2011 03 01 tweets
Some weeks back somebody wrote a great post about returning to blogging from Twitter as a means of creating a more permanent archive [+]
but now I can't track that post down. \(Irony? Perhaps\.\) Anyhow, if you remember that post, would you let me know? Thanks! [-]
New post: The Disappearing Month http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/the-disappearing-month/
LGA > ORD > CMI. Tomorrow, speaking at IPRH/I3, and hanging out a bit with @unsworth!
Replying to @cjprender
Sounds good. Will look forward to hearing more.
Um, HELL no? // RT @wpmuorg: WPMU News: Should we move to Facebook Comments? http://wpmu.org/should-we-move-to-facebook-comments/
Replying to @boone
Anytime. Or anytime I can loudly oppose a stupid idea.
Replying to @jbj
Why thank you!
RT @HASTACscholars: Awesome interview by H-Scholar Lisa Klarr with @kfitz on authorship, hidden labor, the university and so much more: ...
Replying to @mlaconvention
Skype and Google Voice both allow you to dial landlines for cheap, but you need to pay $ into your account first...
About to begin my talk at Illinois's IPRH/I3!
Replying to @CCdiglib
Yes, definitely. I think there'll be audio, and I can send slides w/notes. There's also video from an earlier version at Duke.
CMI > ORD > LGA. Thanks so much to Dianne Harris, Chris Catanzarite, @unsworth, and everyone else for a great visit to IPRH/I3!
Replying to @cjprender
Thanks so much - will look forward to talking again soon!
Replying to @sshreeves
Fantastic meeting you as well - thanks so much for coming!
There are several folks out there with my name who think that one of my email addresses is theirs. One just sent me a test message from [+]
another address. I hope she'll be amused when she gets a response. [-]
Free wifi, empty middle seat. Win! \(But dude on the other side of the middle seat passive\-aggressively taking up most of the space between\.\)
Replying to @bnreviewer
Perhaps. But also has a banker look about him, and thus no doubt believes that it's his for the taking.
Flying time, LGA to ORD: just shy of 3 hours. Flying time, ORD to LGA: 1 hour 50 minutes. That's some tailwind!
Worst. Cab ride. Ever. All I could do not to puke in the back seat. Not to mention that he had no clue how to get to the west village.
Replying to @mmwwah
Only got away with the medallion number, not his license. But have complained nonetheless. Blech.
Now there's a name I never thought I'd hear again, especially in reference to contemporary politics: Buddy Roemer. http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/03/who-buddy-roemer-republican-presidential-candidate
And by the by, that whole new-age-midlife-crisis thing? 100% true. But I didn't know about the medicinal marijuana!
RT @audreywatters: How Recent Changes to Twitter's Terms of Service Might Hurt Academic Research http://rww.to/eIahi3 // Not cool.
Replying to @wynkenhimself and @tcarmody
I'm in there now too. Twice. Probably should not have left the second comment but could not stop myself.
Replying to @tcarmody and @wynkenhimself
The purpose of fences is having a lawn to defend. You'll be sorry when you have nothing to shoo those kids off of.
Replying to @tcarmody and @wynkenhimself
Sounds about right. I've got a 3'x3' balcony facing the street in CA, and, well, in NY I have the street.
Replying to @mlaconvention
No, sadly. Super irritating. I may have to switch apps if they don't provide a disable mechanism.
Replying to @academicdave and @mlaconvention
Even worse: it's the latest "upgrade" of the official Twitter app. And it's AWFUL.
Replying to @cscannella, @academicdave and @mlaconvention
I liked echofon before the last Twitter update; will probably go back to that.
Replying to @MissLadyB
Hey, congratulations! A really exciting step!
Replying to @nirak
It's been a couple of years since I tried that, as the results last time were demoralizing. But now I'm on the first page twice!
Replying to @nowviskie, @samplereality and @nirak
Just figured that out myself, but thought I'd let it slide. Sigh.
Replying to @cscannella
Other things I'm remembering I liked about Echofon: syncing read tweets across platforms; tracking convs both back & forward.
Just splurged on a package of incredibly overpriced raw vegan kale chips. They are insanely good. This may be a problem.
Replying to @rebeccaonion
Nice! These are very fancy \(w/ nuts, seeds, spices, nutritional yeast, etc\), but I can't figure out how they qualify as raw.
Replying to @rebeccaonion
They're delish \(if even more pricy here\). Once I have an oven again, I'm definitely going to make the epicurious ones!
Replying to @plragde
Yeah, I am currently ovenless. But not for long!
Replying to @mmwwah
A fancy schmancy New York State something or other brand. Anyhow, making them's super easy. If one has an oven. Which I do not.
Replying to @mamamusings
So *everyone* has told me! It's easy if you have an oven, which I currently do not. :(
Replying to @mamamusings
I'm prohibited from getting one by my OCD landlord. But in a few months, I'll be ovenfull again! Until then, I can splurge. :)
Replying to @plragde
Excellent! If you try the dehydrator route at some point, let me know how it goes...
Replying to @bighandsome
Hey, congrats, first of all! I've got a fair recipe \(thanks, epicurious\) but alas no oven. Will have to wait for summer.
Replying to @plragde
Hilarious. I've now said this 6 times, but to ppl who don't follow each other. I'm sadly ovenless this year. This summer, though...
Replying to @plragde
The other thing I miss? Not having a place to put a head of kale that big.
