2011 12 01 tweets
Replying to @maximolly
Congrats, Molly! \(BTW, are you still going to be at @HUMLab next week when I'm visiting?\)
Replying to @maximolly
Fantastic! I'll look forward to seeing you then, too. I'm very excited about the visit.
RT @mkgold: Debates in the Digital Humanities - available in early January & at #mla12. http://bit.ly/rTidmk http://amzn.to/sz1obE #dhdebates
Replying to @mkgold
Congratulations on the gorgeous volume; I can't wait to see it in person! #dhdebates
Replying to @captain_primate
Congratulations!
Replying to @strymeow
I am, absolutely! The essay has been revised & submitted for publication, but I'd love more discussion toward future work.
Replying to @savasavasava
My first thought was "One can only hope!"
Replying to @greeney28
I wondered what that noise was! :)
Seriously, I wish I could have made it to #hastac11, but other travel/work commitments made it impossible.
Replying to @captain_primate
Aw, thanks! I'll look forward to catching up at #mla12!
@shanakimball @BGCDML @sivavaid Thanks, you guys! I hope you're having a fantastic time at #hastac2011
Replying to @sramsay
Congrats, Steve. Looks delish!
Doing laundry, cleaning house, packing, and trying to keep at least half an eye on #hastac2011 \(where I am increasingly sorry not to be\).
Today's itinerary, however? EWR > CPH > ARN > UME, where I'll be spending a few days with @HUMLab. http://admin.humlab.umu.se/node/1821
MT @jmittell: Folks interested in peer review & open access: read Martin Barker's intro to new issue of Participations http://bit.ly/vawjBv
Replying to @jmittell
Could be great!
Replying to @sivavaid
So I hear! Thanks a bunch - sounds like it was a fantastic talk. #hastac2011
On my way to EWR, and suddenly missing @gowalla. Not what it became, or what it seems to be turning into, but what it was like a year ago.
Replying to @jcmeloni
Really! I miss being told where you were at random moments of the day. I miss going somewhere and never knowing what I'd find!
Replying to @jcmeloni
I kept hoping they'd go back to the things I loved about it. No dice, I guess. :(
Replying to @mmwwah
Fun.
Replying to @jcmeloni
I am *this* far away from finishing vol 3. Have been reading FOR EVER. Must. finish. soon.
Replying to @jcmeloni and @sheepeeh
I think I started vol 1 in August. It's been very slow going. Hoping to make some progress on this trip!
Replying to @nowviskie, @jcmeloni, @jenserventi, @sherah1918 and @gowalla
I think I miss that llama most of all.
Okay, on the plane. Waaaaaaaay in the back, and pretty intimate with my neighbor. But the seat is fairly comfy and I'm hoping I can sleep.
CPH, where my Boingo account works. Even if my brain doesn't. On to Stockholm, and thence to Umea.
Have achieved Stockholm. Am more or less delirious, but have obtained currency I'm pretty sure is correct. And espresso.
Replying to @finnarne
Thank you! I'm looking forward to it, too.
Replying to @maximolly
Actually, I'll be there in a few hours. Waffles, sauna, and beer sounds awfully nice!
Replying to @rgfeal
Thanks! I might have known I'd find you on the twitters at this hour.
I will not fall asleep. I will not fall asleep. I will not fall asleep.
Replying to @patriksv
So far, so good!
Well, rats. Slept brilliantly for four hours, but am wide awake now.
Replying to @rgfeal
It's quite lovely so far. I'm just hoping to be awake during the proper part of the day… um, today.
Replying to @maximolly
That is a nice thing! I managed to crash for a second 4-hour stint, so I think I should be in fairly decent shape.
Okay, another 4-hour bout of sleep and I'm feeling way more human. Now to make myself look human so I can get some COFFEE.
Replying to @rgfeal
I send you good sleeping vibes.
Replying to @finnarne
Thank you! I'm still at the hotel, but will be on campus a bit later this morning, and then for much of the afternoon.
Replying to @finnarne
Ooh, I definitely hear you on the jet lag!
Replying to @briancroxall and @academicdave
I love the post now as much as I did then, though it's up to *departments* to change the practice, not the org.
Replying to @RepoRat
Wait, how did we get to interviewing at the convention not being ethical? \(And I'm probably way too jet lagged for this now\.\)
Replying to @academicdave
I'm not denying the MLA has a role to play. But it isn't the MLA that is interviewing at the convention, as your tweet said.
