With the release of Commons 1.4.28 and Commons In A Box version 1.0.4, it was an exciting week both on the Commons and our sister project, Commons In A Box. With the latest CUNY Academic Commons release, some new goodies for bloggers include Chartboot, a plugin that lets you create, edit and embed Google Charts, and Leaflet Maps Marker, a plugin that allows you to pin, organize and share your favorite spots using maps from OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Google Earth, Bing Maps or custom maps. If you decide to enable them on your blog feel free to leave a comment with a link to your site so we can see what these plugins look like in action!

This past week one of our members created CUNY CRAFTS!, a public group for CUNY crafters to share ideas, discuss projects and seek advice from each other. With 7 members, there are already a bunch links to some great projects and resources. I also want to give a shout out to @rlsalois, who joined the Commons specifically because of this group — and found about about it through our @cunycommons Twitter account — w00t!

Before I post the retweets of the week I first wanted to share our top retweeted tweet this week, which happens to be for an awesomely awesome Data Visualization Assistant position on the PSC-CUNY Research Award-funded Undergraduate Study Habits Ethnography Project (hosted on a Commons blog). If you know anyone who is interested in working with some great CUNY folks over the summer please tell them to apply!

#HelpWanted #CUNY Data Visualization Research Assistant Needed http://t.co/VLsn4r69Nf

— CUNY Academic Commons (@cunycommons) May 25, 2013

And now, the rewteets of the week…

RT @cbox: We've just released Commons In A Box version 1.0.4 – a maintenance release http://t.co/ZA2Ab0ECks

— CUNY Academic Commons (@cunycommons) May 20, 2013

RT ‏@nyc_dh The NYC-Digital Humanities group is happy to announce our official launch. Come join us! http://t.co/HqIQA2kGH5 #nycdh

— CUNY Academic Commons (@cunycommons) May 20, 2013

(The NYCDH Community Site is powered by Commons In A Box and hosted at the Graduate Center by the GC Digital Scholarship Lab.)

RT @justpublics365: Tips for a WordPress Blog: Use around 5 catagories. Tags are where you can go all out! #MCamp

— CUNY Academic Commons (@cunycommons) May 22, 2013

+1! RT @gradcenternews: The Graduate Center would like to congratulate our doctoral and master's degree graduates! pic.twitter.com/UTV46fkJ2p

— CUNY Academic Commons (@cunycommons) May 23, 2013

RT @nypl: RT if you care about libraries! Tell the City to keep funding libraries. Sign a letter of support: http://t.co/MQDCAbTZqv…

— CUNY Academic Commons (@cunycommons) May 23, 2013

https://twitter.com/mauraweb/status/338487667052404738

That last retweet was a rewteet of a retweet of our top retweet. (Try to say that 5x fast.) ⊙.☉

The CUNY Academic Commons Twitter account (@cunycommons) was created to promote and share the work of the CUNY Academic Commons community with the rest of the Twitterverse. Instead of limiting our Twitter use to tweeting out new activity on the Commons, when we come across something from one of our Twitter followers that we believe to be relevant to the CUNY community, we retweet the heck out of it! With that being said, welcome to the first ever ‘Retweets of the Week’  — enjoy!

RT @citytechopenlab: This Week in the Open Lab: End of the Year Edition!: http://t.co/UQhRJ9jZQc

— CUNY Academic Commons (@cunycommons) May 13, 2013

RT @jitpedagogy: The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy Issue 3 now available http://t.co/HMj0JQkwUy

— CUNY Academic Commons (@cunycommons) May 15, 2013

RT @jetmirtroshani: List of Magazine Creators @cunycommons http://t.co/0YajQ6OW9L #edtech

— CUNY Academic Commons (@cunycommons) May 15, 2013

MT @jitpedagogy: Special Video Feature: Behind the Seams w/ James Richardson – on the path from submission to… http://t.co/Q5BjpPHbBy

— CUNY Academic Commons (@cunycommons) May 15, 2013

RT @mkgold: RT @gdonovan: Read my #dissertation, hear my defense, browse my #research – http://t.co/URY9cg6BOI @CUNYGradCenter #digitalgc

— CUNY Academic Commons (@cunycommons) May 15, 2013

MT @gc_philosophy: Great things are happening in CUNY Philosophy! Our Newsletter: http://t.co/a4wVNRGEWX

— CUNY Academic Commons (@cunycommons) May 16, 2013

RT @erikaherzog: .@cunycommons 🙂
CUNY Academic Commons #swag #yay @ CUNY Graduate Center http://t.co/xiZ03j0Its

— CUNY Academic Commons (@cunycommons) May 18, 2013

We encourage you to follow all of the folks who were retweeted here:  @citytechopenlab, @jitpedagogy, @jetmirtroshani, @mkgold, @gdonovan, @gc_philosophy, & @erikaherzog_. Don’t forget to check back next week to see if your tweet made the list! You can also visit the CUNY on Twitter Wiki page to browse different CUNY Twitter accounts.