Monthly Archives: May 2003

Remaindered

Just shuffled back to B-lo. No time for real postings, so, here’s what I might have talked about: Scholars Who Blog, from the Chronicle, with an online colloquy this Wednesday First International Moblogging Conference Another anatomy of a meme Call to join a p2p video-sharing syndicate Call for edited volume on Educational Democracy and the Internet “Discussion and Citation in the [...]
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First ICA paper presentation

I’ll put this up in HTML format soon, but for now, the paper I am presenting in a few hours is viewable in pdf format. It is a methodological note on measuring “idea bursts” over networks and nodes. I’ll post more (including some notes on the conference) tomorrow if I get the chance.
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ICA Report – Saturday

Record time for burnout on a conference! I think it is, at least in part, that I was pretty burnt by the time I got here. Everyone I talk to seems to agree that the quality of the presentations are fairly middle-of-the-road, or maybe that’s just the jaded eye of intellectuals. I don’t think that [...]
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Blogging instead

So, I should be downstairs at the reception “mingling.” I used to think that I just didn’t like not knowing anyone, a fairly natural reason not to want to be at a social gathering, but now I know a fair number of people in this room, and still I hate being there. It’s a bit [...]
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Fear appeal?

These domestic violence PSAs from HomeFront in Calgary are disturbingly violent, and have not been allowed to be shown on television. Can’t you watch the Sopranos on CTV? Is that really cartoon violence, when compared to this? I guess the big question is whether it is an effective commercial–whether it shifts the agenda. I think it [...]
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Blog this!

I’m off to San Diego for the ICA meeting soon. I’ll try to blog some of the presentations if I get the chance, though I may have trouble getting time/access to upload. I am really sorry I’m going to miss the BlogTalk conference–maybe next year? Matt posted a link to this T-shirt. I have to get [...]
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It’s not EE-ran?

“If you take away the government, you have the people. And that’s the way it should be.” - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian artist (Not talking about Iran… here’s why.)
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