Steel Wagstaff

Trying to do good things for good reasons

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  • Advice for College Teachers Moving Online Quickly

    Advice for College Teachers Moving Online Quickly

    A lot of teachers I know and love (including one I live with) are scrambling right now to rapidly transition their in progress face to face classes to online instruction. I don’t teach college classes anymore, but I’ve spent more than a decade helping college teachers improve the learning experience for their students and currently…

    March 14, 2020
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  • 70 Songs [December 2019]

    70 Songs [December 2019]

    Here’s four and a half hours of music I listened to and enjoyed in December 2019. Enjoy!

    January 4, 2020
    Spotify Playlists
  • Another 125 Songs [November 2019]

    Another 125 Songs [November 2019]

    Here’s a playlist of 125 songs (nearly nine hours of music) I listened to and enjoyed in November 2019. Thanksgiving, indeed!

    January 2, 2020
    Spotify Playlists
  • 50 Songs [October 2019]

    50 Songs [October 2019]

    Here’s a playlist of nearly four hours of music I listened to and enjoyed in October 2019:

    January 2, 2020
    Spotify Playlists
  • 125 Songs [September 2019]

    125 Songs [September 2019]

    Here’s a playlist of more than 8 hours of music I listened to and enjoyed in September 2019. Should be just enough to get you through a working day. Enjoy!

    January 2, 2020
    Spotify Playlists
  • 90 Songs [August 2019]

    90 Songs [August 2019]

    Here’s a playlist of 90 songs (nearly 6 hours of music!) I listened to and enjoyed in August 2019:

    November 5, 2019
    Spotify Playlists
  • 70 Songs [July 2019]

    70 Songs [July 2019]

    Here’s a playlist of 4 1/2 hours of music I listened to and enjoyed in July 2019. Enjoy!

    September 21, 2019
    Spotify Playlists
  • 50 Songs [June 2019]

    50 Songs [June 2019]

    Here’s a playlist of 3 1/2 hours of music I listened to and enjoyed in June 2019. Hope something moves you, too.

    July 29, 2019
    Spotify Playlists
  • 75 Songs [May 2019]

    75 Songs [May 2019]

    Here’s a playlist of 75 songs (a little over 5 hours of music) I listened to and enjoyed in May 2019.

    July 26, 2019
    Spotify Playlists
  • April 2019 [75 Songs]

    April 2019 [75 Songs]

    Here’s a playlist of nearly 5 1/2 hours of music I listened to and enjoyed in April 2019. Spring made its slow and winding way to Wisconsin, and the sounds were good.

    May 2, 2019
    Spotify Playlists
  • 55 Songs [March 2019]

    55 Songs [March 2019]

    Here’s a new playlist of almost four hours of music I listened to and enjoyed in March 2019. 

    April 3, 2019
    Spotify Playlists
  • 60 Songs [February 2019]

    60 Songs [February 2019]

    Here’s a playlist of 4 and a quarter hours of music I listened to and enjoyed in February 2019. 

    March 23, 2019
    Spotify Playlists
  • 80 Songs [January 2019]

    80 Songs [January 2019]

    Here’s a playlist of nearly 5 hours of songs I listened to and enjoyed in January 2019. Enjoy!

    March 20, 2019
    Spotify Playlists
  • 75 Songs [December 2018]

    75 Songs [December 2018]

    Here’s a playlist of 5 hours worth of music I listened to and enjoyed in December 2018. Lots of new tunes from around the world helped me say goodbye to a year that brought all kinds of changes with it. Hope you enjoy as well.

    March 17, 2019
    Spotify Playlists
  • 75 Songs [November 2018]

    75 Songs [November 2018]

    Here’s a playlist of 5+ hours of music I listened to and enjoyed in November 2018. It was my first month working from home, and instead of listening to music on headphones, I mainly listened to stuff on a newish Sonos speaker from my home office. Don’t know if that changed what I liked all…

    December 28, 2018
    Spotify Playlists
  • 55 Songs [October 2018]

    55 Songs [October 2018]

    Here’s a playlist of 55 songs I listened to and enjoyed in October 2018. Enjoy!

    November 24, 2018
    Spotify Playlists
  • Thoughts on Licensing: Why I Prefer CC-BY Licenses

    Thoughts on Licensing: Why I Prefer CC-BY Licenses

    Robin DeRosa recently posted an open question about CC licensing on Twitter that got me thinking: Thinking of changing my @creativecommons default license from CCBY to CCBYNC. I get that CCBY is the more open technically, but I'm thinking here about my vision for open (in particular as it relates to public higher ed), and…

    October 20, 2018
    Education Technology
  • 55 Songs [September 2018]

    55 Songs [September 2018]

    Here’s a playlist of nearly 4 hours of music that I listened to and enjoyed in September 2018. Featured image by Steel Wagstaff, released under a CC-BY license.

    October 17, 2018
    Spotify Playlists
  • 109 Songs [August 2018]

    109 Songs [August 2018]

    Here’s a playlist of 7+ hours of music I listened to and enjoyed in August 2018. Feels like just yesterday that summer was here …

    October 15, 2018
    Spotify Playlists
  • 55 Songs [July 2018]

    55 Songs [July 2018]

    Here’s a playlist of 55 songs I listened to and enjoyed in July 2018, about 3 1/2 hours of good music.

    August 14, 2018
    Spotify Playlists
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About the Author

Hi, I’m Steel Wagstaff. I’m the product manager for Pressbooks, a Canadian company making open source book publishing software.

I live in Eugene, Oregon with my wife, Laurel Bastian, and our elementary-school aged son.

I love poetry, music, libraries, reading, playing pickup soccer, & eating vegetarian food.

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