4, 2006 in Web Technology

The astute Michael Arrington over at TechCrunch has gathered up a collection of most of the sites in the relatively new space of Real-Time aggregation of blog content. Some are focused strictly on blogs and some mix mainstream press into the stream.
It seems that user interaction with this news, either in the form of comments, [...]