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Reclaim Open: Where We’re Going

by meredith

| reclaim, Syndicated
June 18, 2023

Whew– what a week of Reclaim Open! This was Reclaim Hosting’s 4th hosted conference and one of the best I’ve attended to date (and hopefully many more to come!). It was my first in-person conference since the pandemic and it absolutely did not disappoint! The week overall was incredible, full of laughter, catching up with […]
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Projects Lately

by meredith

| reclaim, Syndicated
May 15, 2023

I think it’s about time that I dust this blog off! via GIPHY It’s been almost a year since I last blogged about one of Reclaim’s first Flex Courses in Reclaim Ed Tech, and now we’ve completed the first year! Throughout that year we’ve put on several flex courses, workshops, and even planning for a […]
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Form of Awesome: Week 1

by meredith

| reclaim, Syndicated
June 14, 2022

This month, I’m participating in some professional development offered through Reclaim Hosting’s EdTech Subscription, where we’re diving into all the Gravity Forms offers. Last week, we met for the first time so I wanted to jot down some notes and set up some gorals for the next 3 weeks! First, I did have some experience […]
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New Tool Find: Scribe

by meredith

| reclaim, Syndicated
June 14, 2022

I wanted to highlight a very cool tool I found (thanks to TikTok!). I am always running folks through processes, like renewing domains or transferring accounts, where the process would be the same each time you go through the scenario. I write documentation for these processes or writing within tickets. Any time I can Use […]
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2022 Desk Setup

by meredith

| desk, desk2022, reclaim, Syndicated
May 31, 2022

As promised in my last post, I am writing a post about the tech specs as to how everything comes together on my desk. Working from home again meant I needed to come up with a dedicated space to work, and moving into a new space allowed Brandon and I to think through the perfect […]
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Desk Evolution 2022

by meredith

| reclaim, Syndicated
April 28, 2022

Over the years at Reclaim, my desk/workspace has seen several iterations. I’ve worked through CoWork, the dedicated Reclaim Hosting office, then shifted to work from home at the beginning of the pandemic and back to the Reclaim Office. Reclaim recently went “fully remote” (as if the pandemic made this transition easier), where we retired the […]
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Professional Development: Activating Omeka User With Our Password Reset Email

by meredith

| omeka, reclaim, Syndicated
March 28, 2022

Recently, I’ve found that I’ve needed access to an Omeka admin dashboard without a previous admin user on the site. Installatron makes it easy to log into sites like WordPress automatically but they don’t offer this option within Omeka or other applications. We’ve been able to figure out a way to access the site through […]
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Domain Tips and Tricks

by meredith

| domains, reclaim, Syndicated, tips&tricks
March 11, 2022

Domains are honestly some of the coolest pieces of the web that I’ve worked with over the years. There are so many combinations to them. You can work with whatever you want on the beginning (like mine for example, meredithfierro.com) and there are a wide variety of domain extensions as well! Most folks know .com […]
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Reclaim Cloud: Accessing Databases

by meredith

| database, mattermost, reclaim, reclaimcloud, Syndicated, WordPress
February 25, 2022

Previously on Reclaim Cloud Learning; I talked through working with SSL certificates on the Cloud and Mattermost training, and now I’m going to be talking about working through databases to round out the Reclaim Cloud month. This one, in particular, surrounds accessing databases (like WordPress, or Mattermost) without the confirmation emails from Jelastic. I’ll walk you […]
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Changing Your WordPress Theme from the Database

by meredith

| reclaim, Syndicated, troubleshooting, WordPress
February 24, 2022

I wrote about changing your SiteURL and home page URL within your database if you’re working with a blank screen in WordPress, but I wanted to document what it looks like to change your WordPress theme from the database as well. I was working with users to set their site to the default WordPress themes […]
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Eagle Nation Big Project

by blindside

| Syndicated
December 15, 2016

Eagle Nation Hype Video
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The Big Reflection

by blindside

| Syndicated
December 15, 2016

Rationale I collaborated with Brian Goulet for The Big Project. We exhibited a tour of campus in two fashions through song and video. Our song is about the campus and the overall experience students get while attending UMW. The video is a showcase of a variety of students showing off their talents in a number […]
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The Big Progress Report

by blindside

| Syndicated
December 9, 2016

The project that was conducted by Brian Goulet and I, was one that took a lot of attention and effort and we both were putting more than we had originally expected it would take. In the beginning when I was making my proposal for the final project, I drew up a schedule that I thought […]
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Iteration: Remix, Mash-up

