2012 04 01 tweets
Replying to @alothian
Best to use the "general" category for now. But there's a large scale review underway! #MLA13
Replying to @nowviskie and @rgfeal
Did you? I missed it somehow. And here I was being sad not to have heard from Stanley today.
Replying to @rgfeal and @nowviskie
Hey, I have a handwritten note. Handwritten by... someone.
@nowviskie Sadly, no Fish caught in my of my filters, at least that I've uncovered so far.
Replying to @nowviskie
I can only imagine! I've enjoyed watching everyone uncover their comments; that and Catblock have made my day.
Replying to @nancybaym
Enjoy them! I will continue sending good transitional vibes.
Replying to @samplereality
I'm so sorry: what a horrible weekend. Here's hoping things take a serious turn for the better. Immediately.
Replying to @jmittell
Oh, man. L'As du Falafel is The. Best. Ever. #jealousy
Replying to @jmittell
We ate at Le Komptoir a lot a couple of summers ago - Rue Quincampoix & Rue de la Reynie, near the Pompidou. +
Replying to @jmittell
We also had a favorite pizza/pasta place that I cannot find for the life of me. Something like Pizza San Antonio.
I've started watching Revenge. I'm 4 episodes in & am mostly enjoying it. Except for one impossible thing. Not that no one recognizes her. +
Not the lifestyles of the 1%. But that that dog is supposed to be 18 years old. Really.
Replying to @pmhswe
It's got some interesting points. Hard to say right now whether it'll hold up, but people whose taste I trust are into it.
Replying to @rgfeal
The ebook is free from UChicago P this month!
Replying to @rgfeal
Rats. I misread.
RT @MLAnews: What can you do with our XML? Take up the New Variorum Shakespeare Digital Challenge! http://www.mla.org/nvs_challenge
Replying to @samplereality
Hey, congrats! \(On the progressive shortening of letters, remind me to tell you the parable of the keys\.\)
Freelancing for Academics, with @atrubek: http://annetrubek.com/2012/04/freelancing-101-for-academics/ \(Looks awesome\!\)
Replying to @ftrain and @urschrei
Aw, thanks! I'm happy to get the opportunity to do such fun stuff.
Just got my author copy. Really looking forward to digging in.
\(Will confess to finding it the teeeeniest bit funny that my essay on empathy immediately follows remarks from He Who Shall Not Be Named\.\)
Replying to @Ed_Raso
The before-the-colon part is "Infinite Summer."
Replying to @Ed_Raso
Excellent!
Replying to @ftrain
The tyranny of the month-by-month calendar! Where is our celebration of the week view?
Replying to @ftrain
Monthers lack the deep perspective to create functional and productive schedules. It's no wonder they create conflicting events.
Replying to @ftrain
That your "months" are highly irregular, while weeks have a lovely symmetricality, might be read as a metaphor for your "movement."
Thanks, LGA terminal C, for the totally overpriced but pretty tasty glass of wine. There's something to be said for not flying Continental.
Replying to @cjprender
I hear that. I'm on a USAir turboprop, so the next 1.5 hours promise to be interesting.
Replying to @BryanAlexander
It's called the Victory Grill. Nice menu, comfy couches, decent music and lighting - almost like not being in an airport.
Replying to @cjprender
A shame I don't have the time.
I intend to read a novel on this flight. I mean, it's Reamde, so I'll be reading *some* of a novel. But it feels decadent nonetheless.
Replying to @CapitolClio
It is! It feels like forever since I've been able to appreciate reading fiction any way other than furtively.
Replying to @CapitolClio
For too long, it was either something I was teaching or something I was escaping with. So nice to enjoy it again.
Replying to @sshreeves
So good to hear! I'm only about 20 pages in but am totally into Stephenson's voice again already.
Replying to @jcmeloni
I've been so looking forward to it.
Now I really regret not having had that second glass of wine.
Replying to @tcarmody
Not at midnight in a b&b in Clinton NY I don't think.
Replying to @tcarmody
Ayup.
Replying to @karikraus
No, just the table of contents, thankfully!
Replying to @tcarmody
Looking forward to seeing it when it's not midnight.
