2009 10 01 tweets
Replying to @thfondak
Have one coming, thanks!
New blog post: The Waiting... http://bit.ly/hAP6D
Replying to @jmittell
Somebody needs to teach your firewall about web 2.0!
Replying to @dancohen
Hey, excellent! I'll look forward to hearing more about these institutes...
Replying to @jtheibault
Thanks so much -- I'll very much look forward to hearing/reading your thoughts!
Replying to @amandafrench
Very excited about it, too! #neweveryday
Testing out EventBox. Like the concept \(many social media streams in one place\); not sure I like the execution.
Brilliant post by @academicdave on his debate with Britannica: http://bit.ly/cYZgv
Replying to @nancybaym
Congratulations!
Replying to @BryanAlexander
Thanks for the RT. I hope all's well with you!
After reviewing its effectiveness, my new dean has cancelled the single worst meeting department chairs attend all year. I knew I liked her.
Replying to @billiehara
Sadly, yes. But this I will promise you: the first year is the worst. It gets better. Much better.
Today: commenting on drafts. Thirty-someodd of them. Why did I set my big class up this way? #thinkahead
Replying to @nancybaym
Oh, right. That's it!
By the by, I'm really excited about the way discussion is building on Planned Obsolescence; come by and join in! http://bit.ly/zjXhV
Ugh. Doc gave me an antibiotic meant to be taken on an empty stomach, but it makes me seriously nauseated. Cure may be worse than disease.
Replying to @d_kompare
Have fun! I'll look forward to hearing your thoughts when you get a chance.
Replying to @plragde
I've got 33 5-page scene analyses to comment on, and no TA. Topic is fun, tho, even if commenting isn't. Just wish I had more time.
Replying to @kwazana
This is a bit too intense for ginger, I'm afraid, but happily it's short-lived; I'm okay about half an hour after I eat.
Replying to @kwazana
Exactly \(though diet Coke, of course\)!
ARGH! I apparently just fried one of my external hard drives, unplugging it without realizing it was mounted. Now it won't mount at all...
Replying to @amandafrench
My understanding is that the team is \(a\) in Australia, and \(b\) pushing the invites out one at a time, by hand. Soon, I hope...
Replying to @jcmeloni
Oh, wow -- fantastic question! Have fun with it.
New tack with antibiotic today: 1 saltine before, drown capsule with water, 2 saltines after. Screw "empty": I will not napalm my stomach.
New blog post: The Rise of the Landscape Web http://bit.ly/3zoJ6V
Wow! RT @amazonmp3: Amazon mp3 has a 50-cut Nina Simone collection on sale for $5. http://bit.ly/21GKnJ
Replying to @chutry
If you were to move to the land of Mac, migrating those files would be a breeze! :)
Replying to @billiehara
I thought black-eyed peas were supposed to be lucky!
Enjoying reading student essay drafts so far, but going way too slowly. Read one, goof around on web a bit. At this rate it'll take days.
Replying to @wpwend42
I will confess that after this week's episode, I'm no longer sure that's a bad thing.
Am probably too grouchy to continue commenting on essay drafts. Would probably be kinder to my students to start again in the morning.
Discussion at Planned Obsolescence continues. Come join in, in the book or on the blog. http://bit.ly/zjXhV
Dear Apple: Please fix the iPhone 3G random shutdown problem. And, you know, sooner rather than later. Love, Kathleen http://bit.ly/wK1ml
New blog post: FTC, Blog Regulator http://bit.ly/lT9Xo
Replying to @sivavaid
See you there! #ir10
Hear hear! RT @mkgold: Late on these, but congrats to @ProfHacker team on the @chronicle article and to @chutry on the First Monday piece.
Replying to @amndw2
Richard Powers's The Echo Maker is about Capgras; it's a fascinating read.
Replying to @nancybaym
If you get an answer to this q, would you RT? #ir10
Also, I arrive at MKE at 10.05 pm tomorrow night; if anyone else is getting in then & wants to rideshare, let me know! #ir10
Inbox = 3. Unfortunately, that's as far down as I can get it right now. But it nonetheless feels better...
Looking forward to DH2010: first time I'll have been back to King's College since the Most Bizarre Conference in the History of Conferences.
Replying to @amandafrench
Heh heh heh. Part 2 of Int'l Pynchon Week in 1998. Involved impostors, breaking and entering, and embezzlement. Good times.