Replying to @samplereality
By that standard, my iPad is moving toward success at a precipitous rate.
This has not been the most productive weekend in the history of weekends. Here's hoping for a more focused few days before SXSW...
Replying to @annehelen
Hmmm. Perhaps we can find a way. You're going to SCMS, tho, right?
Replying to @annehelen
No; I was going to do both, but it got to be too much $ and travel-wise. The workshop I was on at SCMS will be fine without me.
Replying to @annehelen
But let me know when you're back in Austin! And... my understanding is that I could get *my* partner into my panel, IYKWIM.
Replying to @annehelen
Yeah, my panel's on Sunday, which would be hard.
Replying to @annehelen
Well that's annoying. If there's anything I can do to get him in, I'd be happy to...
Replying to @annehelen
I get in lateish Thursday, and leave on the afternoon of the 16th \(Weds I think\).
Replying to @mirk79
I'll let you know!
Home from lovely dinner with @nycdlq. Of course we'd finally manage to get together in a monsoon.
Replying to @mlaconvention
And filled with enormous puddles instead. And sideways-blowing rain.
Replying to @alicetiara and @annehelen
Hey, excellent! I'm there that entire time; let me know what works for you!
Replying to @jmaxsfu
I'm using BusyCal, which is way more Google Calendar fluent. If you find another good option, though, let me know!
Hoping to write a bit about the AAUP's report on Sustaining Scholarly Publishing a bit later today: http://bit.ly/f0g5CK
Replying to @RepoRat
As will I. I want to draw a breath and be sure I'm reading as carefully as possible before I jump in, though.
Replying to @jbj
Always a problem, that ambiguous acronym. And indicative of something, I'm sure, though I can't quite put my finger on what.
Replying to @amandafrench
Woo-hoo!
Replying to @RepoRat
Actually, that's not entirely true; the org has been arguing for such change for years. It's the members that haven't picked it up.
Replying to @RepoRat
Leaning on accreditors isn't what needs to happen. It's leaning on senior faculty, esp. on T&P committees, to take a stand.
Replying to @RepoRat
There's a lot of work to be done there. And it's going WAY too slowly. But it is coming, honestly.
RT @kylebeachy: Extremely pleased to be joining the full time faculty at Roosevelt University. // Woo-hoo! \(And congrats\!\)
RT @jmittell: You shd read @weinmanj's take on watching TV from the beginning, but start at the midpt of article: http://bit.ly/hV4Sxu //Ha.
Replying to @jmittell
What part of "time-based media" has gotten obscured here?
Am on day 3 of Plan "Eliminate Pointless Scary Chemicals" \(i\.e\., diet Coke\). Resolve is definitely slipping right now. More green tea, stat!
Replying to @moncia and @shanakimball
Precisely! We've got to find a way to free presses from that bottom-line orientation for them to be able to innovate.
Replying to @msbonn, @moncia and @shanakimball
There's certainly always a bottom line in the sense of a budget that must be adhered to, but my hope is that +
Replying to @msbonn, @moncia and @shanakimball
the MPubs model might be the beginning of thinking about that budget differently, as part of a larger +
Replying to @msbonn, @moncia and @shanakimball
scholarly infrastructure. Some of it might bring in $, but cost recovery can't continue to be as focal.
Replying to @surlyF
Actually, the first US UPs were founded to publish the work of their own faculties, which was given away to other institutions. +
Replying to @surlyF
UPs later professionalized, and detached from their institutions to greater & lesser extents. So much of what I at least have been +
Replying to @surlyF
arguing for is a return to an earlier relationship between institution & press. -
Replying to @surlyF
There must be following! :)
Replying to @foundhistory
Me as well. I'm still getting the monthly thank you notes, which are super sweet, but seem wasteful!
Replying to @mlaconvention
I would want to know what percentage of those "personnel" costs are administrative versus faculty. #11ACE
My Gmail formatting has gone wonky on my laptop; in message view, each label now lives on its own line beneath the subject line. +
This does not occur on my desktop, and no amount of disabling Chrome extensions has made a difference.
Replying to @briancroxall
I don't think so; there seems to be plenty of room. http://plixi.com/p/82539387
Replying to @briancroxall
Is all I'm saying.
Replying to @briancroxall
It is nice, in fact, to have someone else agree that it's just wrong.
I helped do something pretty cool today. I'll look forward to showing it to all of you tomorrow.
Alan Simpson utterly reasonable tone in saying "Snoopy Snoopy Poop Dogg" may be the funniest thing I've ever heard. http://politi.co/g4rFFT
I start giggling again every time I think of it. I'm really, really glad there's no one in the apartment to whom I have to explain why.
Replying to @tcarmody
Are we about to find ourselves in a new version of the east-coast/west-coast wars? Because I don't think you mess with Alan.
Replying to @tcarmody
Dude, he was street before there were streets.
For some reason, having missed Mardi Gras is hitting me harder today than it has in years. Maybe it's having time to realize what day it is.
In any case, I think it's time to celebrate with a beverage. At least something I can atone for tomorrow.
Replying to @jmittell
Maybe that's it! I'm sorry not to be joining you all there. But I'll raise a breakfast taco to the east.
Replying to @mlaconvention
God, what an irritating article.
Replying to @mlaconvention
Not least the claim that freaking Franzen is writing another essay about him.
Replying to @mlaconvention
I was on that #mla09 panel. And am in the Iowa collection & on the SXSW panel mentioned. Apparently I'm part of the problem.
