I'm starting back to work on netweed, my first major website, by cleaning up a lot of details and re/building the Hip Hop @ netweed section. Hopefully that will clear the way for work on expanding The Paper Plant section of the site when Mr. D-J is ready!
Here's more on what I'm currently doing:
Hip Hop @ netweed Update in Progress
A side project I've played with for a bit, Buried Quotes, is now back in action.
I just enjoy doing it. Check it out!
Here we go. College Textbook News is no more, All World Dance is preparing for a January launch and netweed lurks in the background, always ready for action! Oh, yeah, Cultural Research will also play a role in 2011.
At this point, I feel like I'm a week behind which isn't bad at all. That could change but things are finally falling into place.
"Next week will reveal all," states the Magic 8 Ball.
Wow! College Textbook News will soon be no more. Though I usually try to keep up even short-lived blogging experiments, I have a separate account for CTN and that's just enough for me to take it totally offline as I tidy up my digital house.
It's all about cutting my burn rate as I prepare for the launch of All World Dance, a dance portal, soon to be my major focus in tandem with a dance-related writing project inspired by my dissertation.
netweed was one of my earliest web projects and continues to be an important base of operation for some of my ongoing work. I've been focusing the site a bit and giving it some much needed attention in preparation for rebuilding its presence featuring Hip Hop and Music Industry news and web resources, Paper Plant activities and Clyde Projects.
It's taking me awhile to move from being primarily a hip hop web media guy and to start focusing more deeply on College Textbook News. However, it's gotten me posting at Cultural Research again, now with an explicit focus on disruptive innovation in higher education, and where I'm headed with College Textbook News is becoming much clearer.
In addition to building a legitimate B2B textbook industry web site with related services, I more generally want to inhabit that space where folks are exploring how technology can disrupt education related enterprises in a positive way. Not all will be good but I do believe that the potential for more affordable yet higher quality options exists from the level of textbooks to advanced education.
However, since some of my interest in textbooks involves marketing outlets to college students, I've decided to continue some of my blogging about hip hop at Hip Hop Logic, a revived site, and at Ill Moves: Hip Hop Dance. In addition, I'll continue my activities at Hip Hop @ netweed.
So I'm keeping connected to hip hop and youth culture and considering some new projects at netweed but mostly planning to focus on College Textbook News with related work at Cultural Research.
Note: I've just started doing some open web resource gathering for the University of the People's library service and am pondering the development of additional open education resources. These will be reported on mainly at Cultural Research though I will also be discussing open textbooks at College Textbook News.
Working on College Textbook News has gotten me back into posting at Cultural Research, now with a more explicit focus on disruptive innovation in higher education and academic libraries.
I recently launched a beta version of College Textbook News, a b2b site focused on the college textbook industry, but have had a few delays in heading for full launch.
I'm looking forward to taking care of other business so I can give this new project the attention it deserves.