The Most Bizarre Conference in the History of Conferences: http://bit.ly/35BilY
I shit you not.
Replying to @plragde
I was indeed there. Alas, that post is about as close to memoir as I think there is \(and it was four months after the fact\).
Replying to @plragde
I think everyone was a bit dumbfounded - how could someone actually manage to pull that off?
Replying to @plragde
That would be interesting: The Professor and the Madman as a Jekyll/Hyde kinda deal. Plus Pynchon.
At ONT on my way to #ir10. There's a pylon marking a missing floor tile [1/2] http://yfrog.com/5enixtsj
A little boy getting off a flight just picked it up and tried to take it with him. Thing was nearly as tall as him. [2/2]
Replying to @boonebgorges and @cscannella
I want to sit down sometime and watch you use Quicksilver; I feell like I'm getting 5% of what it can do.
Replying to @academicdave
That's exactly what I want - somehow the telling doesn't get it across to me.
Landed at IAH & pulled up to gate only to be told there'd been a security breach in the airport & we could be stuck for hours. Took 10 mins.
Landed at IAH & pulled up to gate only to be told there'd been a security breach in the airport & we could be stuck for hours. Took 10 mins.
Replying to @mattthomas
Oh, brilliant -- thank you!
Stuck in a smoking room tonight after @sivavaid apparently snagged the last nonsmoking one. But they promised me an upgrade tomorrow, so ha.
Replying to @sivavaid
I kid, I kid. Mostly lamenting my lack of similar luck & trying to console myself with thoughts of the smokefree room that awaits.
A little breakfast before heading to #ir10. Looking forward to the conf \(and happy to be out of the ashtray\).
Did we break Twitter?
New blog post: IR10 http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/ir10/
@sivavaid being introduced; his keynote, "The Googlization of Everything and the Human Knowledge Project" about to begin. #ir10
At last.fm panel, listening to @nancybaym. #ir10
Is anybody else at #ir10 on Google Wave? I'm curious how it would work for collaborative conference notetaking/backchannel.
Replying to @janelle_ward
My invites are gone, alas - and not one of my invitees has actually been granted access yet. :( I keep hoping, though...
Replying to @halavais
I completely agree! Alas, I'm out, and the folks I invited still aren't on. If I get more invites, tho, I'll aim one your way.
Replying to @Sarah_M_Ford
Ping me when you do get set up. Since we're on the same panel, we might test it out! #ir10
Replying to @buridan
Great. I'm on as kfitz47@gmail.com.
Replying to @janelle_ward
Indeed! I keep hoping they'll step up the invites; it's only going to be useful once the folks I want to wave at are on.
Replying to @nancybaym
Indeed. I can barely manage it in my first language. #ir10
Replying to @sivavaid
Not I, alas. Folks I invited a week ago still aren't on; once they are, I'll let them know you need one.
In the Twitter panel, tweeting. @Amanda_Lenhart, @alicetiara, @raquelrecuero, @LizaPotts.
@Amanda_Lenhart: 6% of American Internet users used Twitter in May 2008; 19% in August 2009. #ir10
Replying to @sivavaid
Good to see you, too! Excellent keynote today; great to see how the project has developed. #ir10
@zephoria Are you at #ir10? Will hope to say hi!
Replying to @halavais
Depends on the technology. "In the day" for blogs = 2003; for Twitter, apparently May 2008 \(i\.e\. before everyone knew about it\).
Grr. Keep forgetting to add hashtag. #ir10
Replying to @acavender
Yay!
Replying to @sivavaid
Dude, for somebody who travels as much as you do, you do not have the karma on your side. \(It was great to see you yesterday tho\!\)
Replying to @dancohen
Yay, finally! Just added you to a wave from last week, so you can grab some other contacts.
Replying to @sivavaid
Seems to me that situation requires even better karma! I'll lend you mine. \(Is karma lendable?\)
@socialspace tweeting his #ir10 presentation from NZ. Fascinating.
Replying to @phdaisy
Live tweeting, or live presentation? I wouldn't want to have to rely on Twitter to work on the spot; seems like asking for trouble!
Sitting in an #ir10 panel on friendship waving with DH colleagues @academicdave @dancohen @briancroxall and @captain_primate. Multitasking!
Brief break from #ir10. Back at it shortly.
