The days are just packed, to steal a phrase from Calvin and Hobbes! No sooner does Dana compliment me on the fun to be had in Know-vember than I strong-arm him into answering my devious questions. And now they’re up — BAM. Serves him right! I first knew Dana as a snot-nosed thirteen-year-old on the…
Category: New Media
BitchBuzz: Facebook’s New Timeline
Prepare yourself for more bitching and moaning on Facebook as there’s another change on the way. Looks like they’re rolling it out more slowly and still tweaking it as they go along. Here you go: Facebook’s Timeline: What it’s All About By K. A. Laity Not long after it introduced the friend ticker on the…
The Galway Project
Yes, I’ve dug out my Learning Irish book and tapes (yes, tapes O_o) and will endeavour to master what I can. I probably should have thought of it before, but thanks to Karen Hayes for asking on Facebook if I would share a description of the project I’ll be working on in Galway (assuming all…
Converting Monks into Friars in Iowa
So, the trip to Iowa included an unscheduled night in Chicago. A bit irritating to spend all those hours in O’Hare, but the truth is the seasoned traveler needs to be prepared for this kind of inconvenience. I had books to read, things to write and social media at my fingertips where I could complain…
Powerpoint is Evil
I used Tufte’s piece in my own PPT presentation, which as folks on Twitter know, has almost 80 slides. I’ve described it as being sort of like “The Word” on The Colbert Report. Will this work? Who knows. Still tweaking. But I printed my boarding passes. If you’re on Facebook, I’m now having a contest…
Euro Punks Exhibit
Wednesday already?! Eek! Madness — this entire week has been, will be, is. Yesterday after the Glass Ceiling talk organized by the Women’s Initiative, I jumped in the car and headed down to Kingston for a reading of a new play at the Arts Society of Kingston. The play was on the life of Margaret…
BitchBuzz: Exploding on the Internet
So, yeah — it’s a bit late. The column I usually send in on Wednesday to appear on Thursday was there, unsent, Thursday late. I would say I can’t believe I did that, but it’s all too believable with the hectic way things are. I take it as a reminder to slow down and pay…
Ironic
Today in the New Media class, we’re talking about blogging. I, however, have nothing to blog. Instead I already have a bunch of grading to do, teaching to prepare, schedules to finish working out for the rest of the semester (now incorporating visits by prospective new faculty — hurrah!), a proposal to get sent off…
BitchBuzz: Technology and Temperance + Jane Quiet
My column today springs from my annoyance with paternalistic colleagues who keep giving people the impression that academics are stuffy know-it-alls who pontificate from their position of privilege. I realise I can also be a bit unreasonable about it: on President’s Day a colleague in the midst of his “technology: bad” talk (thank goodness there…
It Begins
FORGOT! Happy 20th Anniversary, Boojums and happy birthday, Mr. Poe!The semester, that is. Actually it began yesterday, but I teach Mondays and Wednesdays so I all I had to do was, well — get ready to teach today. And deal with all the administrative things I had ignored over the break. Allons-y! I’m teaching the…
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