Replying to @mmwwah
You didn't say it, sister.
Replying to @mlaconvention
There definitely seems a fair bit of ressentiment there...
Replying to @jbj, @mirk79 and @mlaconvention
I'm archiving this exchange in anticipation of the 2vol history I'll write on the founding of cashing-in studies
Replying to @tcarmody and @mlaconvention
Absolutely. @mattbucher was badly de-contextualized, as you can see from his feed.
Replying to @tcarmody and @mlaconvention
Happily, @mattbucher will be on the panel with me at SXSW, so he can cash in on his irritation.
Replying to @mlaconvention, @tcarmody and @mattbucher
I think there's room for an article about whether cashing in is dead, though.
Replying to @tcarmody, @mlaconvention and @mattbucher
You kids and your "location-based media" and your Snoopy Snoopy Poop Dogg.
Replying to @tcarmody, @mlaconvention and @mattbucher
You need to write a thank-you note after you cash in.
In which I discover the depth of my feeling about my fleece jacket: More Than Mere Polyester Would Suggest. http://bit.ly/hZiHQS
MediaCommons is hosting an open discussion of the AAUP report, Sustaining Scholarly Publishing. Come join us! http://bit.ly/gPWGMo
Replying to @mkgold
Thanks for helping spread the word!
Replying to @dancohen
We'd love to have you dig in further there!
Replying to @wynkenhimself
I knew I was running that risk when I posted, but I wanted to get it out of the way before starting to announce the report!
Replying to @shanakimball and @wynkenhimself
It's a seriously awesome jacket.
Replying to @dancohen
Thanks!
I believe this is day 5 of the new no-diet-Coke regime. And my head hates me today. May have to go out and get a good coffee to compensate.
Replying to @moncia
Ooh, good to know! I'm working from home today, though, so it'll likely be a Clover from the Starbucks on the corner.
My answer on Quora to: Will scholarly communication go through a die-off? http://qr.ae/9Ids
Replying to @RepoRat
Thanks!
Replying to @eetempleton
So glad to hear that. Did you replace the soda with something in particular? Was it a full caffeine elimination, or just soda?
Replying to @eetempleton
That's pretty much why I'm trying to cut it out, too. Plus there's a specific headache I associate with diet Coke - both +
Replying to @eetempleton
a craving headache and an overdose headache. Exactly the same. Which can't be good. So tons of green tea & a little coffee. -
Replying to @eetempleton
That's really good to hear. I'm determined to make this stick.
A watched post office box never fills up with the checks you're expecting.
Replying to @lnakamur
The problem for me is quantity; when I drink it at all, I drink way too much & it gives me wicked headaches, general feeling bad.
Replying to @lnakamur
Also recent study suggests link between diet soda consumption & heart issues. Correlation not causality, of course, but still.
Replying to @amandafrench and @captain_primate
That post seems to have been removed from the AAA blog.
Replying to @amandafrench
No. Way. These are the folks behind the "50 best academic blogs!" lists that are nothing more than link farms.
Replying to @amandafrench
How on earth... surely they didn't... I'm just gobsmacked.
Replying to @captain_primate and @amandafrench
Particularly those that build the most innovative scholarly portal in conjunction with a uni press... +
Replying to @captain_primate and @amandafrench
And then sell it to a most problematic corporate publisher. Which triples institutional subscription costs! -
Replying to @KelliMarshall
Very likely, yes. :(
Thanks to everybody starting the discussion of the AAUP report, "Sustaining Scholarly Publishing," at @MediaCommons. http://bit.ly/hRqMRi +
Come join us, and help set for future innovation at university presses and scholarly societies! http://bit.ly/hRqMRi -
Replying to @KelliMarshall
If I could keep my diet Coke consumption anything like moderate, I'd worry less. But that seems not to be in the cards.
\(That was set \*the agenda\*, obvs\. Sigh\.\)
Replying to @eetempleton
It was exactly that thought that made me decide to go cold turkey. The craving is miserable, and I'm clearly better off w/o it.
Replying to @eetempleton
Cannot. Wait.
Replying to @dancohen
Yes: double-bubble icon is all comments by page; little people icon is all comments by commenter.
Replying to @dancohen
I'm feeling a bit bad, too. That the task force was willing to do this is something; I hope more AAUP folks will enter the disc.
Replying to @cjprender
Alas, these are one-off checks w/o a direct deposit option. I prefer all my $ electronic!
Replying to @JenHoward and @gmbritton
emailed the AAUP lists this morning, yes. I'm hoping they jump in this evening!
Okay, Echofon has a ton of gaps in its timeline today. What gives?
Replying to @brettbobley and @dancohen
You know only traditionally cooked peas will be taken seriously in the review process, right?
Replying to @brettbobley, @RepoRat and @dancohen
Oh, why even bother? As soon as we get the peas archived, they're going to start going bad. Legume rot.
Replying to @brettbobley, @RepoRat and @dancohen
Besides, like the future needs our peas or something. As if everyone wants to know what we ate for dinner.
Replying to @brettbobley
Okay, @RepoRat is right: you totally win.
Replying to @jmittell
There's a place on Royal at Bienville, just before the police dept. Can't remember the name but it'll be the only thing open.
Ostensibly flying out at 3pm for #SXSW, right in the midst of another monsoon. Weather, do not interfere with my quest for breakfast tacos.