I know a bunch of invites went out last night, so I'll renew the call: any #ir10 folks on Wave? @ me!
Replying to @dancohen
I can see the "no waving while driving" legislation of the future.
Second #ir10 keynote about to begin: @wchun, "The Internet: in theory, in crisis"
@wchun reminding us of the mid-1990s sense of "the Internet as the telos of the critical dream of the Enlightenment" #ir10
\(Actually, that was a paraphrase; shouldn't have been in quotes\. \#ir10\)
@wchun: "new media \(and the technologies on which it runs\) race towards the bleeding edge of obsolescence" #ir10 \(and that one is a quote\)
@wchun: to exaggerate slightly, the answer to the question of all things new is "it's the network" #ir10
@wchun: if "it's the network" has become banal cliché it's not b/c we know the network but b/c we don't; network is primarily imagined #ir10
This I will give the Milwaukee Hilton: it's not overheated. \(My fingertips have gone numb\.\)
@cscannella Trying out QS tricks - can get the iCal event thing to work, but can't choose a calendar. Do I need to add them to the catalog?
Replying to @plragde
Not right this second. But I will be again in about 25 minutes.
Replying to @Sarah_M_Ford
Done. Also sent you a ping. I'm in as kfitz47 at gmail, but you might try kfitz47 at googlewave if that doesn't work.
Replying to @cscannella
Appears as tho the third pane should let you specify a calendar, but I'm getting nothing. \(But am enjoying playing\!\)
Replying to @plragde
Yeah, it's 46F outside and they're blowing cold air. I haven't taken my jacket off all day, and my feet are numb thru wool socks.
Replying to @plragde
Actually, yes - it's been a great conference. \(And the reception will be warming, too, when I can get hands on a glass of wine\.\)
Replying to @cscannella
Hmph. I wonder if it's a post-SL issue. I hope that there's an update before long; B56a7 is still a bit unstable for me.
Replying to @cscannella
Just found it!
Replying to @cscannella
Rats, I was hoping someone might take the project over. \(What I found was the pdf, which has the same iCal info, alas\.\)
Replying to @cscannella
Whew.
You know what I hate? Wintergreen.
Replying to @zephoria
Aaaauugh!
good morning #ir10! come hear about writing at 8:30 - @Sarah_M_Ford on LJ vs. FB, me on peer review, and Wisktrom & Olin-Scheller on fanfic!
Just about to present on the future of peer review in digital scholarly publishing, in the Miller room. #ir10
Replying to @janelle_ward
The slides aren't terrifically useful alone, but the talk was drawn from the peer review chapter here: http://bit.ly/zjXhV
Replying to @captain_primate
Presentation was heavily drawn from peer review chapter here: http://bit.ly/zjXhV
My talk on the future of peer review was drawn from ch.1 of my book, in open peer review now: Planned Obsolescence http://bit.ly/zjXhV #ir10
Also, slides now up at SlideShare: http://bit.ly/2BvHzM \(Most content is in the notes\.\) #ir10
Cannot keep Quicksilver running stably on my SL MBAir. Have repeatedly uninstalled and reinstalled; still crashes. Makes me srsly unhappy.
Replying to @cliotropic
Did you switch to something else? \(Google QSB, LaunchBar, etc?\)
Replying to @sivavaid
LOVE IT. Has entirely changed my relationship to taking the computer with me; it's practically weightless & super fast.
Replying to @sivavaid
Caveat: it's not a great primary machine, or at least the 1st gen wasn't, as HD is too small. But for travel it's perfect.
Replying to @mattthomas and @sivavaid
Yes: when I bought the weight diff was huge; it's less now. Also, the new MBP battery is better. But I still love it.
Replying to @jmittell
Had a convo w/ @cscannella about this a couple of days ago. For me it's mostly been a launcher, but I'm trying to learn more.
Replying to @jmittell
It's got a fairly steep learning curve, but it's hugely powerful. The instability is the dealbreaker for me, though.
New blog post: And Then Five Years Later http://bit.ly/4d2VZn
New blog post: IR10: Peer-to-Peer Review http://bit.ly/422Bz
Sitting in the back for this keynote, b/c if it's as cold as it was yesterday, I may have to leave. Had numb fingertips! #ir10
Replying to @snurb_dot_info
But it wasn't bashing; it was pointing out the contradiction between "we're just here for you!" and "you do the work." #ir10
Replying to @snurb_dot_info
Fair enough; I can see that.
