Chris Aldrich

Featured Posts

What is Information? by Christoph Adami A proper understanding of information in terms of prediction is key to a number of disciplines beyond engineering, such as physics and biology.
What I'm up to
To Purchase, Rent, or Pirate? The Broken Economics of Textbooks in the Digital Age What's wrong with the economics of the textbook industry, and what students, parents, professors, and universities can do to mitigate the ever-rising price of textbooks.
A New Way to “Know and Master Your Social Media Flow”

On the anniversary of the death of FriendFeed, I update Louis Gray's flawed social media diagram.
I’m apparently the king of the microformat rel=”me”
An Introduction to the IndieWeb

There's a better way to own and control your online identity
Popular Science Books on Information Theory, Biology, and Complexity
The Facebook Algorithm Mom Problem

How I temporarily cut my mom out of my social media life to reach a larger audience.
IndieWeb related articles

Here's a selection of articles and pieces I've written about IndieWeb related technology and philosophy.
On Choosing Your Own Textbooks: General advice for choosing the right textbook for your educational goals
Speed Reading on Web and Mobile
It's time to embrace open & disrupt social media

Feed reader revolution
Need Help Publishing?
Latin Pedagogy and the Digital Humanities

Brief Philosophy

I use this website as my primary hub for online presence and communication and to some extent as my online commonplace book. I try to follow the tenets of the IndieWeb movement by publishing on my own site and owning all of my own data. When I participate in social silos (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.), I post here first and syndicate duplicates out to them (POSSE). These posts either originate from here or my social stream. You’re welcome to subscribe to or consume them in any manner or on any platform you prefer.