Category Archives: Writing for the Web

Weblog Usability

Posted on November 17, 2005 by Lisa Spangenberg

Jakob Nielsen posted an article on the top ten web log design flaws. Most of his suggestions were things I’ve been doing from the start, but two of them were new to me. He suggests a list of the “top … Continue reading →

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More Academic Blogging

Posted on October 9, 2005 by Lisa Spangenberg

Henry Farrell, professor and contributor to the academic blog Crooked Timber, has an interesting essay in the Chronicle of Higher Education on “The Blogosphere as a Carnival of Ideas.” He makes a number of good points for and against academic … Continue reading →

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Discussions, Comments and Digital Community

Posted on April 4, 2005 by Lisa Spangenberg

Teresa Nielsen Hayden, editor extraordinaire and the creator of Making Light (one of the best blogs I’ve ever seen) is not only the author of many fine posts, she also curates a thriving, active, intelligent and interesting group of readers … Continue reading →

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Outsourcing Course Prep

Posted on October 11, 2004 by Lisa Spangenberg

There’s a discussion over at The Chronicle of Higher Education regarding “outsourcing” course preparation. According to the Chronicle Many colleges that want to beef up their online course offerings are starting to buy materials developed by other institutions. . . . ? … Continue reading →

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XBEL Bookmark Format

Posted on September 14, 2004 by Lisa Spangenberg

I was looking at various ways of managing bookmarks, with an eye to using bookmarks as a way for naive users to create web pages, and I stumbled over XBEL, an xml dtd for bookmark conversion. The XML Bookmark Exchange … Continue reading →

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