Author Archives: Ron Bronson
Morning Tunes: Hospitality
Hospitality – “Friends Of Friends” from stereogum on Vimeo. I ran into these gals this morning on Rdio and they’re an interesting bunch. It’s twee but has a pop feel to them. It’s like an Emiliana Torrini sounding ensemble without… continue reading »
Foreign Policy says you ought to eschew the US, send your kids overseas to college
An interesting story in Foreign Policy re: US colleges, cost and competitiveness: Want to combine a quality education with language immersion? Peking University — No. 49 on the Times criteria, above Penn State — charges between $4,000 and $6,000 in… continue reading »
Clay Shirky on SOPA
Here’s a TED Talk from Clay Shirky talking about the dangers of SOPA in plain English. Also if you haven’t read Clay Shirky’s book “Here Comes Everybody” you need to add it to your list now.
Reflecting on bigger, faster, newer in .edu web strategy
Early in my career as a web manager, projects just came to me. I’ve basically established a career going places that other don’t know exist and trying to get them to rethink how they view the web, to strategize their… continue reading »
“Those connections on your computer aren’t real…” and other falsehoods
I may or may not have heard a speaker recently cite the rampant use of digital devices by millennials. In this discussion, said speaker might have referenced Facebook and other tools by saying, “I have a hard time convincing kids… continue reading »