Replying to @RepoRat
The org does NOT fund itself off the conf. We lose money on it every year.
Replying to @RepoRat
And yes, there are serious $ considerations in conf interviewing - something we try to ameliorate via travel grants for grads.
Replying to @RepoRat
It's not perfect - and there's a long way to go to improve - but we're working on it!
Replying to @triproftri and @rgfeal
No, I don't think there's anything about censure in those guidelines.
Remembering again how strangely dislocated I feel on European time. Woke up to a bunch of overnight Twitter convos it's too late to add to.
Replying to @jmittell
I'm having a fabulous time, thanks! I think the Twitter dislocation would be less acute if I weren't so jet lagged.
Replying to @Ed_Raso
Yeah, okay, that was a pretty obnoxious thing to whine about.
Replying to @behzodsirjani
It's the "semi" part that makes weighing in late odd. The convo has moved on; responding late feels a bit awkward.
Replying to @Ed_Raso
Oh, in that case! Northern Sweden is awesome, if really really dark this time of year. Makes for good sleep, though.
Replying to @astridmager
Thank you so much for coming! It was a great conversation; I'll look forward to talking more. #HUMlab
Really engaged audience for this afternoon's talk at #HUMlab, followed by great seminar. Thanks so much to @patriksv for the invitation!
Now hoping my brain doesn't turn into jello before dinner. #jetlag
Replying to @academicdave
Actually, speaking as someone from Louisiana, it's a reasonable mistake. New Orleans is only marginally in the US at all.
Replying to @KelliMarshall
Hey, I didn't know that, either! I grew up \(& went to college in\) BR.
Replying to @billiehara and @kellimarshall
My stepsister & brother in law went to Tech! No ULL connex, but lots of Lafayette friends.
Replying to @billiehara and @kellimarshall
Oh, sad! I mean, good that she's in Texas, but :( on the food.
Ah, jet lag. Thought I was doing well, as I managed to go to sleep at 10.30pm. Woke up at 3.30am. Wide. Awake.
Replying to @jcmeloni
Wow, I just two days ago ran across something that made me say, wow, Harry Morgan is still alive! Bummer.
Congrats, @mkirschenbaum, on such and awesome placement for Track Changes! Now get cracking; I want to read it.
Thanks so much to @patriksv and the rest of the folks at #HUMlab for a fantastic visit to Umeå!
Tomorrow, up several hours before the crack of dawn to begin the trip home. Of course, that's not hard; dawn cracks pretty late hereabouts.
Replying to @tim_hutchings
The pleasure was mine, I assure you. Thanks so much for all your questions yesterday; it was a great discussion!
Replying to @tim_hutchings
I saw that in your face when I described Guillory's argument! I still read them that way too \(so I read fewer than I should\).
Replying to @CoppelieC
It was great meeting you; I'll look forward to hearing more about how your work develops. Thanks for everything!
About to head to the airport to begin the trip back to NYC. It's been fantastic, Umeå; let's do it again sometime!
Replying to @briancroxall
Thanks, Brian. It's pretty fantastic here; I think you'll really like it when you get here someday. Which I'm sure you will!
Replying to @briancroxall
Not a bad plan!
From the taxi to the first plane to the second plane to the air train to the light rail train. Next, to the subway, and then to the street.
When did they start pronouncing it SEE-caucus, and for goodness sake why?
Replying to @amandafrench
Srsly. Pretty amazing trip, all the way around.
OH in the passport control line today, Mom to sleepy 7 year old: "It's probably a good thing we didn't sleep much on the plane." +
Sleepy 7 year old to Mom: "Why is it a good thing?!? People need sleep to survive!"
Replying to @dancohen
There is something a little Knight Rider-looking about it.
Replying to @sjottka
I can't take any credit; the editors of the special section requested that it be made available OA, and the MLA was happy to do so!
Replying to @whitneytrettien
Hey, congrats! Now get back to work.
Replying to @RepoRat
WAIT. You mean to say that we might actually be in the same room? \(My attendance is likewise only prolly, but prolly\!\)
Replying to @RepoRat
Actually, I'm pretty sure I owe you one!
Replying to @maximolly
Wish I were preparing with you!
Replying to @joguldi
Phew! Glad to hear you're better!
