Sorry, Professors, but Presidential Searches Should Be Secret

https://www.chronicle.com/article/Sorry-Professors-but/246424?cid=wcontentlist_hp_5 The best quote from the article But I give the faculty members I met with credit for not advancing perhaps the world’s worst argument for the open search, one made in these pages, which is that the faculty grapevine is the best way to vet candidates. No. The truth is that a vetting process run by […]

Ambient Computing..

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3402959/why-ambient-computing-is-just-a-marketing-buzzword-for-now.html Ambient means “in the air” or “present on all sides” or “all around us.” To interact in an “ambient computing” context means to not care and not even necessarily know where exactly the devices are that you’re interacting with. I’ve been wanting this for so long..