Jason B Jones
@jbj.bsky.social
Teaching and learning with technology. Currently: Northeastern U. Previously Woolf, Trinity, CCSU, ProfHacker
edtech / digital humanities / LFC / &c
edtech / digital humanities / LFC / &c
This email from the National Endowment for the Humanities is SO MUCH less ominous than the mobile preview implies
November 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
This email from the National Endowment for the Humanities is SO MUCH less ominous than the mobile preview implies
I feel like when we renegotiate our Microsoft contract we should include “Teams will recognize our name as a valid word” as a term.
They should also have to explain what “Northeaster n’s” means
They should also have to explain what “Northeaster n’s” means
November 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I feel like when we renegotiate our Microsoft contract we should include “Teams will recognize our name as a valid word” as a term.
They should also have to explain what “Northeaster n’s” means
They should also have to explain what “Northeaster n’s” means
Some people at work made this version of my profile pic for a work thing, but I will say the semi-recognizable Standard Edition cracks me up, as does the repetition of volumes 7 and 10. I love the Three Essays, but would probably repeat other volumes first
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Some people at work made this version of my profile pic for a work thing, but I will say the semi-recognizable Standard Edition cracks me up, as does the repetition of volumes 7 and 10. I love the Three Essays, but would probably repeat other volumes first
Liverpool are having such a tough start I read this as “Michael Edwards,” and thought “I think maybe several?”
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Liverpool are having such a tough start I read this as “Michael Edwards,” and thought “I think maybe several?”
Why is it always feet? smh
November 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Why is it always feet? smh
Listen, I like a compliment as much as the next fella, but I don’t think this is it
November 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Listen, I like a compliment as much as the next fella, but I don’t think this is it
It’s nice that Claude is a messy, self-hating so-and-so like me
(I’m aware this is another species of sycophancy)
(I’m aware this is another species of sycophancy)
November 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
It’s nice that Claude is a messy, self-hating so-and-so like me
(I’m aware this is another species of sycophancy)
(I’m aware this is another species of sycophancy)
Claude is also struggling with the end of Daylight Saving Time
(This is just a representation of a project in Omnifocus, nothing important was actually deleted 😅)
(This is just a representation of a project in Omnifocus, nothing important was actually deleted 😅)
November 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Claude is also struggling with the end of Daylight Saving Time
(This is just a representation of a project in Omnifocus, nothing important was actually deleted 😅)
(This is just a representation of a project in Omnifocus, nothing important was actually deleted 😅)
You’re not going to believe where Copilot was when it told me this. 🤦♂️
(I mean, this is Bluesky, you will believe it.)
(I mean, this is Bluesky, you will believe it.)
November 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM
You’re not going to believe where Copilot was when it told me this. 🤦♂️
(I mean, this is Bluesky, you will believe it.)
(I mean, this is Bluesky, you will believe it.)
Beckett’s struggling to stay engaged with LFC in this form
November 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Beckett’s struggling to stay engaged with LFC in this form
I don’t *think* this headline is meant to be as wildly bleak as it reads?
Ain’t going to read that, though
Ain’t going to read that, though
November 1, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I don’t *think* this headline is meant to be as wildly bleak as it reads?
Ain’t going to read that, though
Ain’t going to read that, though
I will say this about my wife: Once she takes a decision, she does not fuck about (complimentary)
October 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I will say this about my wife: Once she takes a decision, she does not fuck about (complimentary)
The 22yo (on the right) ran a marathon today with one of his college roommates/teammates
October 27, 2025 at 1:03 AM
The 22yo (on the right) ran a marathon today with one of his college roommates/teammates
Trust-building is when you release too quickly to bother copyediting the suggestions for getting started on your home page:
October 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Trust-building is when you release too quickly to bother copyediting the suggestions for getting started on your home page:
I feel like this offends human sensibility: I bought the appliance, not the brand or the “appliance brand.”
If you thanked me for buying a “GE brand appliance,” I’d roll my eyes, but it would at least connect to what I think I’ve paid for. Buying the brand is too much responsibility rn
If you thanked me for buying a “GE brand appliance,” I’d roll my eyes, but it would at least connect to what I think I’ve paid for. Buying the brand is too much responsibility rn
October 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I feel like this offends human sensibility: I bought the appliance, not the brand or the “appliance brand.”
If you thanked me for buying a “GE brand appliance,” I’d roll my eyes, but it would at least connect to what I think I’ve paid for. Buying the brand is too much responsibility rn
If you thanked me for buying a “GE brand appliance,” I’d roll my eyes, but it would at least connect to what I think I’ve paid for. Buying the brand is too much responsibility rn
I am not a fundamentalist on whether we call it football or soccer, but this is just lazy from the Guardian:
October 18, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I am not a fundamentalist on whether we call it football or soccer, but this is just lazy from the Guardian:
Users, to Teams designers: “we really hate how you put the share button right by the leave button”
Teams designers: “great, we made the leave button more minimal, exactly like you asked. Also we used an icon no one under 75 will recognize” 🤦♂️
Teams designers: “great, we made the leave button more minimal, exactly like you asked. Also we used an icon no one under 75 will recognize” 🤦♂️
October 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Users, to Teams designers: “we really hate how you put the share button right by the leave button”
Teams designers: “great, we made the leave button more minimal, exactly like you asked. Also we used an icon no one under 75 will recognize” 🤦♂️
Teams designers: “great, we made the leave button more minimal, exactly like you asked. Also we used an icon no one under 75 will recognize” 🤦♂️
Claude being a try-hard
October 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Claude being a try-hard
Clickbait in podcast titles!
October 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Clickbait in podcast titles!
Autocomplete has lost its damn mind
(The context is a silly photo of our dog I’d sent the 22yo. Obviously the missing word is “move”)
(The context is a silly photo of our dog I’d sent the 22yo. Obviously the missing word is “move”)
October 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Autocomplete has lost its damn mind
(The context is a silly photo of our dog I’d sent the 22yo. Obviously the missing word is “move”)
(The context is a silly photo of our dog I’d sent the 22yo. Obviously the missing word is “move”)
Beckett, every time Krypto comes on screen
October 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Beckett, every time Krypto comes on screen
Y’all, I have a question
October 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Y’all, I have a question
I am not a scientist but I feel like the first sentence in this WP headline already answers the mystery implied in the second.
September 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I am not a scientist but I feel like the first sentence in this WP headline already answers the mystery implied in the second.
Ok even I think this is going too far as a viewer warning
September 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Ok even I think this is going too far as a viewer warning