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IndieHosters is a new kind of web hosting company. Oh, and they offer Known hosting. In Wired: http://www.wired.com/2014/11/indie-hosters/
Share this post@weblivz Right. So curators become, in some ways, the new publishers, gatekeeping what gets discovered.
With academics increasingly self-publishing, I'm wondering what the role of the academic press becomes. Aggregator? #umwhackathon
Some discussion of importing embedded media into ebooks as QR codes. Things I do not want: QR codes in my books. #umwhackathon
I have never had such strong positive validation of a product I've helped build. Exciting things to come in December.
"There isn't a single LMS out there that's student-centered." - @cmmattia #umwhackathon
Connecting networks to networks. Like an ... Internet? Another reason to build social platforms that work like the web. #umwhackathon
Learning a lot about community hubs as a focal point for classes - & for educators to discover classes at other institutions. #umwhackathon
Packagr will take your existing content feeds and help you turn them into multi-platform ebooks: http://packagrapp.com/ #umwhackathon
Some talk about self-publishing. Woopie lets you create an ebook once and publish in multiple formats: http://woop.ie/ #umwhackathon
@Linkletter @grantpotter Same room! We're all in Fredericksburg for the #umwhackathon.
Small common, open APIs are good; spending years designing a standard is harmful; proprietary, locked-in APIs worst of all. #umwhackathon
@vivienrolfe & sometimes they make you use their sieve that you get used to and integrate into your whole kitchen, making it hard to change.
We built Free My Data to help you get your data out of popular services: http://freemydata.co #reclaimyourdomain
"If I can't get my data out of there and I can't secure it, I shouldn't be using it." Manifesto for future students, by @kinlane. +1.
Insurance companies are apparently using Klout scores as a factor in computing their rates. Can we call it the bullshit economy?
We're providing both software & consultancy to help institutions build platforms that support connected learning. #reclaimyourdomain
I didn't realize the White House had write APIs as well as read these days. Via @kinlane: http://www.whitehouse.gov/digitalgov/apis
@timmmmyboy I wonder if one solution for your kind of use case is to have the university host it? It does look beautiful and easy.
My worry with Clef is that it's a centralized take on SSO and 2fa. Perhaps scope for an open source riff on the same idea? Persona++?
I dislike SMS two-factor auth (I'm not always connected to my number). Just saw a Clef demo - looks really good: https://getclef.com/
It's 8pm PST but I feel like it's 2am. Crashing so I can make the most of being with all the smart people at #reclaimyourdomain tomorrow.