2010 10 01 tweets
Whatever the noises coming from the wall behind my head are, they Must Stop. Srsly.
Replying to @briancroxall
More Gorgon than unicorn, I think.
#asome getting started. @foundhistory introducing.
Replying to @jcmeloni
I swear I read about a service that did that. But now I can't find it. Maybe it was somebody's wish list. #asome
Replying to @jcmeloni and @briancroxall
Yes: the death switch variant of ThinkUp. #asome
Replying to @nowviskie
Yes, absolutely!
Google Docs notes from copyright breakout session at #asome: http://bit.ly/bxhH6S
Replying to @nowviskie
Aw, shucks. You're *much* too kind. #asome
Replying to @mkirschenbaum
Lots of issues, but for one, dark archives would defuse IRB concerns, making clear that archive = texts, not "people." #asome
RT @JenHoward: Will some eager UK reader plow through the recalled text of "Freedom" & pick out the differences btw it and the approved one?
RT @jwolman: @kfitz Let's let our silicon organs handle that one: OCR + compare documents in a word processing program.
Replying to @jwolman
I just need an unpulped copy. Oh, and a copy of the corrected version. And then something to get the taste out of my mouth.
RT @nowviskie @foundhistory @jmcclurken Thanks to you both for the invitation! Really, top-notch conversations. #asome // hear, hear!
Replying to @barbarahui
I'm so sorry, Barbara.
Replying to @jcmeloni
Thanks for the ride, and see you soon!
Replying to @nowviskie and @samplereality
I was just happy to be there to witness it all. Also, that *someone* smelled like baby unicorns.
Replying to @mkirschenbaum
My eyebrows were merely arched in recognition and agreement. #asome
Replying to @mlaconvention
Nice!
Replying to @brettbobley
It's going to be a whirlwind, that's for sure!
Replying to @joguldi
Oh, Jo! How awful - I'm so sorry to hear this. I hope you're okay.
It has been long enough since I've had a day to work that I've completely forgotten what I'm doing here.
Replying to @boonebgorges
Every time I travel I wonder about that. It would be a good Photosynth extension, I think, to be able to search for yourself.
Replying to @boonebgorges
Ugh. I don't even want to think about that.
Replying to @samplereality
The degree to which this is true is pretty much the degree to which I'm actually in DH, I think.
Replying to @briancroxall
I thought my ears were burning. Would love to hear about it!
Replying to @briancroxall
Nice! What was the response to your argument like?
Final sentences are really hard. And they get harder as a project gets longer; it's hard to balance an entire book on such a little point.
Replying to @jcmeloni
Ooh, no. I just looked: it was "blues." \(Sort of\. I ended with a quotation, which was followed by a citation\. Bad dissertator\!\)
What I really want to end with is "do it, dammit."
Replying to @jcmeloni
I wish I could take credit. A favorite quotation: "One need not have suffered to sing the postmodern blues."
I think I managed to avoid ending this thing with the phrase "into the future." Whew.
That final sentence? "Change is coming, with or without us, and the choice is ours: we can work to create a scholarly communication [+]
environment that will help new ideas thrive, or we can watch our current publishing system die, allowing the profession to become not [+]
just obsolete, but irrelevant, silenced." [-]
My feeling: the rhythm is still off. It's got too many phrases, and yet the final one is one item too short.
Replying to @mkgold
Hmmm. Good idea!
Replying to @swarthmoreburke
Perhaps. I'm striving for exhortation but it makes me nervous, esp in the last sentence of the book.
Replying to @jcmeloni
Yeah, I think I'm attached to ending on the negative, too. It's the "or else" that feels most motivating, for better or for worse.
Replying to @swarthmoreburke
Except that in this case the future I'm projecting doesn't exist yet. What I'm basically arguing is "build it or die."
Replying to @swarthmoreburke
I hope that's what the whole book has done! And the thrust of the last few paragraphs has been not change-in-this-way [+]
Replying to @swarthmoreburke
but instead change-is-the-only-constant. Embrace change!
Replying to @swarthmoreburke
Perhaps it's that analogy I need. I'll ponder.
I love that I left Twitter frustrated with my sentence, off to meet a friend for drinks, & return to many awesome stabs at a better one.
Replying to @plragde
The funny thing is that before I left I did break it into three sentences, first the part before the colon, and last: Silenced.
Replying to @BGCDML
Ha! I totally understand the issues of 140ch. Thanks for the ideas; I think they're bang-on, so to speak.
Replying to @mariabustillos
You rock. I mean, we rock. I mean, thanks!
Replying to @mariabustillos
Where @plragde is absolutely right, and where I felt the rhythm off, is in the need for the sentence to end in a three.
Replying to @shanakimball
Thanks!
All of my Google calendars except my primary one are gone. This is not a happy thing.
Replying to @mkirschenbaum and @mlaconvention
The dept'l access also doesn't help the un- and under-employed. & many depts cut off former grad students.
Replying to @mlaconvention
Is that access no longer controlled by the dept chair? Or is it now automatically available?
My landlord just came in and pulled the a/c out and closed the window. Good grief but it's quiet in here now!
Replying to @mlaconvention
I haven't heard it yet, though I've certainly felt it.