57 comments from 14 readers so far on the AAUP's "Sustaining Scholarly Publishing." Have you responded? http://bit.ly/gPWGMo
Replying to @ryancordell and @triproftri
has been working on a DH pedagogy poster session for #MLA12...
Replying to @joguldi
Hey! How long are you there? We should meet up...
Replying to @ryancordell
No, I don't, but Kathys is a demo session, not a roundtable. \(Poster sess \= electronic roundtable\.\)
At EWR, having a little lunch before the flight to IAH and on to AUS. Let me know if you're going to be at #SXSW!
Replying to @RepoRat
Yes!
RT @RepoRat: Barbara Fister on AAUP uni-press report: http://bit.ly/h5UqXP @kfitz I think you will like it :) // This.
Replying to @mattbucher
Brilliant! So looking forward to it.
Replying to @RepoRat
That would indeed be quite awesome.
Miserable headache. But at least the screaming children have left the area.
My best estimate is that 75% of this plane is headed to #SXSW. And here I thought the #MLA passengers were obvious.
Good lord. I apparently shut off the computer last night minutes before the earthquake hit Japan. Reading through that stream is terrifying.
My thoughts are with those in Japan and elsewhere in the Pacific.
Replying to @tcarmody
Indeed.
RT @mediacommons: 100 comments from 20 readers on the AAUP's "Sustaining Scholarly Publishing." The discussion is heating up. Join us! h ...
RT @LookBackMaps: @joguldi @kfitz @justgrimes #DHsxsw THATCamp-y meetup Mon 3/14, 6pm. http://bit.ly/f5c6Pf // cc @amandafrench
RT @mlaconvention: The #MLA Executive Council has issues a statement of support for Wisconsin teachers: http://www.mla.org/news_from_mla ...
Have arrived at last, to find myself in nerd Mardi Gras. Anybody around? #SXSW
PS: the lure of the diet Coke is strong. Must resist.
Replying to @tezcatlipoca
Excellent! Just ate, alas, but will hope to run into you, um... somewhere.
Replying to @nirak
Nice! Will keep an eye out for you. How hard could it be? :)
Replying to @tanyaclement
If I were able to exercise anything like moderation, it would be fine. But no.
Replying to @loriemerson
I'm not sure what it is - aspartame? some secret chemical? Whatever it is, it can't be good.
Replying to @nirak
Excellent! I'm in, um, black. But with fatigue green pants!
Have achieved power outlet. Feels like an accomplishment.
Matt Haughey wrapping up Q&A on Real World Moderation. Where should I head next? #SXSW
Replying to @tezcatlipoca
Done! Thanks!
RT @Chrysaora: Listening to @swirlspice give a whirlwind tour on white privilege. Can't find the Invisible Knapsack LOLCat she just show ...
Replying to @amandafrench
Yes! I'll google it, or send a location.
Replying to @halavais
Congratulations!
RT @tezcatlipoca: Lisa Nakamura is awesome... Rocking this panel #eracingidentity #sxsw // Indeed!
Replying to @tezcatlipoca
PS: Hi from the back of the room.
RT @jryoung: at #sxsw session on "e-race"-fascinating stories of new forms of racism emerging online now that voice is used more /excellent!
Replying to @mattbucher, @mirk79 and @amandafrench
Let's go with #infinitejest, which makes a teeny bit more semantic sense \(and is less typo\-prone\)!
Waiting for @evgenymorozov and The New Delusion. #sxswi
RT @amandafrench: Our panel, Infinite Jest & the Internet, will start at 3:30 Central. Hashtag #infinitejest #sxswi //Hill Country AB, Hyatt
Replying to @tezcatlipoca and @amandafrench
Yup!
Replying to @redwards7
Hadn't seen that; thanks!
Replying to @ibogost and @sivavaid
I choose "Apple".
Replying to @lnakamur
Hey, you rocked. Sorry I didn't get to talk with you afterward! #sxsw
About to rock with @amandafrench and @mattbucher: Infinite Jest and the Internet, Hill Country AB, Hyatt. #infinitejest #sxsw
Replying to @terrisenft
Hey, excellent!
Woman in line behind me complaining about the fact that The Bachelor brings back guys from previous seasons: "I mean, power to the people!"
Replying to @amandafrench
I do, however, want a taco, but don't want to lose my spot! #sxswi
Dualcore: nerdcore rap act just included "regular expressions." #sxswi
.@amandafrench killing it at the Buzz Out Loud party! #sxswi http://plixi.com/p/83850408
I throw like a girl. *sigh*
Replying to @plragde
You have no idea how much better that makes me feel.
Replying to @mattbucher
Backatcha. It was great talking with you, and I hope to do it again soon!
Replying to @amandafrench and @sivavaid
Now I'm really regretting not having gone with you! But for the driving part, it's probably good I'm home now.
Replying to @amandafrench
Ack! I was trapped behind the monitor! And the monitor was LITERALLY a monitor!
Replying to @amandafrench
PS: The shoes were most awesome. So sorry I didn't capture them.
Replying to @GeorgeOnline, @CoryB and @mlaconvention
Is there a strong reason to go with an app per se, rather than a good mobile web interface? #mla12
162 comments. 22 commenters. Do you have thoughts about how the AAUP might create a sustainable publishing future? http://bit.ly/hRqMRi
RT @redwards7: All academics publishing \(or wanting to\) with a Univ Press should consider commenting on AAUP's report http://bit.ly/hRqMRi
Replying to @parezcoydigo
Ugh. My @dreamhost sites were up when you tweeted before, but are down now. Go figure.
