Scott Koranda

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Senior Research Scientist at NCSA, U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign US. Passionate about streamlining collaboration for researchers. Husband. Father. Amateur tuba player. He/Him.
GitHubhttps://github.com/skoranda
ORCiDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4478-9026
Scott KorandaFeb 5
Martin Paul EveFeb 4
Digital Scholar Donates $20,000 to Knowledge Commons (and Why that Gift Matters) about.hcommons.org/2026/02/03/d...

Digital Scholar Donates $20,00...
Scott KorandaFeb 4
Kathleen FitzpatrickFeb 4
I am enormously grateful for our colleagues at @digitalscholar and their commitment to open scholarly infrastructure -- both their own projects and the projects like Knowledge Commons that they help support. Nonprofit, community-oriented platforms are crucial to an open future for knowledge creation, sharing, and preservation, but many such platforms (ahem) are struggling in the current funding landscape. I hope that you'll consider supporting the free and open tools and services that you rely on, because those tools and services rely on you. @hello https://hcommons.social/@hello/116013075093039503
Knowledge Commons (@[email protected])

We are pleased to announce that Knowledge Commons has recently received a $20,000 donation from Digital Scholar to support our platform! We offer our sincere thanks to Digital Scholar for their generous donations and continued support. You can read more on our blog đź’™ https://about.hcommons.org/2026/02/03/digital-scholar-donates-20000-to-knowledge-commons-and-why-that-gift-matters/

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Scott KorandaFeb 3
Knowledge CommonsFeb 3

Many thanks to #KatinaMagazine, who recently featured us as a #ResourceReview! ♥️ If your library, organization, or institutions wants to learn more about KCWorks, email us for a demo at [email protected].

https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/resource-reviews/2026/review-of-kc-works-for-institutions

What Makes This Repository Different? Its Values.

KCWorks for Institutions, an open-source repository service affiliated with Michigan State University, is distinguished not only by its price, but by its mission.

Katina Magazine | Annual Reviews
Scott KorandaJan 28
Kathleen FitzpatrickJan 28
There are many research hosting services out there. Lots of them want to host your work in order to mine it for profit. Knowledge Commons wants to build a coalition of researchers, teachers, students, and more, in order to resist the authoritarian effort to undermine public access to knowledge. Please join us by visiting https://hcommons.org, creating an account, and sharing your work with the world. And if you like what you find and want to support our efforts, become a KC Champion! We are committed to our community and its work, and we hope you’ll share that commitment. https://about.hcommons.org/kc-champions
Knowledge Commons – Open access, open source, open to all

Scott KorandaJan 15
Ann HJan 15
It is mid January and Christmas tree needles are still emerging from hiding to stab me in the toe.
Scott KorandaJan 7
Kathleen FitzpatrickJan 7
Just FYI: this is part of the damage being done by extractive AI companies. Their scraper bots routinely DDOS us, and they multiply to take up as much bandwidth as is available. We are having to put a huge percentage of our developers’ time into just keeping the site alive rather than building its future. They are actively destroying everything worthwhile about the internet. @hello https://hcommons.social/@hello/115854618561953712
Knowledge Commons (@[email protected])

We’re currently experiencing a widespread outage affecting access to Knowledge Commons, including KCWorks and all user sites. Our team is actively investigating and working to restore service as quickly as possible. Thanks for your patience, and we're sorry for the inconvenience.

hcommons.social
Scott KorandaJan 7
MurderBotBotJan 7
Yeah, corporations suck.
Scott KorandaDec 31
Windy cityDec 31

Sometime around the 2020 era, we lost the right to be mediocre at things we love.

No longer can you just bake bread...you must start a sourdough side hustle lol. Wanna stay fit and go jogging or running? Nah, you gotta optimize your biometrics for a marathon. What my point is that every hobby has been enshittified and gentrified into a brand opportunity.

This strange infatuation with optimization culture is killing the human spirit.

So this new year, starting tomorrow, one of my resolutions is to do something bad but fun. Maybe I write a terrible poem. I like to draw and paint, so perhaps I will draw a horse that looks like a table or sing off-key in the showers or in front of my loved ones. The algorithm driving the mainstream social media wants me to be a polished product, but my humanity lives in these messy, unoptimized, cringe-inducing joyful failures.

I will try to reclaim the right to be an amateur. Will you join me?

#creativity #hobbies #art #depression #socialmedia #newyear #resolution #happynewyear #MentalHealth #Culture #enshittification #creative #design #writing #reading #books #drawing #music #gardening #nature #running #fitness

Scott KorandaDec 21
Ann HDec 21
We seem to be out of sellotape. I can use hockey tape or insulation tape to wrap presents. When are we supposed to be grown-ups?
Scott KorandaDec 20
Firefox for Web DevelopersDec 18

Something that hasn't been made clear: Firefox will have an option to completely disable all AI features.

We've been calling it the AI kill switch internally. I'm sure it'll ship with a less murderous name, but that's how seriously and absolutely we're taking this.

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