The generic project-overview talk I've been giving is being published in the ADE Bulletin later this fall \(OA, thx to @mkirschenbaum\!\) [+]
which means I'm going to need a new standard talk soon. You win some, you lose some. [-]
Replying to @dancohen
Now *that* would be worth the price of admission.
Replying to @JenServenti
I suppose I had better spend some time with that dancing master, indeed!
Replying to @patrickgmj and @dancohen
Well, there's why he moderated you out, I suppose. \(How irritating\.\)
Dear Google: It's awesome that you've solved the disappearing calendar problem and are rolling out the fix. Could you pls roll it out to ME?
Have been without full calendarage for 36 hrs. Cannot schedule anything. Not good. Am now backing up via Backupify, but not a full solution.
Replying to @mkgold
@amandafrench @academicdave Yes, CP definitely works with WP3. Be sure to get the most recent version here: http://is.gd/fRtFL
Hey, so, is there any kind of automatic link shortening available in #newtwitter? If so, it's not working for me.
GCal: "we expect a resolution for all users in the near future. Please note this time frame is an estimate and may change." To what exactly?
Replying to @veek
Which I guess is honest, at least. "We really hope to fix this, you know. Someday."
My super-genius pal @mariabustillos on the for-profit college racket, in The Awl: http://is.gd/fRyIS
Replying to @PhDeviate and @veek
I'm pretty sure it's CYA GMT -7. :)
One of my six missing calendars is back. Crossing my fingers that the other 5 will return shortly.
New post: Ouch. http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/ouch-2/
Replying to @mlaconvention
I'd say no, but that infighting sometimes looks pretty irrelevant to those on the outside.
Replying to @mlaconvention
Or, to put it better, what we know to be serious critical debates sometimes look to the outside like irrelevant infighting.
Replying to @academicdave
Yes, exactly.
While I wasn't paying attention, BackType Connect for WP got retired. http://is.gd/fTaci Need to find a replacement.
Replying to @nowviskie
Will do -- and backatcha.
3 of 6 missing calendars are back, at last. Come on, GCal!
All of my calendars are back, at last. Thank goodness. Now to figure out a better backup strategy.
Replying to @jcmeloni
I told you that adulteration would come to no good. \(Or was it the fact that you were drinking Irish?\)
Replying to @jcmeloni
That figures; more Brit abuse of the Irish. :) For the record, I oppose @jbj's method of adulteration as well. Neat, only.
Replying to @jcmeloni
I figured! The funny part is that I'm actually more Italian than I am Irish. Even with this name.
Replying to @jcmeloni
Whoa. My brain just exploded.
Replying to @jbj
Fair enough, and sorry for the false attribution! I took your "ice only" to be your own preference rather than a limit of toleration.
Replying to @boonebgorges
I was totally out in it, trying to walk down Dekalb in a microburst \(insane wind, rain, hail, rushing water over the sidewalk\)
Replying to @boonebgorges
Happily I made it to the wine bar of safety.
Replying to @boonebgorges
In retrospect, that would not have been a bad idea. It was mighty dramatic.
Replying to @nancybaym
I'll be there! #ir11
Replying to @jcmeloni and @captain_primate
Me too.
Need more hours in the day. Also need more focus in the brain cells.
Related: drank my first cup of coffee in over two months yesterday. \(In homage to @jcmeloni, it was an Americano\.\) Drank my second today.
Written on postcard in presentation I'm watching: "All fine and hope you are the same." Looked to me like "hope you are the sauce."
Replying to @jcmeloni
Exactly.
Replying to @jcmeloni
I love it.
Presenter just used the word "relatable." Presenter is not a student. Tweeting so I don't scream.
Can feel a big bout of writing coming on - perhaps even leading to the next big project...
Replying to @ncecire
And from a prof. Wanted to gnaw my own ears off.
Replying to @jasonrhody and @briancroxall
Oh, great; now he's instigating infighting.
Replying to @cully_hamner
Ah, LA cats. I have a little anorexic one who had to be put on antidepressants to convince her to eat.
@fordgilmore Ah, LA cats. I have a little anorexic one who had to be put on antidepressants to convince her to eat.
Replying to @mlaconvention
Not sure. I'm headed to Sweden for #ir11 later that day. Might try to make it.
Replying to @mlaconvention
Indeed. The madness begins day after tomorrow.
Tonight, there was broccoli rabe. And good grief, but it was good.
Replying to @jcmeloni
Nice. \(Also nice new avatar\.\)
Like @veek, excited and impatient! // RT @stakats New post: Zotero Everywhere First Look \(with smokin' hot screenshots\) http://is.gd/g0neC
Replying to @kfitz
Originally posted on In Media Res! // RT @annehelen: Great @henryjenkins post on Harry Shum Jr. and transmedia success: http://is.gd/g0ur4
Have been experimenting w/ #newtwitter as my primary interface for a week now. I like it overall, like having it in a pinned Chrome tab. [+]
But a few annoyances: want full convo in right column when I click on an @-reply. Want Mentions to highlight when something new appears. [+]
Want a Quote option in addition to Retweet. And want option to maintain place when new tweets load, rather than having to scroll down.
Interestingly, these are all in the Twitter iPhone/iPad app.
Replying to @jcmeloni
Yeah, I'm with you; the irritations are beginning to take over my attention here. #newtwitter
Replying to @briancroxall
I'd tried a bunch of 3rd party clients but had settled into Tweetie, pretty exclusively.
