Welcome!
So what exactly is this blog about? While the initial idea existed for a few months already, the threshold to make this happen was notably lowered in my course Digital Media in the Arts (Digitale Medien in den Geisteswissenschaften). This project will be part of my performance record, which means I can easily mix business with pleasure. ;)
The intended long term goal is to collect my experiences from both sides of the classroom, as a student as well as a teacher. For the time being, this will mostly reflect university life, though as soon as we’re done with the COVID-19 limitations I do expect to get back to my day job - in adult education, training users in automotive related hard- and software as well as other fields.
The Nerd Stuff
This website is being created using Jekyll, an open source static site generator. All content is hosted on GitLab, using GitLab Runners utilizing their Continues Integration (CI) and Continues Deployment (CD) to generate and deploy the pages to a hosted server (ALL-INKL.COM). The design is based on klisé, a minimalistic Jekyll theme by Mahendrata Harpi.
Changes & Wishlist
- An imprint/privacy page, which addresses the legal side of having your own website in accordance with German law (§5 TMG).
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Added the
jekyll-target-blankto make sure external links open in new windows/tabs. This also ensures external links use thenoopenerandnoreferrerattributes, which adds another security layer. - Local (self hosted) FontAwesome files, to reduce the amount of possible tracking in order to increase user privacy.
- Social media links in the footer and about/contact page, utilizing FontAwesome logos.
- Include detailed project description and course related information (theoretical background, communication goals and intentions)
- Embedding YouTube Videos & Twitter Feeds
To be continued…