I’ve been surprised by the increasing dominance of customer reviews from the Amazon Vine; this program gives select customers free “new and pre-release items …

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Isabel Fay’s and Clever Pie’s Thank You Hater!

Well hello friend Mister Insightful
Thank you for your comment on my little Youtube clip …

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Earlier I noted that feedback to children is associated with larger cultural debates. Amy Chau, a Yale Law Professor, prompted much discussion when she bragged …

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As a teacher and researcher of feedback, I’ve long been fascinated by the popular discourse about feedback to children. The alleged praise-happy softness of …

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Legal scholars have a saying that hard cases (i.e., unusual/confused) make bad law (i.e., legal decisions). The recent lead in a story …

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My year away from teaching while at the Berkman Center meant I approached this year with a lot of enthusiasm. In the fall, I continued …

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A short abstract of my research on feedback and comment:

Comment Culture: Feedback, ratings, and reviews in the age of the Web

Our world today …

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Last week I enjoyed ROFLCon here in Cambridge. In particular, Zittrain’s talk was enjoyable as always (i.e., interesting and funny) and the Fangirl …

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With Zotero and Mendeley providing excellent web-centric bibliographic tools, I don’t imagine I’ll ever get converts to Thunderdell. Still, it and BusySponge are …

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The recent blowup about what Ethan Zuckerman calls attention ethics surprises me a little, but not a lot. A comment by Ito Kagehisa at Boing …

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