Replying to @briancroxall
If you're asking if I'll leave the browser client set to #newtwitter rather than reverting, yes. But may go back to Tweetie.
Replying to @annehelen
No worries - just wanted to keep us in the mix!
Replying to @footnotesrising
See, but, two tabs? Way too clunky. \(Also, pinned tabs don't show the number\.\)
@samplereality I do not know why this JUST NOW occurred to me, but \(a\) I love your blog audit post on PH, and \(b\) an AWESOME way of [+]
@samplereality producing such an audit might be to use @Anthologize. Have to run to a meeting but would love to ponder.
Replying to @samplereality
@patrickgmj Should have known you were all over it. I'll look forward to seeing how that develops!
Rats. New running shoes arrived - a size too small. So another ten days in the old ones.
Oh god yes please. // Stop the Signature File Insanity. http://nyti.ms/d6H3Dq
Replying to @briancroxall
I'm doing the same thing.
My stepfather is going nuts filling my inbox with photos. Must. Introduce. to Flickr.
On my flight to Rochester; speaking at RIT tonight at 6. If you're in the area, come say hi!
Replying to @nowviskie and @publichistorian
Absolutely!
Replying to @acavender
Wow, gorgeous!
Replying to @mamamusings
I'll hope to be sufficiently inspirational this evening to power you through!
Replying to @johnmjones
I can see @brettbobley wandering the terminal, looking for the flight to point X, not knowing that point Y has intervened...
Fantastic post-talk dinner in Rochester. Small but energized crowd for the talk itself. Great conversations lined up for tmw. Now, crashing.
Replying to @stephenbrauer
I didn't know you were on the Twitters! Thanks for coming this evening; sorry we didn't get to talk more, but soon, okay?
Replying to @mlaconvention
Three words: Duck. Fat. Frites.
Replying to @mlaconvention
Lento. Really, really good. If Sara was at the talk, she didn't introduce herself, so I'm not sure...
Replying to @karikraus
Alas, there's no chance: breakfast & lunch meetings tmw, and then back on a plane! But next time, definitely.
Replying to @mlaconvention
I hate it when that happens.
Replying to @rachaelshapiro
Absolutely!
Replying to @mikefixs
Thanks -- and thanks so much for coming yesterday. I hope we'll get to talk another time.
Fantastic meetings today @ RIT & lovely time hanging out w/ @mamamusings. But flight is now being held at ROC, srsly messing with my plans.
1hr delay makes it impossible for me to get to wkend retreat in time for dinner. Not sure what will still be available when I get there. :(
Planes, trains, and automobiles, not necessarily in that order. \(More like automobile, plane, train, train, train, train\.\)
This is the last leg. May there be a restaurant still open in this quaint little town when I arrive. Please.
Replying to @patrickgmj
It's the train in Spain you have to worry about; it goes vainly from the plane.
So having finally made it to Cold Spring, and being half a beer into dinner, I'm finally relaxed & excited about this writing retreat.
Which is to say, work sprints tomorrow, if anybody's up for it.
Replying to @mlaconvention
Yes! Arrived in the pitch black, alas, but it looks lovely.
Replying to @mlaconvention
PS: just north of NYC, but THREE HOURS from JFK.
Replying to @jcmeloni
Outstanding. I imagine I'll be getting up about the same time as you tomorrow.
Replying to @jcmeloni
True! You could be up before me! \(I kid\. I hope you sleep in\.\)
Replying to @mlaconvention
No, in a B&B for an NYU Hum Init retreat. Going through Albany wd def have been better. live & learn.
Replying to @jmcclurken
Is it on the national registry of historic water heaters?
Replying to @jcmeloni
In retrospect, I recognize that sleep jokes are probably Not Funny to the seriously underslept.
Replying to @jcmeloni
That's completely awesome. Superawesome, in fact.
Okay, taking my worn-out self to bed in order to get up and work hard tmw. See you here, then.
Up & settling in to work. Only the iPhone for net access for now \(and 3bar Edge at that\!\) but that may help the productivity jumpstart.
Have worked my way back through the first half of this article and can say with some authority that it's awful. My work is cut out for me.
Break for breakfast. Back at it in a bit.
Replying to @jcmeloni
Love it.
Okay, back at it. Starting a 30-minute work sprint at 10.15 eastern, if you're with me.
And... time. I finished re-reading and taking notes on an article. And you?
Okay, next work sprint starts at 11am. Have a good one.
And done. Half an essay read, notes taken. This is going well so far.
Replying to @jwolman
You go.
Replying to @sivavaid, @shermandorn and @dancohen
I don't think so. Rumor has it that a certain large disciplinary org will be trying this in the future.
Replying to @mlaconvention
Enjoy!
Well, it's been a quite productive morning, but I'm not sure how exactly it got to be noon. Slow down, day!
Break for lunch. Reading a most infuriating article, so happy to walk away from it for a bit.
Alright: back at it. Five hours until dinner. I intend to be further down the road toward a non-crap article by then.
Replying to @mamamusings
In a good way, I hope?
Replying to @mamamusings
Whoa. That would do it.
Replying to @boonebgorges
That's awesome. Congrats!
Replying to @mamamusings
Wow - that's amazing! You were telling me about the wildlife, but somehow I never thought "bears."