Climbed into bed to read at 8.45 last night. Dragged myself back out at 7.30 this morning. Not much reading took place inbetween.
Replying to @academicdave
Mostly #sleepwinning, though my fitbit tells me I wasn't terrifically efficient at it.
Replying to @academicdave
Then again, I guess if you can keep at it long enough, efficiency ceases to matter.
Replying to @DrGnosis
Ew.
Replying to @amandafrench
Love it! It feeds my inner data junkie, but has also helped me see the patterns of my activity & sleep, which I find useful.
After all that sleep last night, I am totally failing at sleep tonight. Good thing I don't have a lot to do tomorrow. #oops
Replying to @veek
Sigh. Thanks for the coffee, but sorry to hear you're in the same boat. There was SUCH a good night & then there was NOT a good night.
Replying to @nowviskie and @veek
I'd be completely down with that.
Replying to @amandafrench
Posers, all of them.
Very sorry not to be at #cni11f right now, but given Very Big Meeting starting here on Wednesday, there was no way I could make it. +
So thanks for the #cni11f tweets, @dancohen and @TAC_NISO!
Replying to @wynkenhimself
Dude, I had a package come from a retailer a couple of weeks ago in a used, crushed box \(formerly UPS envelopes\) with one +
Replying to @wynkenhimself
deflated air pack and a bottle of liquid laundry detergent that had ruptured & leaked all over everything else.
Cannot get to the #SCMS program with any of the links that have been posted. Have the removed it to untrack changes?
Replying to @wynkenhimself
Aux barricades, mon amie!
Replying to @noelrk
Thanks!
Reaction 1: Saturday, 5pm. Really?!?
Reaction 2: 22 simultaneous sessions?
Reaction 3: Well, at least it's not Sunday.
Replying to @miriamkp
It's back now: http://cmstudies.site-ym.com/resource/resmgr/docs/2012_preliminary_program_dra.pdf
Replying to @miriamkp
Ah, the high drama of copyediting. I know it well.
Replying to @jmittell
Oh, sadness! There goes my hopes of having a cocktail with you afterward. I guess that will have to wait until May.
New post: Adventures in Publishing Contracts. \(Your input desired\!\) http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/blog/adventures-in-publishing-contracts/
Replying to @dancohen
Thanks! I'll reply there; leverage is good, but it's a delicate spot; I think it's important for the piece to be in the vol, so...
Replying to @dancohen
I think you're right. SIGH.
Replying to @dancohen
Yes, absolutely! I'd have gone to the barricades for the Planned Obsolescence contract; happily, it wasn't necessary.
Any WP3.3 update stories out there?
Replying to @jcmeloni
Sounds good; thanks!
Replying to @KelliMarshall
That sounds like a problem!
Replying to @nowviskie, @scholarslab and @praxisprogram
Fabulous news -- congrats!
Replying to @GeorgeOnline, @jbj and @samplereality
I'm contemplating it. :) #mla12
Replying to @jwluther
Thanks so much! I'm really glad you enjoyed it.
Warning: shameless self-promotion ahead! // RT @jwluther: Just finished Planned Obsolescence by @kfitz. Bam! What a great read.
Replying to @jcmeloni
Thanks!
Replying to @GeorgeOnline and @samplereality
If you have ideas about how to do this, let me know; the implosion of TwapperKeeper has me baffled. #mla12
Replying to @GeorgeOnline and @samplereality
Right now, I've got an RSS feed for it, from which I can probably export, but how far back is a q. #mla12
Replying to @GeorgeOnline and @samplereality
My understanding was that the self-hosted TK wasn't working anymore…?
Replying to @samplereality, @georgeonline and @MLAconvention
Fabulous. Keep me posted and let me know if I can be of any help!
Replying to @GWCChuck, @georgeonline and @samplereality
Good thought. I've got ThinkUp running, so could go that route...
Replying to @samplereality
Ah, well. It was a lovely thought. I eagerly await your newest scheme. @gwcchuck @georgeonline
Having a fantastic discussion today with the MLA Publications Committee on the future of scholarly communication in the organization!
RT @thecriticallede: Check out our interview with @kfitz about the state of the scholarly book and the future of publishing in the acade ...
Psst, iOS and Android users. There's something useful at mla12.org! #mla12
Replying to @amandafrench
Pretty snazzy, eh?
