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1. Python tools for Reddit queries, analysis, and messaging

   For the past two years I’ve been working on Reddit related questions such as:

   1. Do researchers’ ethical disguise of Redditors’ posts work?
   2. How many …

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2. Reddit masking interview with Meredith Meacham

   1. In your paper, you wrote: “Quotations are slightly altered to reduce chances of deductive disclosure of individuals who made the posts or comments.” Is this …

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3. Disguising Reddit sources: The practices and efficacy of ethical research

   I had been vacillating on posting a draft because I wasn’t sure whether to call it: masking or disguising. Last week, while working on …

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4. Transcending academic book writing conventions and weaknesses

   I’ve published three books with an academic press, and with each I strove to be accessible to general readers. The last, Hacking Life, was …

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5. Pelican with pandoc and cache

   I use pandoc—and its flavor of markdown—to create my webpages, slides, PDFs, and Word files. Ironically, the only place I don’t use …

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6. Hoaxes, “grievance studies,” and Ronell

   I was in grad school during the Sokal hoax and, as strange as it sounds, the hoax was a comfort to me. I applied to …

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7. Ditch your word processor: Write prose like code in a text editor

   In this video I show the benefits of writing in a text editor. I link to descriptions of these things which you can find in …

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8. The tenure file

   A few months ago I submitted my dossier for tenure and it continues on its journey up the chain of command: external reviewers, department committee …

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9. Why learning styles are hard to give up

   Some of my students refuse to believe the theory of learning styles is discredited. Referring them to Wikipedia or literature reviews isn’t sufficient because …

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