Calling it a day after @sivavaid's fabulous talk, and heading back to the car & the hotel. #sxswi
I will confess to being a bit SXSW'd out. Am taking the morning to do some \(overdue\) writing & will spend some of the afternoon in the HRC.
Replying to @mmwwah
Molly actually said to say hello to you yesterday!
Replying to @samplereality
Glad to see someone in the comments doesn't get the Running Dog cover; the rest are brilliant but something there escapes me.
Replying to @samplereality
The filmstrip I got; the Hitler reference I missed entirely. Thanks!
Replying to @tcarmody and @samplereality
I'd say yes, absolutely!
Replying to @pmhswe
One wishes Google would apply it to, say, Gmail.
Replying to @tezcatlipoca
Agreed. And having "the social graph" campus by itself across the river seems an odd choice. #sxsw
Replying to @s2ceball
Thanks so much!
Replying to @hollykruse
You just made me realize that I made ZERO pretense of hiding my identity. \(Given my subject, it makes sense, but\.\.\. ergh\.\)
Wound up spending 4 hours in the reading room at the HRC. Very, very intense - and so much more left to do. Will have to return when I can.
Replying to @hollykruse
That would indeed be annoying!
Replying to @wynkenhimself
So. Much. Fun. But I need more time!
Replying to @amandafrench
Srsly.
Replying to @amandafrench and @jcmeloni
It's one I'd love to read, but I've got such an awful backlog right now. I'll have to add it to the list...
Replying to @jcmeloni and @amandafrench
That is most awesome.
Replying to @jcmeloni and @amandafrench
In the app, if you go to Passport and then look for Rewards and Items \(or possibly just Items\) you should see it.
@jcmeloni I actually got a nifty $10 off @gowalla gear reward that I never got a chance to use. :(
Replying to @jcmeloni
There was some super cool SXSW stuff!
Replying to @amandafrench and @jcmeloni
Yes, most items are virtual. They'll tell you if they have some real-world value.
Replying to @amandafrench
Think scavenger hunt! I picked up some tacos at the restaurant next to my hotel that @mattbucher had dropped last month.
Replying to @amandafrench
The beauty of the tacos being VIRTUAL, you know.
Replying to @mattbucher
NXNW! I was quite happily surprised.
Why, oh why, is Gmail being so ridiculously slow this morning? Every click gives me the "Still working..." message.
Replying to @sschwister
Heh. I guess I should be grateful.
Thanks for everything, Austin. It's been fun.
Must admit that SXSW had me feeling my age a bit. There's a solid chance that I sounded all "the kids today!" at a number of points.
\(PS: Ach\. And their music\!\)
Replying to @mlaconvention
I think I was on their lawn, is part of the problem.
Replying to @nancybaym
Congratulations!!!
RT @redwards7: New Post: "As We May Publish, Part Two." This time focused on reader's perspective: http://bit.ly/i8hr6H //read part 1, too!
Replying to @eetempleton
Yummmmm.
Replying to @cscannella
Wow, thank goodness for all that medical education.
Replying to @GeorgeOnline
God, that blows, George. I hope you write about this at length and with vehemence.
Replying to @RepoRat and @nowviskie
There are several words in that tweet that I'd never have expected to be in the same sentence. Fer reals.
Home. Unpacked. Settled in. Wearing my fleece jacket. All is right with \(my small corner of\) the world.
Replying to @mlaconvention
This fleece jacket is exactly right!
Replying to @nowviskie
Pretty awesome, huh? Saw him talk about it at Dartmouth last year. Just amazing.
Replying to @cpatell
I hate St. Patrick's Day. And coming from me, that's serious.
Replying to @cpatell
The protest is a joint effort: I hate the celebration of Irishness as an excuse for drunken stupidity. & I hate drunken stupidity.
Replying to @cpatell
But no, I haven't seen the film; should I?
Crap. Just shattered a molar. No pain, happily, though I don't know how long that will last. Anybody in NYC have a good dentist?
Replying to @briancroxall
You said it.
Someone faved my shattered molar. I'm a little less than thrilled about it, myself.
The most annoying part is that I *told* my CA dentist that the tooth was cracking last year, but it didn't show on the X-ray.
Replying to @maximolly
Am a Kathleen. Am 37.5% Irish. Am still completely not into St. Patrick's Day.
The tooth is much less bad than I feared, but it's shredding my tongue.
And I had meetings all afternoon & a full day meeting tomorrow, so it'll be Monday before I can do anything about it.
Not. Happy.
Replying to @mamamusings
Under normal circumstances, I would say yes. And probably should say yes under unusual circumstances, too. Stupid work ethic.
Replying to @eetempleton
Heh.
Replying to @plragde
Good point.
Really happy I set my alarm for 6.30. Unpleasant as that was, it's better than waking up to the jackhammer outside my front window at 7.00.
Replying to @mlaconvention
Amazing. They're tearing up the temporary sidewalk patch that ConEd put in after repairing the power here a while back.
Replying to @mlaconvention
So I guess at least there'll be real sidewalk there by the end of the day. But really.
My #dayofdh is off to a mildly whiny start: http://bit.ly/hnmMiT
New post: Day of DH 2011 http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/day-of-dh-2011/ #dayofdh
My #dayofdh has been focused on the digital but not digital in and of itself. Will have to post-post, it appears.
