Archive for March, 2011

 
 

Let’s Commence With Our Usual Torture…

March 30, 2011

I almost titled this post with a Farnsworth-style, ‘Good news, everyone!’ (if you’re a Futurama fan, you’ll know that always precedes bad news). But I didn’t want to get anyone’s hopes up. So I chose a Legally Blonde quote instead. Maureen Ogle sent me a link to a Crooks and Liars post making vicious (and [...]

 
 
 
 

Fun With Google Instant

March 28, 2011

WoPro uses Google Instant, is disappointed with results.

 
 
 
 

How to Speak Pessimist

March 25, 2011

WoPro ain’t no this or that.

 
 
 
 

Networking for Introverts and Misanthropes (Again): Setting Goals

March 23, 2011

WoPro is $#@! tired from networking, so here’s some networking advice you didn’t ask for.

 
 
 
 

What Can’t BlackBoard Do For You?

March 21, 2011

WoPro wonders how likely it is we’ll find course-management software worth paying for. And who will buy it. And how much it will cost if we do.

 
 
 
 

Bummer Thoughts on the Digital Humanities

March 18, 2011

WoPro does not support digitization wholeheartedly.

 
 
 
 

SXSW On A Stick (Or: So You Want Your Field To Be Taken Seriously?)

March 16, 2011

WoPro thinks educators need to start attending SXSW.

 
 
 
 

Interview with Cherry Cheva: YA Novelist, Television Writer, and Non-Lawyer

March 14, 2011

An interview with Family Guy writer and YA novelist Cherry Cheva.

 
 
 
 

Transferable Academic Skills For Reals: Volunteering at SXSW

March 11, 2011

WoPro is surprised to find that academia transfers well to SXSW.

 
 
 
 

A Plan So Crazy, It Just Might Work

March 9, 2011

WoPro’s bold new plan for education reform.