by killacarms

| Syndicated
December 8, 2016

for my iteration project, i decided to continue with the module i previously worked on, which was remixes and mash-ups. The reason i wanted to continue this was because i seriously had a killer time making my remixed Radiohead album cover. The response i got from both the class and Professor S was amazing! Out […]
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The Social Networks

by killacarms

| Syndicated
November 29, 2016

this module was by far the most difficult module of them all. What did i know about network visualization? Really, almost nothing at all. I began this module by opening up the resource links that were provided to us. Definition: Networks, according to THIS are composed of stuff and relationships. It is important to note that […]
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Mash It Up

by killacarms

| Syndicated
November 10, 2016

For the third module, i chose to work with the Adaptations, Remixes, and Mashups module. This was an interesting choice for me because i’m not very good with GIMP and photoshop! We first began this module by attempting to see how our group wanted to approach this. It started off with a simple idea of […]
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Final Project Proposal

by blindside

| Syndicated
November 9, 2016

Rationale I will be collaborating with Brian Goulet for The Big Project. We will be exhibiting a tour of campus in two fashions through song and video. Our song will be about the campus and the overall experience students get while attending UMW. The video will be a showcase of a variety of students showing […]
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A revised Programmer’s Guide

by blindside

| Syndicated
October 25, 2016

As a Communication and Digital Studies major, I have had time to reflect on the endeavors that I will embark on after obtaining my Bachelor’s degree. Across a variety of fields that I could potentially engage in, one that would be in demand for programming would be International Communications. This is why I want to […]
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Wyatt Family

by blindside

| Syndicated
October 25, 2016

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#ProgressivenotAggressive Reflection

by killacarms

| Syndicated
October 20, 2016

For our first module, i chose to be a part of the “#trolling” channel. This sounded like the most fun module and i was really curious as to what my group could really do with it. The first thing we did as a group was do a little research on trolling. We came up with […]
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TripleDouble and Quadruple

by blindside

| Syndicated
October 7, 2016

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DoubleDouble

by blindside

| Syndicated
October 5, 2016

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My Coding Environment

by blindside

| Syndicated
October 4, 2016

To set up my coding environment, I first downloaded Anaconda and the Python launcher. This was the main part of my configuration of my coding environment. I thought that my computer would be the best place for me to hold all of my programming work. Since I use my computer every day and there aren’t […]
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You Can Feel It In Your Bones

by killacarms

| Syndicated
October 3, 2016

For this Digital Deformance assignment, i struggled to think of a good way to digitally present Midnight Robber. About 4 or so days before our assignment way due, my idea finally hit me. The best way for me to interpret feelings or stories is through music. Music has the ability to touch people in different ways […]
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Programmer’s Manifesto

by blindside

| Syndicated
September 29, 2016

As a Communication and Digital Studies major, I have had time to reflect on the endeavors that I will embark on after obtaining my Bachelor’s degree. Across a variety of fields that I could potentially engage in, one that would be in demand for programming would be International Communications. This is why I want to […]
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My Peripheral Vision

by blindside

| Syndicated
September 27, 2016

I was awarded the daunting task of teaching four chapters from our course’s reading The Peripheral by William Gibson. Randomly I was selected to teach chapters 49, 60, 72, and 114. All of the chapters were relatively short and it was an even more arduous task to create an activity for the chapters. For chapters […]
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The First of Many

by killacarms

| Syndicated
September 13, 2016

Lots of work! We’ve done a good amount of setting up for this semester already! Let’s start by talking about our statement of values. This was a very interesting assignment for our class to complete. My table (6) decided to start at the basics and just brainstorm basic adjectives on how we want the class […]
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Not So Revived Digital Identity

by blindside

| Syndicated
April 26, 2016

As the spring semester of 2016 comes to an end, I sit at my computer in the library studying. As I peruse my notes, my books, my texts, my canvas, I realize that one thing has not changed since the beginning of the semester, my digital identity. It might have actually died a little since […]
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Journalism

by blindside

| Syndicated
April 1, 2016

For the third module I decided to join the journalism group. I thought that it would be rewarding if I looked into the side of journalism that is more in touch with social media. Journalism has always been something that I wanted to venture into. I took a course my sophomore year at UMW titled […]
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The Breakdown

by blindside

| Syndicated
March 31, 2016

I was very interested in the journalism module, because journalism has been something that I have wanted to do for a very long time. The reason why it’s so special to me now is simply the fact that I have entered the field through a selection of ways. One would be that I have written […]
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