After weeks of struggling with an overdue article, I am two paragraphs away from a shitty first draft. Now to tackle those two paragraphs.
Making the thing non-shitty thereafter, though at the moment that feels an impossible task.
Replying to @beanandthyme
Indeed. Shouldn't there be an app for that?
Yay, a draft! And a less shitty one, at that! \(Still a ways to go, but yay nonetheless\.\)
Sad that I will have to pass on #THATCamp Prime this year, but happy to know that someone else will have a fabulous time there instead!
RT @audreywatters: Sprint Fully Integrates Google Voice http://rww.to/grDc5O // Very interesting, esp in light of AT&T/T-Mobile merger news.
Replying to @plragde
I hate that.
Best. Dentist appointment. Ever.
Replying to @dougreside
Exchange Dental, all the way downtown at 39 Broadway. There are several dentists there but I saw Dr. Olga Sobol.
I went in expecting a very expensive, painful, and protracted bunch of work to be done. Instead, she told me that I could get by for now +
with just polishing up the edges of the broken tooth, and get more serious work done later \(when I'm insured again\). +
She did an x-ray, examined it and the tooth, did the polishing-up, and charged me: $0.
Replying to @annehelen
No kidding. So happy that I was able to put the big work off.
Replying to @annehelen
Good grief. That hurts just to read.
Replying to @dougreside
It's the dentist, most definitely.
Replying to @mmwwah
Yeah, no kidding. Absolutely astonishing.
Replying to @jmittell
I'm medically insured but our dental sucks & is all but useless out of area, so I dropped it for the year.
Replying to @eetempleton
The Program Committee thanks you for your attention to detail!
Replying to @eetempleton
A relief indeed!
Replying to @tcarmody
Amazing; I was expecting at least to be charged for the visit!
Replying to @mlaconvention
Clearly! This is the thin edge of the socialized dentistry wedge, I think.
Replying to @mlaconvention
I got it, of course!
Replying to @mlaconvention
A guilty secret. I do indeed speak LOL.
Replying to @mmwwah
Hmmm. Good point.
Replying to @plragde
I know, right?
RT @mkirschenbaum: My "What is DH?" essay now officially out in the ADE Bulletin, along with open access pieces from @kfitz and NK Hayle ...
Whoa. I just typed my blog's URL into the Chrome address bar & got a little "press tab to search plannedobsolescence.net" message.
I'm trying to replicate it on other URLs. Works on amazon.com. Also facebook.com.
Is this old news? If so, how have I missed it?
Doesn't work for apple.com. Or nytimes.com. Or even my own domains other than my main blog URL. Weird.
Replying to @briancroxall
Now if I could get ahold of some computater tots, I'd be golden.
Replying to @briancroxall
Mmmm. Ketchup....
Replying to @sselisker
Wow, cool. Thanks!
Replying to @annehelen
Oh, no!
So happy to be able to stay home and review copyedits on the book this morning, rather than deal with that weird stuff falling from the sky.
RT @dancohen: It's official: due to the immense generosity of 100s of donors, @CHNM will become the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History & ...
Replying to @dancohen
Wonderful news. Congratulations to you and the rest of the folks at @CHNM.
Replying to @themba
Nothing really off the shelf. WP with the CommentPress plugin might be close. Drupal requires lots of modification & general fussing
There are few things better than a thorough reading from a generous copyeditor.
Replying to @halavais and @michaelzimmer
Okay, that's creepy. I literally just proofed the paragraph of the book on the relationship btw tenure and impact.
Replying to @loriemerson
If you propose 4 spkrs be sure to emphasize that papers will be short enough \(12\-15 mins\) to allow for real discussion. #mla12
Replying to @loriemerson
Ha, crossed in the air. Not "bad," but a red flag. Be sure to emphasize attention to time constraints.
Replying to @loriemerson
I'll look forward to seeing the proposal!
Thundersleet! \(Which is way less awesome to be out in than you might think\.\)
Replying to @mlaconvention
That is a most reasonable response. It's horrible out there. And I was not wearing the thundersleet boots.
Replying to @jbj
Did you get an answer \(other than "no"\) to the FB notification question? Because, sheesh.
Replying to @mlaconvention
Heard indeed. But I'm not nervous, now that I'm home and not afraid of wiping out on the sidewalk.
Replying to @mlaconvention
It's really bizarre. Particularly coming from L.A., where we get lightning once every two years.
Replying to @mlaconvention
Being from the LA, on the other hand, it's not the lightning that's weird, but the ice falling from the sky.
Replying to @mlaconvention
That's HILARIOUS. Is that really the closest possible term?
Replying to @mlaconvention
Quel bordel!
Replying to @mlaconvention
Tu as raison.
Replying to @mlaconvention
Je crois que oui; the "en" provides the crucial off in foutre-ing off. Mais je ne suis pas sûr.
Replying to @mlaconvention
Je ne l'ai jamais vu. Vraiment.
Replying to @sunsiare
Not in general, but do you need it if you're specifying a location? \(e\.g\., to Canada\)
Replying to @sunsiare
Yeah, again, no specified location there.
Replying to @sunsiare
Okay, that makes sense.
Replying to @profwernimont
Woo-hoo! Thanks for letting me know. Will look forward to catching up with the stream & hearing more about the panel.
RT @FolgerResearch: Shakespeare Quarterly's Performance issue open review period has been extended through April 7th. Come join in! http ...
Since whenever it was I gave up diet Coke \(several days before Lent, that I remember\) I've had precisely 1. That one was sorta accidental.