Congrats, all! // MT @dancohen: Delighted about the launch of the Journal of Digital Humanities today: http://journalofdigitalhumanities.org/
Starting the journey home from Hamilton College. Thanks for a great visit to DHi, esp to my fabulous hosts, Angel Nieves & Janet Simons!
Replying to @bfister
I just started it two days ago, but am thoroughly enjoying it so far.
Replying to @pfyfe and @rgfeal
ScholComm came about as part of a reorg, bringing together the book pubs program and the web group.
Replying to @sshreeves and @bfister
I adored Cryptonomicon, so was able to get into the Baroque Cycle fairly easily \(though Cryptonomicon remains my fave\).
Replying to @briancroxall
Nice. A good followup to Planned Obsolescence, focusing in on peer review, I think...
Replying to @Ed_Raso
Hey, cool - thanks!
Replying to @Ed_Raso
I've heard that!
Replying to @amandafrench and @ed_raso
Now! Not sure why Amazon is saying pre-order again...
Friday nights are often comfort food oriented. Tonight's dinner: homemade kale chips and \(not exactly homemade\) tater tots. So happy.
Replying to @bonniekyburz
Kale chips are crazy easy to make… and then you feel virtuous! Because they're kale!
Replying to @adelinekoh
Mmmm. I will have to try that next time!
I will finish writing this book review today. I will finish writing this book review today. I will finish writing this book review today.
Replying to @jmittell and @crsbecker
I quote you on that rationale often: "If not me, then who?"
Replying to @bonniekyburz
Very simple: Tear up kale, wash, dry THOROUGHLY, toss w/ a little olive oil & salt; bake until crispy. +
Replying to @bonniekyburz
Different recipes had different temperature recommendations & different baking times, so some experimentation is needed.
Replying to @tcarmody
I've recently returned to Dropbox. Was using something more secure \(because of that thing that time\) but found it unreliable.
Replying to @tcarmody
I still worry about that thing that time, but for syncing I can really count on, I haven't found anything better.
Finally managed to get myself past whatever roadblock I was facing: went to the gym for the first time since late November.
Trying to remember what it feels like to have a body I'm actually taking care of rather than just forcing to be still and do more work.
Replying to @tcarmody
You got it.
Replying to @Ed_Raso
That's pretty serious!
Replying to @Ed_Raso
Ah well. Lemons, lemonade, etc.
Replying to @rgfeal
You cannot imagine how much I've been missing the Hudson. Wish I had easier outdoor activity access…
Replying to @savasavasava
It looks like those might be "forever" stamps - if they don't have a printed value, they stay good regardless of increases.
Replying to @alothian
Congratulations!!!
Headed to SFO in the morning, to give a talk at Stanford in the afternoon. If you're around, come say hi!
Replying to @mccormicktim
Yes, Tuesday at 4.30 and Wednesday at noon, I think. I can't find any info on the web about it either.
Replying to @triproftri
I can't find info on the web, either. :( The talk tomorrow is at 4.15 in Pigott Hall -- I hope it's been announced!
@mccormicktim Whoops -- that's 4.15, not 4.30. Pigott Hall, apparently. That's all I know.
Replying to @mccormicktim, @triproftri and @adelinekoh
I only know that Weds is at noon. Tues talk is "Planned Obsolescence and the Future of Peer Review." +
Replying to @mccormicktim, @triproftri and @adelinekoh
Weds is a workshop called "The Digital Future of the Profession." More informal, discussion-oriented.
Replying to @mccormicktim, @triproftri and @adelinekoh
Thank you! If I get more info, I'll let you know asap.
RT @nowviskie: This: https://twitter.com/whitneytrettien/status/189473378044882945 and that: https://twitter.com/miriamkp/status/189522403234283520 // Exactly.
Replying to @ernestopriego
!!! #itisnt
Driver, pulling up in front of my bldg 5min early: "You're not a real New Yorker. They're always 15 minutes late and telling me to hurry."
Replying to @ernestopriego
Even a basic sense of professional self-censorship would keep one from saying something that stupid, you'd think.
On board my flight to SFO. Used miles to upgrade. Suspect that I will have enough legroom.
Replying to @captain_primate
Yeah, it's at least seven feet. I've never seen anything like it.
