Of all the possible classes I could have been teaching when COVID-19 hit, I think I got pretty lucky. Teaching a web design course did mean students needed access to (somewhat decent) computers – definitely a privilege and a barrier to entry – but it seemed to shake out okay. I was thankful that the […]

I have a confession to make: If I knew ahead of time that I’d need to make a Twitter account to participate in digPINS, I probably wouldn’t have signed up for the session. I did have an account once, back in college – I think I used it to post updates on my life in […]

I remember the first time I used the internet. I’d been bugging my parents ever since I saw an episode of Ghostwriter that depicted hackers and cyberspace. I was intrigued. I was vaguely aware that my father’s massive laptop he kept in his office had a modem, the mystical device that could connect me. I […]