Back to work, for a little while, at least. Super quiet at the inn this morning.
Mildly headachy after a fantastic but exhausting weekend, capped by amazing trip to Dia:Beacon. I blame Richard Serra for my disorientation.
Now contemplating unabashedly comfort food oriented dinner.
Replying to @patrickgmj
Honestly? I thought I made it up. But probably I saw someone else use it...
Replying to @brettbobley and @patrickgmj
Went back through my stream; earlier on 9/10 I'd used [more][fin], but that night used [+][-] for the first time.
Replying to @brettbobley and @patrickgmj
Have no idea if I saw it elsewhere inbetween.
Replying to @patrickgmj
@brettbobley I agree. I've surprised by the spread of [+] and would love to see a visualization of it...
Replying to @samplereality
@patrickgmj @brettbobley The earliest [+] I'm finding in @nowviskie's stream is 10/1. But maybe earlier than I can dig.
Replying to @mlaconvention
I saw that and had a moment of hmm... But mine aren't frequent either, thank goodness; this one's just a regular headache.
Just about to leave for the airport, and thence to Sweden for #ir11. Help me out, hive mind: what am I forgetting?
Replying to @jcmeloni
I have all of the above! \(The most entertaining part of traveling with me is watching me obsessively check for my passport\.\)
Replying to @jmittell
That would be bad!
Alright, folks: more from EWR.
Replying to @brettbobley
You know I just checked, right?
Replying to @themba
Check, and iPad.
Replying to @johnmjones
Hey, you've earned a little aimlessness. Congrats!
Good morning from Frankfurt. I get 45 minutes in the lounge before beginning the trek to my flight to Gothenburg. See some of you soon!
RT @PROMO_TWEET: FACEBOOK WANTS TO MAKE TWO THINGS CLEAR: 1. WE'RE COMMITTED TO PROTECTING YOUR PRIVACY. 2. YOU'RE ADORABLE WHEN YOU SLEEP.
Replying to @jmittell
Hi there. Sorry to miss you here! I hope the Göttingen trip has gone well, and will hope to actually cross paths soon.
Replying to @jcmeloni
Is it super early or super late there? I'm honestly not sure. But then I'm not sure what time it is here, either.
Replying to @jcmeloni
Which is not exactly an answer to the question, now is it? :)
Successfully arrived in Gothenburg and have thus far managed to avoid a nap. Not sure how long that will last. #ir11
If any #ir11 folks are getting together this evening, let me know! I'm not in the conference hotel, alas, so am a bit far from everyone.
Replying to @nancybaym
@annettemarkham Perfect! Is access to that bar open to folks not staying there?
I will put myself in the shower and then go find food. I will not decide to give in and put myself in the bed instead.
Replying to @kfitz
You go, @jcmeloni.
Replying to @mamamusings
Yay! And yes, Arras is da bomb. I did a little tinkering, but it was totally worth it.
Slept something over 10 hours last night. First time I've done that in years. Made it to breakfast with 2 min to spare.
Now fighting spotty hotel wifi. Need to get some work done before I can go wander.
Replying to @nancybaym
It was pretty amazing, if filled with weird, feverish dreams.
New post: On the Impossibility of Naive Reading http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/on-the-impossibility-of-naive-reading/
Replying to @jcmeloni
Hey, thanks!
Replying to @nowviskie
Hey, have fun! Sorry I'm not in town while you are.
There are days when it all feels a bit like shouting down a well.
Did not do as well with the sleep as I did my first night here but nearly 6 hours is still now bad. Best to get up when I naturally wake up.
Plus, there's good coffee here. And today I'll be able to take my time over breakfast!
Have any former BackType Connect users tested out this fork? http://github.com/mcalamelli/btcnew
Replying to @nancybaym
@annettemarkham @jeanburgess Apparently they did! And without us. Hmph.
Replying to @nancybaym
Ahhhhhh. A fair trade, I'll say.
Dreamed about the fact that I need a haircut. Was hunting for the clippers when I awoke. A sign, I think, that a good buzz cut is in order.
Okay, about to brave the cold and walk down for the start of #ir11. See those of you there shortly.
At the opening session of #ir11! Working with the iPad today. A test for my PlainText note taking ability.
Kelly Bergstrom on trolling on Reddit, "IAmA" #ir11
Replying to @nancybaym
Are you saying you fabricated that? @annettemarkham
Yoonmo Sang on conflicting interests in "right of reply"; chilling effects on freedom of speech, but benefits for reputation control. #ir11
@annettemarkham is your new bicycle. Or stole your new bicycle. Or something. #justsaying
The best part of not having drunk coffee for 2 months is that drinking it now is AWESOME.
Benedict Anderson & imagined community. #drink
Replying to @sleonchnm
Coffee is the grounds on which the entire history of media has been built. #seewhatIdidthere
New post: #ir11 http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/ir11/
@halavais et al in roundtable on the future of the CMS #ir11
Anyone know the deal for the banquet tomorrow? No tix with badge; will there be a list at the door? #ir11
Replying to @ybika
Thanks! #ir11
One clear vote in favor of conference iPad \(vice laptop\) use: after 6hrs heavy multi-app usage, still have 44% battery remaining.