Hey, awesome! // RT @ernestopriego: @kfitz we got cited! :) http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1056&context=entrehojas [PDF]
Replying to @rgfeal
Will do!
Okay: power, wifi, and seven feet of legroom. Once I've got a cup of coffee, my inflight productivity ensemble will be complete.
RT @nowviskie: ACH has a new Executive Secretary! Welcome, @veek! -- & we're so grateful to @leoba for her years of service: http://t.co ...
Replying to @eetempleton
On it.
Replying to @rgfeal
We were the poster child for consortial cooperation!
Replying to @mkgold and @boone
OY.
Replying to @savasavasava
AWWW! Thanks so much. He looks very regal there.
RT @amandafrench: Okay, we're so having a session on the New Variorum Shakespeare Digital Challenge at #THATCamp @CHNM: http://bit.ly/IRUHqm
Replying to @triproftri
I'm sorry to have missed you, too! Another time, I'm sure.
Los Angeles! You still have sun here! I am headed toward your burritos.
Replying to @savasavasava
I'm somewhat jealous of the future me who will actually have a burrito, too!
Replying to @halavais
Hey, fantastic! Thanks so much.
RT @halavais: Quick review of @kfitz 's "Planned Obsolescence" \(50% chanced I spelled that right\) on the blog: http://bit.ly/HAQWuG
Replying to @savasavasava
Aw! Serious kitty!
RT @wynkenhimself: @KroweK & @EVisconsi's The Tempest for iPad is now out. Congrats!
app: http://bit.ly/HGd6Ja info: http://bit.ly/HGdgAj
Replying to @LibSkrat
There are many things I like abt @spideroak \(security the most obvious among them\) but I had terrible trouble with sync failures.
Replying to @LibSkrat
Hmmm. Makes me wonder whether there was something wrong in my setup. Most of the time it was fine, and then I'd open a doc +
Replying to @LibSkrat
only to discover that it was an old version, and that while it claimed sync was working fine, it wasn't actually syncing.
Replying to @LibSkrat
Yeah, it actually made me go back to the other guys for most of my basic sync needs, which I didn't want to do.
Replying to @nancybaym
Congratulations, and best wishes for an equally speedy transaction on the other side.
At what promises to be an amazing meeting today; follow along at #FemTechNet.
Replying to @nancybaym
WHOAAAAA WE'RE HALFWAY THE-YARE
Replying to @nancybaym
I can hear it from here!
RT @tmcphers: #FemTechNet Can't wait for Fall 2013 to see this open massively collaborative feminist technology course come to life! Gon ...
I finally adjusted to west coast time, just in time to get up at 3.30 for my flight back east. *sigh*
Replying to @mariabustillos
Figures! Sorry to have missed you - next time, I hope.
Arlington! What's up with the summer?
Needless to say, not sure I agree entirely with the Ayers claim in the previous RT, but I get what he's driving at.
Replying to @mckenziewark and @pannapacker
Srsly, right?
Replying to @pannapacker and @mckenziewark
Actually, that was about the claim that there isn't long-form digital scholarship, not about metadata.
Replying to @nancybaym
Sending hugs your way, if only digital ones...
Completely looking forward to tomorrow's conversations at the #NITLE Summit, but tonight, completely collapsing.
Slept something like 9.5 hours. Have awakened with miserable sore throat. A little concerned about how today will go.
Back at #NITLE Summit this morning; awaiting keynote by Alan Kay.
Replying to @LibSkrat
Srsly!
Alan Kay, on one of McLuhan's "pithy statements about everything": "If I can't believe it, I can't see it." #NITLE
Kay: "news" = stuff that fits with what we already know. Genuinely "new" = that which we cannot understand - profound problem for learning.
Alan Kay: Learning a new idea requires almost as much creativity as the original invention. #NITLE
Alan Kay on the structure of the liberal arts into separate departments: "That cannot possibly be a good idea." #NITLE
Replying to @LibSkrat
This is in response to which tweet?
Replying to @LibSkrat
Gotcha. Was about the segmentation of thinking into separable units, rather than thinking together.
Replying to @LibSkrat
Indeed. When resources are allocated to depts, depts will be in conflict with one another. Kay's focused on ?s of learning today.
