• Canvas Catches Blackboard

    Canvas Catches Blackboard

    This article from Inside Higher Ed reports that Canvas has surpassed Blackboard as the leading learning management system in American colleges and universities, based upon the number of installations. Michael Feldstein from MindWires Consulting states that this is a “stunning development.” Really? My colleagues have been saying for a number of years that Canvas is…

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  • Cooking As a Family

    Cooking As a Family

    I was intrigued by this Forbes article about the costs of cooking at home vs. ordering out or using a menu planning service. It turns out that dialing Dominoes is roughly 5 times as expensive as making homemade pizza and 3 times as expensive as using a meal planning service. The article points out that…

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  • Thoughts on NASPA, 2018

    Thoughts on NASPA, 2018

    The good, bad, and ugly at #NASPA18 @NASPAFB from the perspective of an IT guy.

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  • Trustworthy: The First Point

    Trustworthy: The First Point

    People are taking advantage of L.L. Bean. What happened to trustworthiness?

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  • Yummy!

    Yummy!

    Wasn’t planning anything special for Valentine’s Day. But after seeing this recipe, gotta say baby and me is havin’ lobster tails and ribeye on Wednesday. I won’t be using the sous-vide method, but will use tarragon and vanilla. Don’t tell her.

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Adaptiman is the nom de plume of David Sweeney – retired CIO/CHRO, father, professor, brewer, and hiker.

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  1. I really enjoyed reading this. Uncle Tim sent it to me. I plan to move to Fredericksburg by the end…

  2. This was an extremely interesting read. Thanks for sharing. Another song that comes to mind is Led Zeppelin’s Heartbreaker/ Living…

  3. Liz Galvan on Day 3

    Hi David. Wow, looks like you’ve travelled a lot of miles (25.7) so far. Sorry to hear that you have…