I am not in the habit of checking books out of the Library. As a matter of fact, I tend to buy a lot of the books I read. As a member of Costco, I find myself browsing their book selections and picking up two or three at a time. After all, who wants to […]
You might think I’m biased towards Shakespeare because I’m a former English major, but I’ll tell you a secret: I was not a fan when I was in high school. In fact, I dreaded reading his works, mainly because they were blown over with little care given to biographical context, honoring students’ individual interpretations, or […]
Have you used Lynda.com before? If not, prepare yourself – it’s a tad addictive. I was lucky enough to be introduced to Lynda during my undergraduate studies at the University of Illinois (courtesy of our generous library system, of course. Yay libraries!) I used it primarily to learn web development skills like HTML/CSS, accessibility coding, […]
I can’t be the only person who does this, right? I have all year to think about what I might want to get people for the holidays, and yet I always find myself stuck on one or two particularly difficult gifts when the time comes around. I spend entirely too much time fretting over various […]