Replying to @davidmsilver
Because you're not here! :(
Replying to @amandafrench
Check with the baking supplies? That's where I usually find most non-peanut type nuts.
Replying to @amandafrench
actually jut remembered that my last pignoli purchase was at Trader Joe's. I know where they keep them, but no one else.
Replying to @cscannella
Just downloaded it myself. I like it so far! #tweetie2
Replying to @be_b
Thank you so much -- it was a great discussion, and I hope we can do it again sometime soon.
Replying to @wpwend42
Awful, wasn't it? - though I just heard that ep3 is much better, which I'm relieved about. Enough with the glories of maternity!
For the second time in as many weeks, the college's email is shut down by a Postini failure. I still want to blame our Exchange server, tho.
Replying to @dancohen
I like that. All my computing is fog computing, I think.
RT @mediacommons: Open peer review continues on Planned Obsolescence. Please contribute! http://bit.ly/zjXhV
About to start building my dossier for my upcoming review. Is there a good WP theme for such purposes? Happy to hear suggestions!
One possible side-effect of the napalm antibiotics I took is susceptibility to viral infection. Guess who woke up with a sore throat today?
Still seeking feedback on Planned Obsolescence - need your help to show how peer-to-peer review can work! http://bit.ly/zjXhV
Replying to @ncecire and @mkirschenbaum
Thanks to both of you - I'll look forward to seeing your thoughts!
Replying to @captain_primate
Special pages > User list
Replying to @captain_primate
Which is to say: [your url]/index.php/Special:Listusers
Fall break rocks. I've still got a week's worth of work to do in the next 48 hours, but two meeting-free, class-free days make it possible.
Hey, Google Voice users: Is your voicemail here? http://bit.ly/dNg0R \(Via http://bit\.ly/Y0BEw\)
Replying to @jwolman
Wow. That's some awesome transcription right there, I tell you.
Digging a bit more: the voicemails were shared by recipients, but they may not have intended for them to be crawlable. http://bit.ly/AE1aa
Nonetheless raises the question of whether those leaving the messages know they're being shared...
Replying to @billwolff
Hey, that would be fantastic! Let me know if there's a way I can help facilitate.
Replying to @performaddict
I hear that. Will you be in both Knoxville and Montreal?
Et tu, stomach? \(Why does my body hate me so?\)
New blog post: Though I Wish They'd Named It Something Else http://bit.ly/ir9HG
Replying to @stephanietomlin
Nice; thanks!
RT @mediacommons: Shakespeare Q is testing out open review via MediaCommons. http://bit.ly/1dDrpu You can test it, too! http://bit.ly/zjXhV
Replying to @digitalhumanist
I have hit the point at which Michiko K. dissing something is reason for me to go out and pick it up. Worst. Reader. Ever.
Replying to @TheRepoRat
Brilliant! Thanks so much.
On plane, beginning trip to Knoxville for #asap. Looking forward to the conf, but not prepared enough. Good thing I work well on planes.
Replying to @plragde
Spoke too soon; I produced a reasonable outline and then promptly fell asleep. Ah, well.
And now, two hours on a regional jet. The airlines seem to have a unique definition of "regional."
Replying to @mariabustillos
These aren't so old, but there is still something about them that screams "death trap."
Replying to @mariabustillos
That would be completely awesome!
Replying to @escapegrace and @briancroxall
I had a friend who taught at Biola who was raised Southern Baptist and was still uncomfortable there. [1/2]
Replying to @escapegrace and @briancroxall
Can't swear to it but I think they require annual testimony as to how your personal walk is proceeding. [2/2]
Just had the very creepy experience of hearing someone talking right outside my hotel room window. I'm on the 11th floor.
I'm pretty sure it was actually the sound of the television in the next room coming through a space between wall and window, but ew.
About to present at #asap. My brain is still 100% convinced that it's 4.56 am. Not at all sure how this is going to go.
Just tested Chrome for Mac preview; looks like it may be great, but I can't use it until there's 1Password support for it.
Replying to @briancroxall
Highly! It has enabled me to have many strong passwords while only needing to remember 1. I keep the DB synced via Dropbox.