The cravings are mostly gone, but I'm having a BIG ONE RIGHT NOW.
It's a particular quality of mid-afternoon headachy sleepiness that makes me think "diet coke." Which is part of how I know it's no good.
Replying to @ncecire
Ha. Maybe what it should have me thinking is "martini."
Replying to @academicdave
I'd say "I wish" except, yuck. I accidentally ordered one in a takeout place without thinking. And couldn't bear the waste.
Replying to @plragde
Semi-accidental. I ordered it without thinking, and then decided that I couldn't let it go to waste. \(But I didn't enjoy it\!\)
Replying to @plragde
I think it was all Tab then, which was full of yummy cancer-causing saccharine. Diet Coke was the NutraSweet replacement.
Replying to @plragde
Spoken like a Catholic. \(About which, it takes one to know one\.\)
Replying to @plragde
Huh. I'm surprised by that. But then, it's possible that I was so loyal to Tab at that point that I didn't notice.
Trying to see how I feel about going back to Firefox, since 4 is out. It's not bad, but I miss some of Chrome's cleanness.
Replying to @savasavasava
Thanks! The main reason for switching back to FF is getting real Zotero integration back until the Chrome connector works...
Replying to @annettemarkham
It feels a little slower, but not noticeably so. Mostly it's so much faster than FF3 that it's hard not to celebrate.
Replying to @savasavasava
IKWYM. FF4 is enough better than FF3 that it's worth the compromise to me to get Zotero back, tho I vastly prefer Chrome.
Replying to @samplereality
Excellent! Was sending you good tailwinds.
Replying to @mamamusings
Woo-hoo! Congrats, Liz!
At this rate, I am going to be the last person in America without a copy of The Pale King. And I am beginning to take it personally.
RT @cunydhi: Wed Mar 30: Kathleen Fitzpatrick at #cunydhi on “Peer Review, Open Scholarship, & the Digital Humanities” http://bit.ly/fL6TS3
Replying to @samplereality
As a digital media scholar, I feel your pain. As the digital media scholar on the program committee, I urge you to rehash.
Replying to @cjprender
Intriguing is fine, but be sure that it's clear enough that scholars with a very wide range of specialties will get it.
Replying to @samplereality
I'd say that it's not that the ludologists won, but that they took their football and went home.
Replying to @aperren
I'm with you; a little bummed & surprised to discover that I'm apparently not a "top 200,000" NYT reader!
Replying to @annehelen and @aperren
Haven't a clue. I suspect that I've done most of my reading while not logged in.
Replying to @annehelen and @aperren
Honestly, though, I don't mind. I plan to pay for at least some delivery, if not right away.
New post: On Open Access Publishing http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/on-open-access-publishing/
\(Not exactly a new post: a reprint of a spam\-riddled article published elsewhere in January 2010\.\) http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/on-open-access-publishing/
Replying to @plragde and @mariabustillos
Recursive breakfast tacos: the tortillas in the migas actually themselves contain more migas, whose tortillas...
Replying to @plragde and @mariabustillos
Which is probably why you can never quite finish eating 1.
Fabulous dinner last night with @jcmeloni and @sheepeeh -- and it wasn't just the desserts, tho those were awesome. http://yfrog.com/h2fgwxnj
Now back to the copyedits. Must make huge progress today.
Replying to @mamamusings
You got it. It was really amazing!
Serious haircut today. Let's just say I won't be needing one again for a while.
Replying to @mmwwah
Not. a. chance.
Replying to @mmwwah
No, it's a fair bit longer than that!
Replying to @academicdave and @scrivenings
Gmail does now have an "always use https" setting.
Just got email from a "cybercrime reporter" telling me that "crooks may be emptying the bank account attached to [my project] as I write" +
The very idea that there might be a bank account attached to this project is HILARIOUS. -
Replying to @tezcatlipoca
Those dastardly cybercriminals! I'll get them yet! ::shakes fist::
Okay, CUC emergency notification system: this gets a HUGE WTF.
Text message, 11:11 am EDT: Evacuate the campus to the south and get at least a mile away! This is not a drill!
Text message 11:12 am EDT: The emergency is over! It's safe to go back to work! More information soon!
Replying to @academicdave
Claremont University Consortium.
You know, here I am in New York, and it completely freaked me out. I cannot imagine what that minute would have been like on campus.
I await reports of at least one head, rolling.
Replying to @jwolman
Not a freaking clue. Last text said info would be posted on CUC site. Nothing so far.
Replying to @grammarsnark
Nice. I did get both the texts and the email, and I'm sure my office phone will save the voice mail for me.
Replying to @academicdave
Students, sure, but offices open at 8am, so the campus is populated.
Replying to @sunsiare
Right! You're off campus, but not south of it, and not a mile away! What to do?
Replying to @grammarsnark
No kidding. Or Alexander Hall \(PO's admin bldg\).
Replying to @dr_morel
Yes, we're taking advantage of the current crisis to practice for our crisis management drills.
Replying to @swarthmoreburke
Indeed. At least without a really big "HEY WE'RE JUST TESTING HERE."
Replying to @sunsiare
Oopsie.
Oopsie. // RT @sunsiare: @kfitz: "we inadvertently sent an evacuation notice". Hum... :(
Via email: "This morning during one of our routine emergency exercises we inadvertently sent an evacuation notice..." +
"Please note that there was no emergency and we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused."
