I.T. in the University

In recent weeks a cast of essayists, psychologists and sociologists have been debating whether Facebook and other media technologies are m...

My better half had an op ed piece in the New York Times today titled The New Globalist Is Homesick .  I'm very happy for her!  (And dou...

In a recent post titled Don't Circle The Wagons Bethanie Nowviskie observes that while the humanities tend to have a more theoretical ...

Susan Matt (my spouse) and I were interviewed on KCPW today about our course "Are Machines Making Us Stupid?" Here is a link to t...

Last week William Powers visited Weber State University and spoke about his book Hamlet's Blackberry. Recent articles in The Atlantic...

I just finished reading The Filter Bubble by Eli Pariser, who is the current president of moveon.org.  In keeping with the interests of th...

This blog is sort of an informal companion to a colloquium we hold here at Weber which is also called "I.T. in the University." ...

On the Music For Deck Chairs blog , the author (who wishes to remain anonymous) makes some interesting observations on the recent pepper ...

I've been regretting that my blog has such a pedestrian title, especially when I compare it to some of the other blogs I've bee...

I went to a Halloween costume party Saturday night.  The theme was "Come as your favorite religious figure."  Maybe we don't h...