I don’t have enough cobbled together to create a single, meaningful post for this week so I thought I would get a handful of items out as one:

• Redesign:

  It’s taking me much longer than anticipated to change the site over to the new design. I am working on it and I assure you I have fantastic excuses. Just to whet your appetite, here is the new logo:

• Linked Blogs

  One reason I haven’t completed the redesign is the nifty list of blogs here on the right ⇒. I encourage you to check them out early and often. There are some fantastic topics, familiar frustrations and thought provoking commentary in that little list. One additional item to add to the OPIE Suggested Reading List is ProfHacker.com which I have mentioned here a couple times at least.

• New Feature: Email Notification

  Starting last Monday, when you ask a question you now have the option of being alerted via email when comments or answers are added to it. If you are a logged in user, this field will pre-populate with your account’s email address, but you can change it to something else if you desire. Anonymous users will need to provide an address for the feature to work.

  That reminds me, I need to create a privacy policy for the site. What I can say right now is that we do not use/sell/share or plan to use/sell/share any personally identifiable data such as email addresses in any way, unless you specifically check a box to receive notifications, at which point we will notify you, then forget that your details exist.

• Call for (More) Questions

  No question is too basic, too easy, or conversely, too ornery for the OPIEWeb audience to handle. We only ask that you be specific and that it relates to the psychology of work in some way, shape or form. I say this because in my travels I have encountered a reluctance among OPIEwebbers to post questions which may out them as not knowing every. single. thing. that they feel they should (shudder at the thought). So, I am opening up my email inbox (OPIEWeb@gmail.com) and asking you, the faithful OPIEWebber who has a potentially embarrassing question, common student, friend or family question that you want and answer to, please …

  [...] Give me your tired, your poor,
  Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
  The wretched refuse of your teeming shore,
  Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me…

  Questions sent to the OPIEWeb@gmail.com will be asked by an anonymous user so that you may get the answers you need. And by all means, feel free to provide your own answer

Have a good weekend everyone and keep a lookout for the new OPIE design. You’ll know it when you see it.