Check out my latest piece for BitchBuzz where I try to focus on the duties I’ll be taking on as coordinator of the Women’s and Gender Studies program at my college. It’s going to be a challenge to revitalise the program as we had an off-year last year for a variety of reasons. My thought…
Category: technology
Ada Lovelace Day
“I will publish a blog post on Tuesday 24th March about a woman in technology whom I admire but only if 1,000 other people will do the same.” — Suw Charman-Anderson Thus Ada Lovelace Day was born. I learned about this from a story in The Guardian (of course). While there are organizations to help…
Phoning
Why does telephoning make me nervous? Always has. I’ve been putting off a phone call that I was actually looking forward to having — it’s just that the idea of it made me nauseous, so I delayed, wrote more questions and thought, “maybe tomorrow.” But I did it! At last I did. I’m sure he…
iPod Touch Named
Just like that, it was clear. I was on the tarot and writing panel and trying to remember the name of Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies deck, so naturally turned to my digital assistant, who located the necessary information — with a picture — in no time at all. Thank you, Ianto! I would say he…
Pi-Con Day Two
I’m listening to the Syd Barrett box set, already copied into my iTunes on Jackdaw (yes, I name my computers, musical instruments, etc.). It’s good loopy fun for early in the day. I blame Tom Stoppard for this new kick. I was never a huge Pink Floyd fan, but Rock-n-Roll piqued my interest in Barrett’s…
iTouch Things
I have a new computer. It has a camera. It has PhotoBooth which has some nifty effects. With the educator’s discount, I got a free (eventually) iPod Touch. It’s charging. We’ll see what it does when it’s ready. Of course, there’s still the transferring of files to do…
No Fun
Gene has just departed with the G4 in hand, leaving behind his old WinBook as my rescue dog. I gave him two pennies for the ferryman, but it could be possible that the Mac doctors will be able to save her (although I have visions of them gathered around, staring with awe, “You still use…
Earth Day
Show her the love!
One Down
A day of teaching done — and it wasn’t too bad. Well, there was the lack of sound in the “smart” classroom where I’m teaching the film class, which is a bit of a problem (obviously). I thought perhaps I missed something simple, but the tech guy was unable to find the problem either (good…
Something to Be Ready For
What I hope to make my next phone, the Neo 1973: Although I’m not sure if I could go for orange. The folks at Openmoko are making progress on this terrific phone that will not be tied to evil AT&T like the iPhone and will have all kinds of adaptability for innovation. This is in…