Kay: liberal arts faculty actually poorly educated, bc restricted to their own specialties. \(Reminds me of http://matt\.might\.net/articles/phd\-school\-in\-pictures/\) #NITLE
Replying to @rgfeal and @amndw2
2 separate events in sequence. But hashtag is #NITLE for both.
Replying to @FrostDavis
I must have misunderstood Bryan's announcement; sounded like 1 hashtag for both.
RT @jmittell: I'll be posting a new chapter of @ComplexTV later this week but pls read/discuss previous chapters now at http://bit.ly/gcw5hc
What do I love about Neal Stephenson? In the middle of a sweaty-palms action sequence, the phrase "they had perforce arranged..."
Replying to @jbj
Thank Emancipation Day.
"When moving about the train, shoes must be worn at all times." It kills me the things we have to say out loud these days. #offamylawn
So thoroughly sorry to have missed @dancohen at #NITLE. Happy to be following via weirdly functional Amtrak wifi.
RT @swarthmoreburke: Here REALLY agree w/ @dancohen. My view is that here our technological environment lets us keep our scholarly promi ...
Replying to @swarthmoreburke
A serious question. Also how the model will circumvent groupthink, giving voice to those who could go unheard. #NITLESym
Replying to @swarthmoreburke
PS: Sorry to have missed you - left #NITLE at 4 today…
Replying to @savasavasava
Oh dear. This does not make me look forward to re-entry.
RT @GardnerCampbell: My question is how to find community when scholars persistently define rigor as snarky combativeness. #nitlesym
Replying to @savasavasava
Oh. Um. Great. *sigh*
Replying to @Crepuscularsofa
Wait, what? Whose account is getting shut down? Honestly haven't a clue what you mean. Do tell!
Replying to @Crepuscularsofa
Honestly, I know nothing of either account or complaint. Will look into.
Replying to @brettbobley
**sigh**
RT @HesterBlum: MLA-field folks, please contribute to this survey on Academic Workforce Data--see more from @MichaelBerube1 here: http:/ ...
Replying to @joguldi
WOO HOO! Congrats, Jo!
I spent the day positively sweltering in my office. It now seems worth it.
Replying to @jwolman
Very interesting. I'll be curious to see how that plays out...
Replying to @savasavasava
No, you are not.
Replying to @mariabustillos
Congrats; it is gorgeous!
You know what would be awesome? Breathing. I would really like breathing, I think.
Replying to @nick_maniatis
Hey, thanks! The comments on the draft site really helped in the revision process.
Replying to @ftrain
Babies are rating you, too; they just wait until early adolescence to tell you.
Replying to @wynkenhimself
It could be. Fair use is not just about excerpt %, but also about market effect and transformative use… +
Replying to @wynkenhimself
If the excerpt is posted in order to be discussed/explicated/commented upon, that counts as transformative.
Replying to @wynkenhimself
Transformative is good. It's why quotations in criticism are de facto fair use; they're always included to be commented upon.
Replying to @wynkenhimself
Hmmm. I take it that it's not available to be linked to?
Replying to @wynkenhimself
Sigh. I think there's a potential fair use claim in that the excerpt won't affect the market value of the collection. +
Replying to @wynkenhimself
The key thing tho is that fair use is fuzzy, and only a defensive claim rather than a right per se.
Replying to @wynkenhimself
So it's always a judgment call. Likely the worst that would happen would be a takedown request.
Replying to @jwolman and @tcarmody
It is freaking me out that you are having this conversation in my timeline. Worlds collide, man.
Replying to @savasavasava
Yay, you're there! I'm stuck in a meeting all day so couldn't get there. Go @mkgold!
RT @MLAconvention: Hundreds of part-time profs in all fields have documented their working conditions here. Have you? http://t.co/OwVSli ...
Replying to @profwernimont
I'll be thinking about your brother! My partner was in the navy & I know how odd the military/academic disconnect can feel.
LGA > ORD. Talk at Northwestern tomorrow, plus panel discussion with @tmcphers and @KroweK.
Replying to @KelliMarshall
I do fly a lot, but my travel schedule pales by comparison to that of @samplereality.
Replying to @LibSkrat
Not this time, alas. Maybe another time?
