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Consistency Appeal
CommonMark and the Future of Scholarly Markdown
Using Microsoft Word with git
Academic Peer-Review With Git
- [ ] Setting up IMAP student email with Mailspring
- [ ] The usefulness of obscure tools like Quotebacks for academic work.
- [ ] I did actually get a legal notice from my ISP because I torrented my fucking Public Speaking textbook.
- [ ] Use OBS to capture your own recordings in case an instructor forgets to hit "Record" or intentionally intends to withold the ability to go back.
- [ ] "From the very beginning of my school life, I have always been right on the fringe of digital academia."
- [ ] Convincing my professors to use Adobe Sign.
- [ ] Quizlet is quite a "hack."
- [ ] The bond between software and learning as the bond between learning and religion - we may be forced to conclude that Billy Bob Gates was my God.
- [ ] I've just been notified whilst trying to cram for a fucking Public Speaking midterm that VitalSource has added emoji support! So I can use emojis in my margins notes now, I guess...
- [ ] Hypothes.is as a Social Network
GIT, MAN
Discounted and free plans are available for educational use
Canvas
- The Canvas logo looks like it could be a scary, faceless private security / weapons research company. Or, it looks like a circle of faceless people looking down upon you lying on the ground.
Instructure on GitHub