Blogging today's #ir11 sessions at Planned Obsolescence http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/
The good news is that tonight's #ir11 reception is a block or two from my hotel. The bad news is that I'm comfy in my hotel & it's raining.
Replying to @kfitz
7.30pm, Gustaf Adolfs Torg \(best to Google Map it if you can\).
Replying to @kfitz
Why did I respond to myself? I am puzzled.
Replying to @sivavaid
7.30 pm, Gustaf Adolphs Torg \(best to Google Map it\). Hope to see you there!
Replying to @sivavaid
Oh, and apparently the place is called Börsen.
Replying to @eberlesinatra
Pretty amazing, isn't it. I'm now sold on it as a long day meeting device. \(I hope all's well at the MLA\!\)
Replying to @mamamusings
Awesome that you get to read these. The only thing we get to see is the department redaction, which is often overly narrow.
Replying to @academicdave
All I wish is that Apple would make less awesome hardware, so that I'd like something truly open as much.
Replying to @jcmeloni
Only if I can have accomplished everything I need to get done between now and then. Plus have a bit of a nap.
Replying to @academicdave
Exactly what I'm starting to contemplate as well.
Replying to @jcmeloni
eek!
Replying to @annettemarkham
Pretty much the point at which I decided that walking AWAY from my hotel was a mistake.
Replying to @jcmeloni
Oh, the times I've reconfigured an old syllabus for a new year and completely screwed all the dates up, until a student told me...
Dude just walked up & said, "excuse me, sir, anyone sitting here?" This is a second language issue, right? I mean, my hair is short, but...
Replying to @amandafrench
I just LOL'd. Dude beside me is now mightily confused.
Replying to @annettemarkham
Probably just as well. I'll likely wish I'd foregone this glass tomorrow morning.
Replying to @sramsay
If that Starfleet officer were Tasha Yar, I'd take it.
Replying to @jcmeloni
She was a dead ringer for one of my best friends from grad school. Best Halloween costume ever.
Replying to @amndw2
I think you're right. Plus I'm bundled up in a coat & sitting with my elbows on my knees, madly tweeting...
Replying to @sramsay
Don't forget to tip your waitresses! I'll be here all week!
Replying to @brettbobley and @sramsay
Now that would be a panel to remember.
Replying to @amandafrench
Hey, there's our opportunity to meet up. You up for coming in early?
Replying to @sramsay and @brettbobley
Resistance is futile. \(Wait\. Where have I heard that\.\.\.?\)
Replying to @amandafrench
Brilliant! I'll put it on the calendar.
Replying to @BGCDML
Ooooh.
Replying to @sramsay and @brettbobley
So who's the redshirt in this scenario? \("Ensign, go see what's going on in \*that\* field\.\.\."\)
Replying to @amandafrench
Perfect. \(THURSDAYthursdayursday\.\.\.\!\)
Hey, I'm speaking next week at Boston University! http://bit.ly/9wiHtp Come say hi if you're in the area.
Replying to @veek
Not a word; it's perfect!
Replying to @samplereality and @amndw2
Wishing English had an ungendered honorific for "you, person to whom I wish to be polite."
Replying to @jcmeloni
Very sad. You've never really gotten to see me do the old soft-shoe, have you?
Replying to @veek
Ma naturalmente!
Replying to @jcmeloni
Very!
Okay, here's the thing: it's after midnight & the single panel most relevant to what I'm up to right now is at 8.20. So I'm out. Buonanotte!
Slept for 2.5 hours. Woke up. Slept another 2 hours. Woke up. May just be up this time.
Could not sleep. Got up, showered, breakfast, coffee. Now ready to drop back off again - just in time to need to leave for the conference...
5mins late for the 8.20 session. Anja Bechmann in mid-presentation on relevance and exploitation in open API & location-based services.
I got up way too early and braved the cold & rain to get here for an 8.20 panel on which the one paper I really wanted to hear didn't show.
NOT happy.
Replying to @jeanburgess
I'm sorry; did you say something?
Replying to @mkirschenbaum
Indeed!
Replying to @jeanburgess
La la la la. #ignoringthat
Replying to @jeanburgess
#drink!
Replying to @annettemarkham
Hmmm. Depends upon how many beers the size of my head I have.
Replying to @nowviskie
100% Fired Up. --Yr pal on the Program Cmte.
Woo hoo! RT @mlaconvention Oh, yes, NOW I remember. @kfitz made me do it! #mla11 #whywifi
PS: wifi @mlaconvention is providing = non-cheap due to obnoxious hotel monopolies. Use it well this yr & help us ponder future alternatives
Replying to @mlaconvention
As do I, if it can be made to work, and get us out of the hotel stranglehold.
Replying to @academicdave
Exactly what @mlaconvention is looking into for #mla12 & beyond. I hope it works; far more economical than hotel.
Back in hotel after insanely long conference day, which included an impromptu sitting-up nap on a hallway bench, followed by crazy [+]
caffeine \(Pepsi MAX: no sugar, twice the kick\!\), followed by my too-short panel, followed by a beer the size of my head, followed by a [+]
most delirious conference banquet. Sleep. Soon. [-]
Replying to @academicdave and @mlaconvention
I'm pretty sure the snark-free has to do with others' responses to you typing, rather than what you type. :)
Replying to @academicdave
Hmmmm. We need a good pre-#mla12 DIY tech workshop, I think...
