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April 22nd, 2009

Open Source and the Environment

I’ve been asked to present at a campus Earth Week event on open source software, the environment, and social justice. […]

April 20th, 2009

Logical Notation in OpenOffice 3.0

The recent version of Open Office makes it very easy for philosophers to insert logical notation into their papers. It’s […]

February 25th, 2009

Why Major in Philosophy

When I started teaching and having service duties, I started going to those major-information-day-events. I’ve compiled materials over the past […]

February 19th, 2009

Edit Google Doc Spreadsheet with Google Phone!

I opened a spreadsheet in google docs today and discovered that I can now edit my google doc spreadsheets from […]

February 5th, 2009

Google Phone = Pocket Xerox Machine

Free services like Qipit and Evernote are awesome for academia, and the Google Phone really unlocks their power. It’s like […]

January 26th, 2009

New Laptop Policy in My Classes

I’m sympathetic to Clayton Littlejohn’s laptop ban discussed here and inspired by Kevin Timpe. Last semester, I noticed a significant […]

January 3rd, 2009

Is Something Wrong with the APA?

There have been a litany of complaints about the organization of American Philosophical Association (APA) since the close of the […]

December 19th, 2008

Percentages into Letter Grades: Spreadsheet Formulas

[UPDATE: An alternative method explained at bottom of post.] A lot of us are furiously crunching numbers into Spreadsheets, but […]

October 29th, 2008

Zotero Releases Official Statement Concerning Endnote Law Suit

Here

October 24th, 2008

OpenOffice 3.0 Notes Feature – Printing Notes

Last week I wrote about the Open Office 3.0 note feature. If you have students submit papers electronically – OpenOffice […]