Replying to @amandafrench
As a non-developer, I could not say, but will pass the q in the right direction!
Replying to @amandafrench
Haven't you heard the web is dead? \(Or is it apps that are dead? I keep forgetting\.\)
Replying to @moncia
Thanks! We're pretty excited about it.
Replying to @samplereality
Does it involve Elvis?
Replying to @fraistat
I see your 8 hours and raise you 2 days.
Replying to @fraistat
Oh, no! I'm at the END of 2 days; I'm done soon. \(Right? Soon?\) Good luck with your own day 2!
I will confess to being mildly curious about the selection, but hey, I can totally belt it out if called upon. #dhoke http://dhoke.herokuapp.com
4.45am. LGA. Security line stretched almost out the door. Happy holidays!
Super sorry to be missing many amazing things in NYC today. Among them @mkirschenbaum's NYPL talk. Ah, well; filial duty calls.
Replying to @captain_primate
Now that's an awesome Christmas present!
BTR > IAH > LGA. Beginning the long trip home.
Replying to @rgfeal
Lovely weekend but way too short!
Replying to @nowviskie
Ooh, smart.
Replying to @miriamkp
Congratulations! Fabulous news, Miriam.
Here's how the month of December has gone for me thus far: 1.5 days in the office; family funeral; travel to Sweden; full-day meeting. +
2 days in the office, 2 full-day meeting, travel to Baton Rouge, 2 full-day meeting. And that brings us up to today. +
In 21 days, I've had 3.5 to get stuff done. And I wonder why I'm the teeniest bit stressed out.
Replying to @unsworth
Congrats to you and Brandeis! I look forward to hearing more great stuff soon.
HUGE thanks to my friends at @digitalcampus \(and especially @foundhistory\) for the very kind words in the 2011 Campies! http://digitalcampus.tv/2011/12/21/episode-79-the-2011-campies/
Replying to @KelliMarshall
I have upgraded 1 of 3 sites, with no trouble. Will tackle others soon!
Replying to @samplereality
Is the North Pole not a signatory to the Geneva Convention?
Replying to @wynkenhimself and @samplereality
Now wondering who will take his place as what the French call the North Pole's "homme fort."
“@bfeld: considering boycotting GoDaddy since they support SOPA” cc @moncia
Oh, the Weather Outside is Frightful\(ly Warm, for This Time of Year\): http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/blog/oh-the-weather-outside-is-frightfully-warm-for-this-time-of-year/
December 22. Irish whiskey on the terrace of awesomeness. Unseasonable, but I'll take it.
Replying to @Ed_Raso
Not exactly, no. Especially not after last year.
Replying to @maximolly
Me too! Sometime soon, though.
Ah, productivity: I am spending part of this morning restoring my ayphone, which my computer suddenly fails to recognize. #grrrr
Or rather, it recognizes it but thinks it syncs with another computer, and so wants to delete everything & make me manually restore. #grrrr
Replying to @KelliMarshall
I've actually all but stopped running, so I'm not a good person to ask, alas. Runner's World used to do good reviews, though.
Head cleared, house organized, writing clarified. Holidays begun! Here's hoping yours are just as swell.
Well, I have successfully restored my ayphone and have even added some fun things. Not exactly faster or stronger, but definitely better.
Replying to @paleofuture
Just marveling that you were in THIRD grade in 1992, while that was the SECOND presidential election I voted in. #sigh
Maggie Smith just caused me to do a spit-take. Literally.
Replying to @phdaisy
I do, too! It's actually a season 2 moment \(shhh\!\).
Replying to @wynkenhimself
Downton Abbey, but I like to think it would be exactly the same.
Replying to @annehelen
Ah, that was a good one too! No, this is a moment... um... to come.
Replying to @phdaisy
In which case. it was "I wouldn't say I was *planning* it." :)
I have a big pile of writing to do, & I promised myself I'd get a bunch of it done this weekend and next. But I really want to read a novel.
Replying to @amandafrench and @jenhoward
That's the permission I was seeking. Thank you both!
Replying to @amandafrench and @jenhoward
Oh, this is no time of year for invidious value judgments.
Replying to @amandafrench and @jenhoward
\(Which is to say that I'm still trying to finish the George R\. R\. Martin silliness so I can move on already\.\)
Replying to @amandafrench and @jenhoward
There are days when I'm really happy the aypad doesn't display what I'm reading on the cover.