New post: IR 11.2 http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/ir-11-2/
Replying to @drbrake
Was very sorry not to hear your paper this morning; would love to read it if available. #ir11
Now *that's* what I'm talking about: nearly 8 hours sleep. And still time enough to make it to breakfast.
Replying to @jcmeloni
Which goes some distance toward explaining why you're up and on the twitters at this hour.
Replying to @mcalamelli
Haven't had a chance to as yet; I'm at a conference. Will do as soon as I get home!
RT @Sarah_M_Ford: 13 minutes to #baym!! #ir11
#ir11 folks are meeting up in the main hotel bar in an hour. That bar is a cold and wet 20+ minute walk from here. I may not make it.
Replying to @mcalamelli
Got it plugged in and configured. Working very well, though it's not grabbing Twitter avatars yet. May need more time. Thanks!
New post: The Stein Taxonomy. http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/the-stein-taxonomy/
Replying to @mcalamelli
Fantastic! I also always wished BTC had a switch to ignore my own tweets generated by Twitter Tools, but I imagine that's hard.
Sitting in the lobby of my hotel with a glass of wine & my iPad. Way too cold & tired to head back out, esp w/a 5.30am airport bus to catch.
Replying to @jcmeloni
canBBQ with a side of awesomesauce!
Replying to @mariabustillos
You. Rock!
Replying to @jcmeloni
A little, perhaps. But awesome nonetheless.
Replying to @annettemarkham
Next time! And I'll let you know if I pass through AZ.
Set the alarm for 4.30, in order to get 5.30 bus to the airport. Turns out not to have been necessary: wide awake at 3.30. Thanks, jet lag!
Replying to @brettbobley
Thanks! Now if I can just get ahold of some coffee before 6am.
The 5.05 bus left 10 mins early - pulle out as I walked up. So happy to be standing in a bus station for 30 mins waiting for the next one.
Could have finished my coffee, you know? #grrr
Bus station filled with scary folks. Now including running, shouting cops with gums drawn. #shit
That's guns, needless to say. Gums would be less scary.
Replying to @sherlockelly
Indeed.
All now seems okay. but ready to get on bus now anyhow. Kthx.
Having to burn Int'l data roaming MBs to tweet, but staying on until bus comes anyhow.
Have no earthly idea what that was about. Ended as quickly as it started.
5.05 bus left at 4.55. It's now 5.33 and there's no sign of the 5.35 bus. Come ON.
Replying to @brettbobley
That would be AWESOME.
Signs believe the 5.35 has come and gone. It has NOT. Unless it was at 4.55. \(Srsly cannot wait for 6\.05, Flygbussarna\.\)
Bus! #thankgoodness
Replying to @jcmeloni
you said it.
Replying to @brettbobley
The threat of intervention apparently sufficed. Thanks for the assist!
Replying to @brettbobley
PS: passport check.
Replying to @JenServenti
Oh, man. I'm glad the bus came, but sometime I want a ride on the ODH helo.
Thanks for standing by, all. Am safely aboard and will check in again from the airport.
Replying to @westcenter
Thanks for the appeal to the Game on my behalf; it clearly helped!
Waiting to check in at airport, stage of trip home. Foiled by kiosks that refuse to recognize my credentials; must talk to human being.
Replying to @annettemarkham
It was better than the cops with guns & the panhandling junkie, but less great than the kiosk would have been.
Have double espresso, will travel. GOT > FRA > EWR. See you on the other side.
FRA. At passport control, a polizei tried to convince me that NYC is too dangerous. Filled with Talibans and snipers, apparently.
EWR. Phew.
Replying to @mlaconvention
Oh, no! I'm happy to be back, though I'd somewhat adjusted to 38-and-rainy, and am surprised to find it thus warm here!
Replying to @mlaconvention
PS: Feel better!
This one is definitely going in the record books as a Very Weird Day. Was that me in the Göteborg bus station with the cops and the guns?
My ridiculous week: back from Sweden today. Meetings all day Tues. Weds eve pres at New School. All day mtg at MLA Thurs. Fly to Boston Fri.
Replying to @annettemarkham
Home indeed! I loved Göteborg \(all of it except the bus station at 5am\) and #ir11 was awesome, but it's good to be back.
Replying to @mlaconvention
At least I get tomorrow to recover. But when I'm going to get my Weds/Fri presentations finished, I'm not exactly sure.
Replying to @mariabustillos
Thanks!
Replying to @mlaconvention
I'm quite excited about it. And I've even managed to do most of the reading!
Replying to @mlaconvention
Happily, part of it wasn't exactly new to me. :)
Second best part of getting home: new running shoes here waiting for me. And they're the right size this time! Will test them out tomorrow.
Replying to @amandafrench
I ordered them from roadrunnersports.com. You need to know what shoe you need; if you don't, best to go get fitted at a store.
Replying to @academicdave
Run fast, jump high! Really looking forward to testing them out tomorrow.
Replying to @triproftri
I usually run in fairly heavy-duty motion control shoes, given my crap arches, so there's not much squish in mine, alas.
Replying to @sleonchnm
Nice! I'm actually testing out a new model entirely. Going to take it easy on the treadmill tmw before hitting pavement.
@academicdave I want to talk running shoes with you at #mla11; I'm increasingly dubious but have had arch-related injuries & complaints.