Plans for a SoCal #THATCamp March 13-14 at Occidental College are underway. Please RT if interested! \(via @THATCampSoCal\)
Replying to @shanakimball and @dancohen
Yes and no: digress.it is a fork of CommentPress.
Replying to @briancroxall
NeoOffice. I've been using it pretty steadily since the 3.0 release, and have overall been pleased.
Replying to @barbarahui
Yup! http://bit.ly/Qs2PS
Replying to @dancohen
MediaCommons Press is using WPMU with CommentPress; am hoping it'll be more widely available soon. http://j.mp/miYfQ
Replying to @shanakimball
CP is now also a plugin \(\+ theme, though usable with other themes too\). Haven't played with digress.it tho so can't compare.
Following @s2ceball, I'm building my promotion dossier online. Tons to go, but would appreciate any thoughts so far! http://bit.ly/1lykTx
Thanks, @captain_primate - I'm very concerned about usability and the experience of reading online, for all the obvious reasons!
Replying to @profsyn
Eep! I didn't ask & should have. They've been great with previous online stuff; I suspect they'll say yes, but I should be polite!
Somebody tell me to stop working and go watch Top Chef.
Replying to @digitalhumanist
If you insist! :)
Replying to @amandafrench
That just completely made my day.
Replying to @samplereality
Very cool - I'd love to see what you've got!
Replying to @mariabustillos
Done and done!
Replying to @triproftri
We must have, though I didn't teach at EWP in my last year t NYU \(97\-98\). Bootcamp indeed!
Replying to @samplereality
Very nice! I'll look forward to seeing how you develop it from here.
Replying to @triproftri
Probably so. I've only seen Pat once since '98, though I've recently reconnected with Alfie on FB!
Replying to @amandafrench
Ugh. It's nice to know, but I'm so sorry you had to find that out!
Okay - my iMac was just hijacked by Front Row. I hadn't invoked it, and I could NOT get out of it. WTF?
Working on page 4 of the cv. The thing's due tomorrow. The good news is that the stuff I can/need to document now stops in a page or two.
Replying to @2xlp
I think it's cmd-esc; I hit it trying to cmd-~ to another document, and because FR is so slow in SL, it seemed unprovoked. But yeah.
So what day is it? And what time am I supposed to beg for someone to tell me to stop working and go watch television? \(And what, exactly?\)
Replying to @captain_primate
So now, I guess? Yay!
So apparently the iMac has decided to make me quit working by completely locking up. This is what I get for failure to immediately comply.
Replying to @kwazana
Dude, I'm teaching The Wire; there's always something good on!
Replying to @briancroxall
Indeed. And I don't get the value added in "following" a list, especially when I'm already following the folks on it.
Beginning to be pleased with dossier; might be ready to go today after all! \(Happily, only stuff for outside reviewers required right now\.\)
Replying to @JenServenti
You should see what MacGyver can do with a mini chocolate bar.
I have a few things I want to add - another talk or two, if I can find them - but the dossier is otherwise ready to go. http://bit.ly/1lykTx
And as soon as I say that, I see the gaping hole in the sidebar. It'll fill with stuff for the internal dossier \(teaching, etc\), but now...?
Replying to @j_l_r
Thanks! I'm pretty pleased with it, on the whole, and look forward to populating it with the rest of my info between now and January.
Replying to @jmittell
Maybe I'll start a click-to-publish dossier service. Wordpress.com for dossiers.
Wow. That's actually not a bad idea.
~@jmittell has inspired me to imagine a click-to-publish dossier service, like Wordpress.com or MediaCommons for dossiers. I'm doing it.
Replying to @jmittell
That's a fantastic idea. My head is swimming. Time to go domain name shopping.
Replying to @jmittell
You got it.
@academicdave Any chance you're available for DML Feb 18-20? @halavais & I want you for a panel on DML & postacademia. Added you to wave.
@mwesch Any chance you're available for DML Feb 18-20? @halavais & I are putting together panel on DML & postacademia. http://bit.ly/3KAVPX
Replying to @d_kompare
Yeah, I hear that. It's a SoCal embarrassment of riches this spring...
Imminent impact @MacHeist \(151\.7,174\.4\) Witness it and get DaisyDisk \($20\) for FREE to reclaim GBs of space on your Mac! http://macheist.com
In the office, writing LORs. It would be awesome if someday I could find these things less painful to produce.