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Tweets
- Someone has been kind enough to point out that this is *exactly* the luck of the Irish, BTW. (I am irony-blind!) 2 days ago
- Microsoft keeps bugging me. http://alex.halavais.net/ms-for-your-protection 2 days ago
- I do not have the luck of the Irish. Got 2 flat tires on my way back from school Weds night. Replacements won't arrive for a week. 2 days ago
- Much better title than "Steal This Book": http://is.gd/aIpF3 6 days ago
- Each year, more of the clocks in my house spring ahead on their own. 1 week ago
- At ikea. Just bought a room's worth of furniture. Power has failed & so no systems for delivery. Sooo, sleeping here tonight? 1 week ago
- Yeah, yeah. Lady Gaga video. But I like the new Kate Nash: http://is.gd/anfMX 1 week ago
- Not cool enough for #sxsw this year. But *am* strategizing for chaperoning some grad students next year. 1 week ago
- These notes, taken by @TreborS when I was a guest in his classroom, should look familiar to former students: http://is.gd/aeoq1 1 week ago
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Monthly Archives: February 2009
Scholarly mavens and curators
Talk to people for a while about what makes for good large-scale collaboration and they will eventually mention someone who is a connector: a kind of modern saloniste. Who led you to meet someone.
I can think of several cases where this occurred. Where someone has said “Alex, you are working on X1. That’s a little [...]
Comm Profs: not hot
I always thought communication faculty had a reputation for hotness. I mean, that’s particularly true of public relations and broadcasting (along with pharmaceutical sales), careers for which beauty seems to be a particular asset. But given our reputation as a bit of an air-headed or superficial major (this guy not helping), I figured we [...]
lost in a moment
Use what you find.
lost in a moment from dennis wheatley on Vimeo.









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