Comments for This Thus http://thisthus.com a compendium relating to the pursuit of my PhD in Theatre Arts Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:21:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Sometimes I Wonder by Dad http://thisthus.com/2010/12/sometimes-i-wonder/comment-page-1/#comment-574 Dad Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:21:56 +0000 http://thisthus.com/2010/12/sometimes-i-wonder/#comment-574 <p>Peter: your last three posts express a frustration that is understandable. Figuring out how to get on top of the workload is difficult . . . it is a normal part of graduate work. The larger concern about making a difference can be answered, in part, by the completion of your Ph.D. . . . it will give you a platform and opportunities to make a difference. The rhetorical power of the theatre is not to be minimized and being in a position to share that with various publics is not to be minimized. You can make a difference in the political and social fabric of our world, doing so will be empowered and energized with a Ph.D.</p> Peter: your last three posts express a frustration that is understandable. Figuring out how to get on top of the workload is difficult . . . it is a normal part of graduate work. The larger concern about making a difference can be answered, in part, by the completion of your Ph.D. . . . it will give you a platform and opportunities to make a difference. The rhetorical power of the theatre is not to be minimized and being in a position to share that with various publics is not to be minimized. You can make a difference in the political and social fabric of our world, doing so will be empowered and energized with a Ph.D.

]]> Comment on Anonymity vs Responsibility by Josh http://thisthus.com/2010/11/anonymity-vs-responsibility/comment-page-1/#comment-396 Josh Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:38:12 +0000 http://thisthus.com/?p=147#comment-396 <p>Funny. As I am beginning to migrate over to a blog that is really me, you are beginning to see the benefits of hiding behind a nom de guerre. I am not closing my other site, and I will continue to write my more snide and obnoxious commentary on that site while the new site will focus on thoughts and ideas that are appropriate for people to know who posted them.</p> <p>I would suggest that you just suck it up and start a gripe site and blog all your frustrations out on that. You don't even have to buy a new domain (although you certainly can). There are other options:</p> <p>1) you can create a blog under this domain or any of the others you already own and keep it hidden 2) you can create a blog under this domain or any of the others you already own and just not advertise it 3) I'd be happy to host your gripe site on one of my domains</p> <p>I think that that is all I can offer you as far as advice.</p> Funny. As I am beginning to migrate over to a blog that is really me, you are beginning to see the benefits of hiding behind a nom de guerre. I am not closing my other site, and I will continue to write my more snide and obnoxious commentary on that site while the new site will focus on thoughts and ideas that are appropriate for people to know who posted them.

I would suggest that you just suck it up and start a gripe site and blog all your frustrations out on that. You don’t even have to buy a new domain (although you certainly can). There are other options:

1) you can create a blog under this domain or any of the others you already own and keep it hidden 2) you can create a blog under this domain or any of the others you already own and just not advertise it 3) I’d be happy to host your gripe site on one of my domains

I think that that is all I can offer you as far as advice.

]]> Comment on Blackboard or WordPress? by Peter http://thisthus.com/2010/11/blackboard-or-wordpress/comment-page-1/#comment-340 Peter Sat, 13 Nov 2010 17:18:46 +0000 http://thisthus.com/2010/11/blackboard-or-wordpress/#comment-340 <p>Yeah - that was one of my thoughts as well. I think I'm going to ask my current students what they do and how they use the Blackboard system and if there are things about that system that get in the way of their using it regularly or not.</p> <p>As to RSS - I know, right? So few people seem to be even aware of it. When I went off Facebook I'd even set up a Friendfeed RSS that pulled from all of my different places across the web to feed everything into one stream. A fairly large number of my friends then just stopped reading my blogs since they didn't show up on their Facebook wall. My probably is keeping myself from subscribing to too many feeds! Going to actual websites? I mean that's just so 90s. :)</p> Yeah – that was one of my thoughts as well. I think I’m going to ask my current students what they do and how they use the Blackboard system and if there are things about that system that get in the way of their using it regularly or not.

As to RSS – I know, right? So few people seem to be even aware of it. When I went off Facebook I’d even set up a Friendfeed RSS that pulled from all of my different places across the web to feed everything into one stream. A fairly large number of my friends then just stopped reading my blogs since they didn’t show up on their Facebook wall. My probably is keeping myself from subscribing to too many feeds! Going to actual websites? I mean that’s just so 90s. :)

]]> Comment on Blackboard or WordPress? by Tom http://thisthus.com/2010/11/blackboard-or-wordpress/comment-page-1/#comment-339 Tom Sat, 13 Nov 2010 17:06:15 +0000 http://thisthus.com/2010/11/blackboard-or-wordpress/#comment-339 <p>One important factor to consider is how often your students will visit whatever course management set-up you use. The big advantage of using the university-sanctioned option (whatever it may be) is that your students might already be in the habit of using it daily. I find that online course management tools work so much better when students visit every day, since then I can post daily messages (if needed) and know that the majority of the students will see them. Asking your students to check a different web page could result in your students checking it infrequently. (And yes, they could just RSS it, but how many of the current generation of college students use RSS feeds? I really don't know. All I see them doing is texting and using facebook.)</p> One important factor to consider is how often your students will visit whatever course management set-up you use. The big advantage of using the university-sanctioned option (whatever it may be) is that your students might already be in the habit of using it daily. I find that online course management tools work so much better when students visit every day, since then I can post daily messages (if needed) and know that the majority of the students will see them. Asking your students to check a different web page could result in your students checking it infrequently. (And yes, they could just RSS it, but how many of the current generation of college students use RSS feeds? I really don’t know. All I see them doing is texting and using facebook.)

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