Replying to @jcmeloni
Yes, am home, thank goodness. Will keep an eye out!
Replying to @sleonchnm
I'm just hoping that I'm breaking them in rather than vice versa.
Replying to @jcmeloni
Is there ginger ale in that?
Replying to @jcmeloni
I had one neat \(i\.e\., the proper way\) at the end of dinner, and am going to have another now.
Replying to @triproftri
Unfortunately, I'm not back up to racing yet, in any sense - still just trying to build strength & endurance. Maybe this spring!
Replying to @jcmeloni
Maybe not heathen, per se, but certainly no Maloney.
So there's reading I should really do tonight. But I think the iPad is mostly going to be a viewing device tonight. I'll read tomorrow.
Replying to @academicdave and @mlaconvention
LA's the perfect place for it!
Replying to @academicdave and @marcparry
The minimalist shoes thing \(less the V5Fs than the Frees\) has me rethinking how my arch issues have been treated.
I just want to point out that I made it to 9pm. After having woken up 24 hours ago & nearly requiring an ODH extraction shortly thereafter.
Replying to @jmittell
My fear was crashing at 8 and waking up at 3, which is all too likely. I'm giving it another 15 minutes or so and then I'm down.
Replying to @jasonrhody, @JenServenti and @brettbobley
You guys rock. Certainly made what could have been some un-fun moments this morning much more amusing!
Replying to @academicdave and @triproftri
You know the conv center is on the LA marathon route; might be useful for a long run.
Replying to @academicdave
It's all roads, of course, but it should be manageable, esp. if early in the morning.
Replying to @kfitz
@marcparry: @academicdave is dedicated. I am not. I am really just trying to get myself running again & not being entirely successful at it.
Okay, now it's 20 minutes later than I really needed to stay up until. Good night, US twitter folk, and see you tomorrow.
Wow. Went to bed at 10, and woke up at 2.30, thinking, oh no. And then woke up again at 4, at 5.30, and at 8.30. Am actually up now.
Now waiting for tea to steep so that I can be awake as well.
New post: Peer-to-Peer Review and Its Aporias http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/peer-to-peer-review-and-its-aporias/
Replying to @mamamusings
I find it terrifying. And realize that I need to make much more religious use of my VPN.
Replying to @sivavaid
Congratulations! So sorry not to be there to raise a glass with you.
Am right on the cusp of making the decision to attend DH2011 without presenting. It's not as though I'd be able to get it paid for, anyhow.
Replying to @drbrake
Thanks! I'll look forward to reading.
Replying to @samplereality
I'm still not 100% convinced that they're no longer meaningful, but I do think they've become banal, which is worth noting.
Replying to @samplereality
If the zombie is a figure for the narcotized subject of late capitalism, its banality reflects that we are all that subject.
Replying to @samplereality
Which is in its own way a really important thing to note.
Replying to @samplereality
http://www.lacan.com/zizdazedandconfused.html
Replying to @samplereality
Ha. Zizek has always already written an essay on the zombie.
Replying to @zota
Does it work if you're using a VPN?
Replying to @zota
I will hope. It's the kind of thing that really makes me rethink how casual I've become about wireless network use...
Replying to @striphas
Thanks, Ted!
Replying to @mcalamelli
Works perfectly; thanks!
For those of you who used BackType Connect to pull Twitter posts into your blog comments, there's an excellent new fork: http://is.gd/gkfXc
Replying to @shanakimball
Yay! Congratulations to all!
Replying to @veek
Yay! Looking forward to it.
Replying to @mamamusings
Safe travels!
Replying to @jcmeloni
Thank you! So glad to hear it. Now MAKE IT HAPPEN, Goog.
Replying to @jcmeloni
Damn. The pressure's on. Wait! Now more pressure!
I will use my 5000th tweet to say thanks to all of you: This community of scholars and smarty-pants folks continues to inspire me every day.
Replying to @jcmeloni
Oh, crap. So sorry!
I may or may not have installed firesheep today in order to see whether anything was visible over NYU's closed wifi. \(It wasn't\.\)
Just discovered that \(a\) the pay network in this tea shop is totally firesheepable, and [+]
\(b\) I didn't have it configured properly before, so need to test the NYU network again. \(PS: this thing is scary\.\)
Interesting fact: used Boingo to log onto tea shop pay network; fired up VPN; lost connection to wifi. When I reconnected, my VPN [+]
automatically, and though I'm now logged off of Boingo, I'm still online.[-]
Wait! I was using VPN & watching firesheep, & my own Google id \(running in Chrome\) came up! Was it captured in the machine or over the air?
Replying to @xina
Yeah, not that, unfortunately. It's the Firefox plugin announced yesterday that basically lets you grab anyone's info off open wifi.
Firesheep somehow just captured my Google id even though \(a\) I'm on VPN, and \(b\) I have nothing Google open. Freaked out; going offline.
Replying to @moncia
Basically it sniffs your login info as you use FB, Twitter, etc. Lets them log in as you. \(Am now on iPhone 3G, not wifi\.\)
Replying to @cscannella
Hmmm. I wonder if Ff has my Google acct saved somewhere. I'll delete cookies...
Replying to @jcmeloni
How's your knee? You holding up?