Because *inconvenience* is I'm sure the most appropriate descriptor for what happened on campus during that minute.
Replying to @jdrouin
Oh, good grief.
Replying to @jwolman
No kidding. I eagerly await a euphemistic message telling us that someone at CUC is leaving to seek new opportunities.
Replying to @wynkenhimself
Yes, she should have, tho @mmwwah lives in the safe zone & so likely just had the same WTF response I did.
Replying to @jmittell
God, I love that scene.
Replying to @mkirschenbaum
What is the difference, after all, between an alarm and a false alarm, but one word?
Replying to @mmwwah
I have been! But was hoping you might be having a lingering morning at home. Ah, well.
Replying to @annehelen
Yay, congratulations!
How much did I need to accomplish today? 10! How much did I accomplish today? 2. Shoot.
Replying to @amitorit
I wish I could.
Replying to @patrick_mj
Heh. It's bad, but it's not that bad. Merely 10 exclamation.
Replying to @annehelen
Hey, excellent! One of my favorite students ever was a Putney graduate, and had fabulous things to say about it. Congrats 2x!
Replying to @profwernimont
I can only imagine! It threw my morning off, and I'm on the other coast!
Am playing a bit of hooky today in order to polish up tomorrow night's talk at @cunydhi \(6\.30pm, Grad Center rm 6417\).
http://cunydhi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2011/03/25/march-30-kathleen-fitzpatrick-on-%E2%80%9Cpeer-review-open-scholarship-and-the-digital-humanities%E2%80%9D/
Replying to @boone and @rebagorges
Hey, congratulations!
Replying to @fraistat
I am curious to meet some of these "humanists" of which Gioia speaks! #CIChum #sigh
Replying to @fraistat
I am clearly hanging out with the wrong crowd. From one perspective, at least. #CIChum
Good grief that's depressing. // RT @mlaconvention: Gioia: turns @fraistat q on the future into resistence to technology. Wow. #CIChum
Replying to @fraistat
Phew. #CIChum
Replying to @fraistat
Excellent! #CIChum
Replying to @mlaconvention
You can mute particular hashtags in some twitter clients, but not on Twitter per se.
Note to self: "I'll just merge those two pieces of writing into one talk" should not have a "just" in it.
Replying to @mmwwah
I've been bouncing back and forth between Twitter & Echofon. Neither is exactly right.
Replying to @joshhonn
Hey, thanks! \(I'm a little excited about it, too\.\)
Replying to @themba
Hey, me too!
Replying to @themba
Really? I'm... surprised to hear that! My memory must be failing me.
Replying to @themba
Perhaps it was a conflict with tomorrow's talk at CUNY. I'll have to look back in my email and see!
Replying to @mamamusings
I'm sorry to hear about Stanford, but RIT honors will be great!
New post: The Never-Appeared http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/the-never-appeared/
Replying to @acavender and @captain_primate
I've done it, too, and also pick up my edu email through Gmail so it's all in one place.
Replying to @fraistat
That's hilarious. I wonder if his assistant carries his books to class.
"I'm tired of this shit." A hilariously rude and dead-on grammar lesson. http://learnyourdamnhomophones.com
The talk I'm giving tonight now draws upon two prior talks and three pieces of writing. Let's be kind and call it a pastiche.
\(Srsly, how do I get myself into a spot like this? More importantly, how do I get myself out? Must find way to end talk soon\.\.\.\)
Replying to @veek
The problem is less the newness \(or not\) of the material than creating something coherent out of so many pieces...
Replying to @mbtimney
Congratulations! Fantastic news!
Getting that unsettling feeling that I took a wrong turn about 10 slides ago, and need to back up and start again.
Replying to @plragde
That's part of the problem: it's part overview of the larger issue, and part attempting to do some specific work with an example.
Well, it's a talk. Fortunately, I have a couple of hours left in which to polish up some rough edges.
Just as I finish the last touches on the slides for tonight, my copy of The Pale King arrives. Must. Not. Read. Now.
MT @mkgold: Tonight at 6:30: @kfitz at #cunydhi on “Peer Review, Open Scholarship, & the Digital Humanities” http://bit.ly/fL6TS3
Replying to @subsublibrary
Yes, absolutely - lots to catch up on. Let me know when works for you!
Replying to @redwards7
It is, in fact, though I understand theres a little backlog & it may be a while before it's up.
Will be starting my talk at #cunydhi shortly!
\(Will not be livetweeting it\.\) #cunydhi
Fabulous time at #cunydhi tonight! Thanks so much to @mkgold for inviting me. \(Also for the cookies\.\)
Replying to @mlaconvention and @wynkenhimself
Yup. "The papers will all be really good. And they'll work together brilliantly. Take my word for it."
Replying to @ncecire, @mlaconvention and @sselisker
Love it. I would go to that panel.
Headed to Louisiana in the morning, where it's supposed to be sunny and mid-80s all weekend. It'll be 37 & raining here when I leave.
On the one hand, I'm ecstatic. On the other, I have no idea how to pack.
Replying to @mlaconvention
Well, sure. But I don't think the layers go down far enough for that!
Replying to @mlaconvention
Actually, I'm appalled to say that I probably do need to bring one. Going to my parents' camp on the river.
Replying to @amandalicastro and @mkgold
It was fabulous getting to talk with you tonight; I'll look forward to another opportunity!
LGA > IAH > BTR. Ready for some sunny & 80 degrees.
Showing Twitter to my mom.