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Websites and More with A Domain Of One’s Own; or, What Is A Domain of One’s Own & Why
Might I Want One?Jason B. Jones / Jumpstart 2019 / @jbj
In the beginning . . . was the ~
A potted history of colleges as web hosts
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Permissiveness
What if . . .
• Everyone could have their own web server?
• Everyone could have their own (sub)domain?
• Faculty and students could shape their own digital identity?
A Domain of One’s Own
• Gives faculty/students/staff a virtual server
• Few-click installation of over 100 applications; ability to install ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
• Freedom / responsibility / flexibility / (in)convenience
[switch to a browser]
WordPress(commons.trincoll.edu)
Domains(domains.trincoll.edu)
Simple Some setup required
Constrained (Nearly) anything goes
Easier for on-campus collaboration (e.g., class blog)
Has to be set up by hand (not Single Sign-On)
Quicker support We’ll learn together