Ning Services Will Remain Free for Educators

May 4, 2010 | No Comments

A couple of weeks ago, we talked about the disappointing news from the Ning camp. The service had announced that they will be suspending their free service, and only offer paid-for services in the near future. There has been a lot of discussion and rants floating around the web regarding this sad turn of events. [...]

Why Do You Have an Appendix?

Apr 15, 2010 | 4 Comments

Today I kept up the stream of silly questions on the Facebook fan page. The community seems to have been having a lot of fun answering these random little snippets that I come up with, and it’s fun for me to read the answers… usually. I have to admit that some of them are TOO [...]

The Future of Ning Communities

Apr 15, 2010 | 9 Comments

A startling announcement came today from the Ning network. Only one month after appointing a new CEO, the company has major reorganization plans in the works. In addition to laying off approximately 40% of its staff, the company is killing off all free accounts. Free account users will have the option to either change over [...]

How Should a College Newspaper Publish on the Web?

Oct 9, 2008 | 5 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I graduated high school many years ago, and first got online in 1992. The Internet was there, but not the World Wide Web at that point. I wrote a series of articles for the newspaper at my university about the Internet. [...]