Comments on: My case for moving beyond a printed senior thesis http://www.andrewspittle.net/2009/11/22/my-case-for-moving-beyond-a-printed-senior-thesis/ A blog that wanders through journalism, technology, and politics Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:35:36 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Testing the power of the medium – my final case for a web-only thesis « Andrew Spittle http://www.andrewspittle.net/2009/11/22/my-case-for-moving-beyond-a-printed-senior-thesis/comment-page-1/#comment-1250 Testing the power of the medium – my final case for a web-only thesis « Andrew Spittle Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:06:29 +0000 http://www.andrewspittle.net/?p=1432#comment-1250 [...] the project would generate interest from professors and students from other [...] [...] the project would generate interest from professors and students from other [...]

]]> By: Andrew http://www.andrewspittle.net/2009/11/22/my-case-for-moving-beyond-a-printed-senior-thesis/comment-page-1/#comment-1210 Andrew Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:56:20 +0000 http://www.andrewspittle.net/?p=1432#comment-1210 Thanks Brian. I agree that it's definitely time to start moving from discussions of opportunities and change to the action part. I think we've reached a point where most of the important discussions about what to use the web for have been had; it's now time to figure out what works by doing. I haven't used Feedback by Paragraph since it was initially released so I'm hoping the bugs that were present at that point have been ironed out. Thanks Brian. I agree that it’s definitely time to start moving from discussions of opportunities and change to the action part. I think we’ve reached a point where most of the important discussions about what to use the web for have been had; it’s now time to figure out what works by doing.

I haven’t used Feedback by Paragraph since it was initially released so I’m hoping the bugs that were present at that point have been ironed out.

]]> By: Brian Frank http://www.andrewspittle.net/2009/11/22/my-case-for-moving-beyond-a-printed-senior-thesis/comment-page-1/#comment-1209 Brian Frank Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:54:17 +0000 http://www.andrewspittle.net/?p=1432#comment-1209 This is awesome. I love that you aren't simply conforming to the old mindset but aren't merely grumbling about it either. Recognizing opportunities is one thing... the ability to actually figure out what to do and then make a case for it will be more important than any other skill in the near future, imo. Btw I hadn't heard of Feedback by Paragraph before... looks interesting. This is awesome. I love that you aren’t simply conforming to the old mindset but aren’t merely grumbling about it either. Recognizing opportunities is one thing… the ability to actually figure out what to do and then make a case for it will be more important than any other skill in the near future, imo.

Btw I hadn’t heard of Feedback by Paragraph before… looks interesting.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.andrewspittle.net/2009/11/22/my-case-for-moving-beyond-a-printed-senior-thesis/comment-page-1/#comment-1206 Andrew Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:48:35 +0000 http://www.andrewspittle.net/?p=1432#comment-1206 Graf by graf comments are certainly part of the plan for the tech side of things. I'll probably look into using the Feedback by Paragraph plugin by Andy Dickinson. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/feedbackbp/ Graf by graf comments are certainly part of the plan for the tech side of things. I’ll probably look into using the Feedback by Paragraph plugin by Andy Dickinson.

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/feedbackbp/

]]> By: Daniel Bachhuber http://www.andrewspittle.net/2009/11/22/my-case-for-moving-beyond-a-printed-senior-thesis/comment-page-1/#comment-1205 Daniel Bachhuber Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:04:04 +0000 http://www.andrewspittle.net/?p=1432#comment-1205 Badass. I look forward to reading the intermediate and final versions of your thesis. One tech idea: it would be really cool to enable graf by graf commenting, such that it's easier to react to specific points you make in your final piece. In addition, it would be really sweet if you had the ability to curate those comments and reactions to your final piece, whether they're comments at the end of the thesis, comments on individual grafs, or posts people write on their own blogs in reaction to your work. Great start! Badass. I look forward to reading the intermediate and final versions of your thesis. One tech idea: it would be really cool to enable graf by graf commenting, such that it’s easier to react to specific points you make in your final piece. In addition, it would be really sweet if you had the ability to curate those comments and reactions to your final piece, whether they’re comments at the end of the thesis, comments on individual grafs, or posts people write on their own blogs in reaction to your work. Great start!

]]> By: Larryb http://www.andrewspittle.net/2009/11/22/my-case-for-moving-beyond-a-printed-senior-thesis/comment-page-1/#comment-1204 Larryb Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:30:37 +0000 http://www.andrewspittle.net/?p=1432#comment-1204 Brilliant! I hope it comes to fruition for you! Brilliant! I hope it comes to fruition for you!

]]> By: Sol Young http://www.andrewspittle.net/2009/11/22/my-case-for-moving-beyond-a-printed-senior-thesis/comment-page-1/#comment-1203 Sol Young Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:54:09 +0000 http://www.andrewspittle.net/?p=1432#comment-1203 One other thought - found this the other day. It's not automatic, and probably not nearly as pretty, but there clean ways to go direct from online-only (ex. blog) to print-on-demand http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/fastpencil_turn_your_blog_into_a_published_book.php One other thought – found this the other day. It’s not automatic, and probably not nearly as pretty, but there clean ways to go direct from online-only (ex. blog) to print-on-demand http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/fastpencil_turn_your_blog_into_a_published_book.php

]]> By: Andrew http://www.andrewspittle.net/2009/11/22/my-case-for-moving-beyond-a-printed-senior-thesis/comment-page-1/#comment-1202 Andrew Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:42:03 +0000 http://www.andrewspittle.net/?p=1432#comment-1202 I couldn't agree with you more Ian. The notion that academia is still creating hot beds of innovation while remaining within a centuries old form of knowledge distribution has confounded me since Freshman year. I couldn’t agree with you more Ian. The notion that academia is still creating hot beds of innovation while remaining within a centuries old form of knowledge distribution has confounded me since Freshman year.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.andrewspittle.net/2009/11/22/my-case-for-moving-beyond-a-printed-senior-thesis/comment-page-1/#comment-1201 Andrew Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:40:38 +0000 http://www.andrewspittle.net/?p=1432#comment-1201 Jess, to counter your claim concerning plagiarism: I think that by having things posted online academic integrity would actually be easier to maintain. The reason I say this is that were works to be posted online it would be even easier for a professor to take parts of the text and search for other occurances of them online. Also, there would be nothing to stop a professor from printing the pages out and editing them that way. Online only does not mean that no one can create a print copy, it just means that the work is not dependent upon print. Thanks for the comment! Jess, to counter your claim concerning plagiarism: I think that by having things posted online academic integrity would actually be easier to maintain. The reason I say this is that were works to be posted online it would be even easier for a professor to take parts of the text and search for other occurances of them online.

Also, there would be nothing to stop a professor from printing the pages out and editing them that way. Online only does not mean that no one can create a print copy, it just means that the work is not dependent upon print.

Thanks for the comment!

]]> By: Andrew http://www.andrewspittle.net/2009/11/22/my-case-for-moving-beyond-a-printed-senior-thesis/comment-page-1/#comment-1200 Andrew Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:34:21 +0000 http://www.andrewspittle.net/?p=1432#comment-1200 Thanks for the comment Sol. I totally agree that Twitter should be more visible. I only just finished up this iteration of the design last night. In the next few days I'll be shifting some elements around and will probably replace the photos in the footer with Twitter. Thanks for the comment Sol. I totally agree that Twitter should be more visible. I only just finished up this iteration of the design last night. In the next few days I’ll be shifting some elements around and will probably replace the photos in the footer with Twitter.

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