Nia Springer-Norris
@nianorris.com
Journalist. I enjoy writing thinky features about technology ethics, virtual communities and author profiles/Q&As. Instructor of computer mediated communication, social media, web design/development and journalism. nianorris.com
My dad is a software engineer. Every time I ask him how to do something he tells me to install something else. How much of development is just typing brew install into the terminal?
I have a LOT of students that now say they want to be independent or freelance journalists. Part of the reason I am now in higher education full time and freelancing significantly less is that the gig economy is exhausting. In 2024, I wrote 40+ features. Last year it was maybe 10. It’s unsustainable
Apparently asbestos training is now required for university instructors per my training library.
Copilot needs to chill because dude I just want to open my OneDrive and navigate to the file that I deliberately saved in a folder called COMS-359
Do you have headshots that break the rules? I want to see them!
Happy semester start! I got a new phone and didn’t log into bsky. What are you teaching your webdev students this year?
My favorite thing about learning computer programming is how once you fix one thing, something else break
A normal person would probably just fix the spelling errors and make some changes to the style sheet, but no, I'm completely rebuilding the site with different frameworks
**Big Sean voice** That ass in higher ed call it ass dean Ass got a 20 h-index, it's ass-teemed
The student: I will do statistical regression analysis. Me: Do you have training to do statistical regression analysis? The student: Um, no. Me: Then don't do a statistical regression analysis. The student's paper opening: In this essay, I will use statistical regression analysis to...
Let me guess, you also used your "AI employees" for your responsive design. (You can't scroll to the right).
Does interrupting people and talking down to them actually command respect?
My latest cohort of web development students wants to write code designed to deliberately piss off the user
PRs: Please don't manipulate your email subjects to make us think we asked you about your client or agreed to interview them. We know who we reached out to and replied to and it's a great way to NOT get media coverage.
If you want to give hot takes on how American journalists can do better, go ahead and pull up job postings for media professionals in a smaller American city. 1. What do the positions pay? 2. How many positions are there Then do a Google search for media layoffs. Oh yeah and everyone hates us.
Emailing potential sources for stories right now be like: "Given the continuous unfolding of more newsworthy and important events, could you make time for a Google meet with some nerd who wants to ask questions about robots?"
What's really telling about digital marketing is that to sell website accessibility to CEOs who would rather leave their WordPress sites unattended and open to malicious code than hire a creative, the search engine has to be higher on the priority list than the person needing accessibility
Bravo! Typos!@tychobravo.bsky.social · 2y agoAnd - digital marketing professional here - images on alt text are prioritized by search engines! Alt Text, and being accessible in general, is good for reach and impact!
The best thing about teaching a coms course about How to Use The Internet Intelligently is that you might have to scrap half of the content in Chapter 3 of the textbook (Pub date: 2023) for all of the new information that has already made it obsolete.
I'm looking for sources on social robots and elder care for a feature I'm writing. Share this post with a great academic who has very strong opinions about social robots! Thank you.
Looking for academic sources who study social robots in elder care for a feature article I'm writing. Email me: nia at nia norris dot com