Replying to @cscannella
Must have been the cookies; deleted & no sign of me. Still unnerved that my sessions are captured when I'm logged into VPN, tho.
Replying to @cscannella
I think. What I need is two machines side by side, one logged into VPN, to see what the other can capture.
Ugh. Also need to test out using iPad while monitoring Firesheep.
Replying to @jcmeloni
I'm so sorry. I'd send Vicodin if it would get there in time. Or, you know, if I had any. Sending good thoughts instead...
Replying to @cscannella
I want to say that I may have looked at it at some point, but I could sure use a refresher!
Replying to @zota
Exactly what I was afraid of. Is there a VPN client for iPad?
Where are you now, @jcmeloni? Are you at least partaking of adulterated whisky to get you through?
Replying to @jcmeloni
Ach. Airborne. I forget that airlines other than mine have that fancy in-air wifi. Will you be able to get comfortable in SEA-TAC?
Replying to @mamamusings
Figured out that it was google.com that was in http rather than https; if yr logged in & google sthg yr acct cd be open.
Replying to @veek
You said it; it's sticky down here, too. I did request actual fall crispness for Friday's trip, so...
Two nights of stress dreams. Feeling overwhelmed by my to-do list. And I'm supposed to be on sabbatical! How did I get myself into this?
In happier news, the 1Password Chrome plugin has made a huge advance as of today.
Also, one of those good-news/bad-news situations: the good news is that my property taxes have dropped almost $1K over the last two years.
The bad news is that there's a reason why my property taxes have dropped almost $1K over the last two years.
Replying to @nowviskie
Oh, good lord! I'm glad to know you're fine, but how terrifying!
Okay, figured out a crucial part of how to manage a project with a very impending due date. Now to do the actual managing.
Replying to @dougreside
Alas, I think "manage" was misleading. What I figured out is specific to *this* project. Oh, if it were only transferable!
Replying to @mlaconvention
Must figure out how to do that. But YES, absolutely.
Replying to @mlaconvention
There's always a catch, isn't there?
RT @mlaconvention: NYU grads get another chance to vote to unionize: http://chronicle.com/article/Labor-Board-Gives-NYU-Graduate/125135/
@mkgold Just catching up here -- but wow! Congratulations!
Home from all-day meeting at MLA. Need to go run. Need to finish slides for tomorrow. Need to take nap. Guess which one is winning?
Replying to @mlaconvention
Sadly, it did not work out that way. Decided it was too late to nap, so goofed around for an hour instead. Now to work!
Futzing with slides goes better with a nice bit of Jameson.
Replying to @loganpoppy
Boy, I should have clarified. Yes, the whisky, thank goodness.
Replying to @midwinter_
I wonder how the Chron would feel about that?
Replying to @jbj and @midwinter_
I think you meant to say Irish.
Replying to @jbj
We can certainly meet up where bourbon is concerned. And possibly over a Lagavulin.
Replying to @jbj
Ooh nice.
Replying to @sramsay
Whoa.
Have finished reworking tomorrow's talk. Now, packing and sleep.
And with that, I'm down to three overdue items on my to-do list, and eleventy-billion upcoming deadlines.
Why is Gowalla convinced that I'm at CLT instead of LGA?
On the shuttle to Boston. See some of you there!
The view from my hotel room in Boston. No kidding. http://yfrog.com/emmmndj
Replying to @cliotropic
So sorry you weren't able to make it! I hope you \(metaphorically\) caught that truck.
Replying to @veek
@jwacooks A wonderful dinner, indeed. Thanks so much for it & for your hospitality today. I'll look forward to the next opportunity!
Replying to @jcmeloni
Funny thing is I just went downstairs & grabbed a Jameson, whereupon a waiter nearly ran into me, causing me to spill part of it.
Replying to @jcmeloni
For a packed bar in a fancy hotel, I think it's the closest outcome.
Thought of both @mlaconvention and @samplereality when I added this image to the slides for today's talk: http://is.gd/gtcYi
Wow, another huge interface leap for @1Password for Chrome. Nice!
In contrast with last week's room in Sweden, the hotel room I'm currently in is bigger than my NYC apartment. Alas, only one night here.
Pondering costume for tomorrow night. Torn between "academic on sabbatical," "woman four weeks overdue for a haircut," and [+]
"hey, it's finally cool enough to wear my black leather jacket!" [-]
Replying to @CapitolClio
That's kinda what I'm thinking.
Replying to @brettbobley
It's actually a bit nicer now. They've implemented most of the FF/Safari features. A few issues yet, but it's pretty cool.
Replying to @samplereality and @brettbobley
Oh, drag. Sorry about that! I'm sure it'll be coming, though.
Replying to @cliotropic
Thanks for the offer; I have breakfast included with my room, & then am off. Next time, though!
Replying to @ibogost
I was thinking about the other day, sadly enough. Also, that the post-pushback video shows you how to store your carryon bags.
Goals for today: read. Sleep. Maybe run. That is pretty much all.
Replying to @mkirschenbaum
Yes! My flight's at 2; I'll probably show up there about 12.30.
Just had my first chance to make the choice between the intrusive body scan & the intrusive pat down. Went for the scan. Enjoy the pics, TSA
I have run. I have obtained a serious haircut. That is all I intend to accomplish today; now back to my scheduled lolling about.