RT @MLAnews: MLA Commons gets support from the Mellon Foundation: http://www.mla.org/news_from_mla/news_topic&topic=573
Replying to @tmcphers
Why, thank you. And a well-timed announcement, no?
Thanks, all, for the congrats and good wishes. Look for lots of MLA Commons excitement at @MLAconvention!
Happy to be on a panel talking about the humanities in the digital age with @tmcphers and @KroweK - right now, in fact!
RT @tmcphers: @KroweK demos her new Shakespeare app: love the humanist as maker that she models
Replying to @literarychica
Ooh, I managed to miss this yesterday. Congratulations!
Replying to @allistelling and @hybridped
Very cool; thank you! I'll look forward to reading more.
Replying to @nowviskie, @dancohen, @sramsay and @cforster
Aw, man. Now I'm hungry.
Many thanks to @joshhonn @claireystew and everybody at Northwestern who made my visit so engaging! \(Not to mention @tmcphers and @KroweK\!\)
That said, I am sooo happy to be back sitting at my desk today.
Haven't gotten to dive in yet, but some interesting talks from UF symposium on Digital Platforms & the Future of Books: http://bit.ly/IYJKZv
Having experimented with Wunderlist for a bit, am contemplating return to a plaintext to-do list. Fewer bells & whistles; life at a glance.
Replying to @acavender
Nice; thanks for the suggestion!
Replying to @JenHoward
How did you know?
Replying to @johnmjones
Aw! What a doll. Congrats to all!
Replying to @mkirschenbaum
That is indeed really cool.
Replying to @dancohen
Hooray! Very much looking forward to talking with you.
Wait! What's that? A blog post?
A Constant Process of Not-Falling: http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/blog/a-constant-process-of-not-falling/
Replying to @karikraus
Fantastic news! Congratulations!
Replying to @laura11D
If this is a certain former blogger, please pass on my good wishes and fond memories. I still miss her.
Replying to @samplereality
Worried in what direction? Too dry?
Replying to @samplereality
You might try soaking it in a glass of water, root end down, for about an hour. Mine responds well to that after I'm away.
Replying to @eetempleton
Hey, congratulations! Well deserved!
Pomona College ITS is seeking an Academic Applications Mgr; see http://www.pomona.edu/administration/human-resources/employment/staff-jobs.aspx \(scroll down to the first position under "technical"\).
By the by, on that Pomona IT gig: the list of skills is a dream list; candidates are not expected to have all of them. http://www.pomona.edu/administration/human-resources/employment/staff-jobs.aspx
Replying to @hollykruse
It's almost as funny to me as the credit card machines at stores that say "Is $37.68 OK?" An existential question, that.
I'm having RSS difficulties! Info here: http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/blog/placeholder-2/
Replying to @dancohen
They got pharmahacked a while back; I think they cleaned the site but may not have asked the Goog for a recrawl.
Replying to @dancohen
Whoops. So they didn't clean it all that well after all.
Replying to @noctambulate
I never knew you spent time in BR. I'm from there!
Replying to @noctambulate
Wow, amazing. I was there from age 3 to 23 so had an adolescence or two myself...
Most of Fri & all of Sat was in the last #p2pReview meeting. Fabulous but exhausting. Today has been laundry, reading, yoga. Just fabulous.
Replying to @kfitz
Oh, @nancybaym, you know that in the land of Facebook there are no strangers - just people you haven't friended yet.
Replying to @tcarmody
As if I weren't already sad that I can't make it to @thatcamp Prime...
Replying to @dancohen
Not even remotely sick of you. Alas, I wil be speaking at ElPub, in Portugal. http://www.elpub.net/Elpub_2012/Main_Page.html #humblebrag
Replying to @tcarmody and @dancohen
I know, right? Where's that jetpack I was promised?
Replying to @amandafrench, @rgfeal and @jenhoward
It is alarmingly easy to spend thousands. I've done it with both of mine, and couldn't have done otherwise.
Replying to @BendProf
Oh no. I'm so sorry to hear that!
I am reminded by @mkirschenbaum's recent that this weekend I was telling someone about the floppy disk Imperial March: http://youtube.com/watch?v=yHJOz_y9rZE
It was declared "the geekiest thing ever."
Replying to @mkirschenbaum
EXACTLY.