In early 2013, I applied for an online faculty position at Ashford University. When the hiring process really gained steam, I was in Hawaii for the SAA conference. As a testament to the versatility of the online medium, I was virtually attending training sessions in Oahu and filling out PDF… Read more“Thoughts from a Year of Online Teaching”
Category: anthropology
I Poked Around My Mac’s Keyboard Settings. What I Found Changed Everything I Knew About Life
I hate the hyperbolic link bait titles that are all the rage. Don’t you? Anyway, I am starting a new series on neat tech tips that are useful for research. This one is already preinstalled on Macs. In my desired line of work, I have to write in both Spanish… Read more“I Poked Around My Mac’s Keyboard Settings. What I Found Changed Everything I Knew About Life”
Short Term Fluctuations in Style
When I released the first version of mobile Anthropomotron, I had to design an icon for it. The process was described in these posts. Little did I know, that a major change in design aesthetics would occur, which would demand a change in both the design of the icon, and… Read more“Short Term Fluctuations in Style”
Anthropomotron 2.0 is Here!
My ‘summer’ project has finally been finished, and I am proud to present Anthropomotron 2.0 to the world. I have been adding features since the end of April, both immediately visible and internal enhancements as my Javascript and XHTML/CSS have improved. The whole list of improvements is here, but in… Read more“Anthropomotron 2.0 is Here!”
If I Could Make One Suggestion…?
I’m new to this teaching thing, but I seem to be a hit with my students, so I have a tip for someone even newer than I. The anthropology course I am teaching online is writing intensive, as online courses tend to be. There are multiple weekly discussions and writing… Read more“If I Could Make One Suggestion…?”
Hood Ornaments
Besides the inner workings of Anthropomotron, I am also adding new features readily visible to anthropologists. Adult stature estimation gets some new neighbors as I add juvenile stature estimation and full body stature estimation. Juvenile stature estimation also turns long bone lengths to an estimated stature using findings from two… Read more“Hood Ornaments”
Under the Hood
Working two jobs eased out a lot of my prior free time in the evenings. I stopped playing WoW (at least until the next expansion), and I’ve had less time to work on my major hobby, which is currently Anthropomotron. It is not surprising then that I have made additions… Read more“Under the Hood”
One Small Step
I really want to teach. From a practical standpoint, even if I get all the grants and all of my papers published, I can only do so much anthropology. If I teach anthropology, and just one half of one percent of my students become anthropologists, I would have more of… Read more“One Small Step”
Sifakas!
The BioAnthropology Facebook page is a great online community of people with the same professional interests as myself who post interesting news articles from around the Internet. Last week, this article from the Daily Mail was posted with a neat timelapse photo of a sifaka hopping across a path. A… Read more“Sifakas!”
The SAA Meeting in Honolulu!
This post may be a little late but I finally have some free time after returning from Hawaii to write down my thoughts about the event (I’m at the laundromat and I can’t leave due to the Great Clothes Theft of 2012). (May 18: well I may have sat on… Read more“The SAA Meeting in Honolulu!”