I’ve talked about group chatting with IRC, Slack, and Bindle, and recently stumbled upon Gitter.
The interface is a lot like Slack, but, unlike Slack, you can have public or private rooms (with the free plan private rooms are limited to 25 participants). Every user is required to have a Github account, and those accounts are also free. Gitter offers a web client in addition to clients for Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android.
Lack of an Oxford comma strikes again I, for one, welcome our new English overlords. The problem of being “busy” Being busy doesn’t necessarily mean you’re making progress. More than 950 accredited schools no longer require the ACT or SAT for admission Interesting that the push back toward standardized testing has now reached secondary education.
The number one paradox in higher education is that technology is both transforming and disrupting universities around the world. Institutions that adapt to the technology and become content producers will survive and flourish; those confined to being content consumers will struggle to stay in business. Many colleges and universities are in financial difficulty today: According…
Earlier this year, France passed a labor reform law that banned checking emails on weekends. New research—to be presented next week at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management—suggests other countries might do well to follow suit, for the sake of employee health and productivity. A new study—authored by Liuba Belkin of Lehigh University,…