Replying to @samplereality, @amandafrench and @jenhoward
Seriously. And yet I can't stop. Even though I know my desire for closure will be frustrated.
One day, as god is my witness, I will make a roux that is dark enough. #stupidpalegumboagain
That dark roux is going to require three things I lack: a good cast-iron skillet; peanut oil; sufficient cojones.
Replying to @debcha
Exactly. The "don't turn your back for a second" factor makes me way too cautious.
The good news is that the gumbo is going to rock anyhow, even if it is a little timid.
Replying to @patrick_mj
The dangers of digital publishing models!
Replying to @wynkenhimself
Thank you, Sarah!
This has been a thoroughly lovely long holiday weekend. But must get back to work; pls send a week's worth of good prolific writing vibes.
\(Bum shoulder ceasing to hurt so I can concentrate vibes would also be much appreciated\.\)
Replying to @jbj
Thanks! And right backatcha, for whatever you need 'em for!
Replying to @savasavasava
I will reflect them back your way, doubled!
Replying to @moncia
Ooh, thank you. I hope that your holidays are treating you well!
Replying to @rgfeal
Thanks; I could definitely use them. \(I imagine vibes coming from there are powerful indeed\!\)
Introspection alert: The Year in Review, at Planned Obsolescence. http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/blog/the-year-in-review/
Replying to @nicholasbirns
Fantastic! I'm thoroughly looking forward to it. #mla12
I mean this utterly without sarcasm: I'm very happy to be at work today. Easy commute, quiet office, and a plan to get some writing done.
Replying to @rgfeal
Ooh, good for you. I, however, refuse to allow thoughts of yoga and massages detract from my present in-office happiness.
Replying to @wynkenhimself
Hey, you too, wherever you are!
Replying to @wynkenhimself
Good for you! Sharing all the fabulous productivity vibes that got sent my way yesterday...
Replying to @samplereality
Oh, no. Take care, Mark.
Yes, the title is a dorky Greenblatt joke. No, I do not think of myself as Queen. \(Yet\.\) New at Planned Obsolescence: http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/blog/the-public-scholars-two-bodies/
I've had such a great day working that I forgot to stop and go get lunch. Whoops. #notmakingitup
Replying to @briancroxall
Ooh, sorry! I will send job vibes you way, stat.
Replying to @briancroxall
Not at all! I'm extremely lucky, and it's good to be reminded of that.
Replying to @mmwwah
Oh, it's an appropriation wrapped in a remix, wrapped in bacon.
Sitting in a bar wondering why it suddenly feels like 1981 in here. Takes a second to sink in: Rush. Tom Sawyer. Dude.
Replying to @mariabustillos
Entirely possible!
And it has taken this long for the second penny to drop: THAT WAS THIRTY YEARS AGO. #officiallyold
Replying to @surlyF
Aw man.
Replying to @samplereality
I'm so sorry - my best thoughts to you, your wife, and the rest of your family.
Replying to @briancroxall
Glad you've caught up with us! Where've you been? #mla12
Replying to @briancroxall
A little over two weeks ago! Sorry you've been sick, but I hope not for that long...
Replying to @briancroxall
That would do it. One needs free forearms in order to manipulate the mobile app.
Replying to @briancroxall
Aha. Yes, there's that, too.
Lies, Damned Lies \(on Planned Obsolescence\) http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/blog/lies-damned-lies/
Replying to @samplereality and @rgfeal
Ooh, excellent. Will do!
Replying to @briancroxall
Wow. I am so curious what that means in the 5yo's context.
Replying to @noctambulate
I have that dream all the time. Sometimes the elevators move in spirals or become streetcars. I never get where I was going.
Replying to @noctambulate
My variant last night was trying to negotiate a university campus in a European country in order to get to a doctor's appt. +
Replying to @noctambulate
Bureaucracy, technology, translation - an awful mix.
A bunch of annoying problems have me sorely tempted to wipe my hard disk and do a clean reinstall. Maybe it's just New Year's Eve talking.
Either that or I'm dragging my heels on writing my last #mla12 presentation...
Replying to @trentmkays
I know. It would be a full day's worth of work getting things reinstalled, and this is NOT the time. But it's so tempting...
Replying to @unsworth
Did the Lion upgrade eons ago, which is part of the problem. The rest turns out to be software & won't be fixed by a reinstall.