Bill Wolff, PhD

Associate Professor, Communication, Film, and Journalism, Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA

Bill

  • teaching students how to create meaningful tags

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    Ryancordell asked me to say a few words about teaching tagging to my students and I am very happy to do so. I have been trying to figure out how to teach tagging to my graduate and undergraduate students since I began using Diigo several years ago. Actually, after I finished presenting a paper…

  • my 2009 ncaa tournament picks

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    This is the first time I’ve made a tournament bracket. I have no idea what I’m doing. I don’t really like basketball, but I do think the college game is better than the NBA. At least they play defense. So, here are my picks. I expect to be completely wrong, but it should be…

  • new photos: l.j. herman’s 2nd hand shop

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    For some reason I haven’t been posting photos lately (though I have taken quite a few). So, to make up for not posting them, here is a slideshow of some I took today of L.J. Herman’s 2nd Hand Shop, located in East Windsor, N.J. This shop holds a special place in my memory. As…

  • honda’s metaphor: kicking out the ladder

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    We began Information Architecture this semester by looking at the construction of language through the use of metaphors. Earlier I posted about the metaphors we use during class discussion. Today on Twitter @DocMara pointed to an excellent documentary by Honda that investigates the idea of failure in the innovation process. It seems that Honda…