2013 01 01 tweets
Replying to @jmittell
Right there with you, six time zones away. #insomniasucks
Overbooked, overcrowded, overheated plane. 100% underslept me. But here we go.
Replying to @whitneytrettien
Just call me Big Sister. \(We're trying to make that stop\.\)
IAD achieved, after the longest flight ever.
Replying to @patrick_mj
Nature's perfect food!
The positive: upgraded! The less positive: the 18mo who screamed right behind me all the way across the Atlantic is now 2 rows behind me.
I do not want to be that person who makes with the unsolicited parenting advice. But! Row 21 is not a good place to Ferberize your toddler.
Hello, Boston! I very much look forward to your room service and your hotel bed.
Replying to @readywriting
Absolutely!
Replying to @debcha
Thanks! Lovely to be here. Wish I were going to see more of the city this time.
Replying to @nancybaym
Why, thank you!
Yay! // RT @briancroxall: Creating my first Group at MLA Commons. Come join us! http://bit.ly/12WEHAO #mla13 #s270
At the Marriott Copley Place. Trying to figure out when I was here before, and why.
Alternately, the jet lag may be manifesting as deja vu. Having just come from six hours into the future, and all, it sorta makes sense.
Replying to @wynkenhimself
Ooh, good to know. I am actually sitting at the bar & have a salad on the way, but will file this away for future reference.
Replying to @jcmeloni
Will do! Very much looking forward to it.
"It's not an upgrade to your phone, it's an upgrade to your self." The amazing things I miss by not watching regular commercial TV anymore.
Replying to @samplereality
What did you do now?
Replying to @CapitolClio
::opens eyes:: "I know Ruby."
Replying to @samplereality
So sorry! We'll sort it out. Thanks for helping us uncover unexpected behavior, seriously.
Replying to @captain_primate and @saaorg
We want to work with other orgs! Hoping to create a network of networked humanities societies. #mlacommons
Replying to @wynkenhimself
Very interesting. Is it that you're the first to post to those groups that's unnerving? Or something else?
Replying to @wynkenhimself and @briancroxall
I get that. I'm hopeful that lots of us will get more comfortable with the audience & mode of address quickly!
Replying to @kegerton and @wynkenhimself
I think that's exactly right. Looking forward to getting more folks in and walking around!
This coincident w/ @samplereality's toes has me unnerved. RT @kegerton: MLA Commons looks great, but needs breaking in, just like new shoes.
Replying to @wynkenhimself
It does feel like a new idiom is required. But I think I felt that way about early Twitter, when I had no sense of audience.
Replying to @HesterBlum and @wynkenhimself
No, thank you! \(And yes, we are grateful for fine\-grained email notifications\.\)
Replying to @kegerton and @samplereality
I am of course happy to hear that, though *somebody else's* toes have been known to be chatty online.
Okay, this has been fun. But given that it's 3am in Paris, and that I slept about an hour last night, the time has come for collapse.
Happy new year, all. See some of you at #thatcampMLA tomorrow, and many more of you at #mla13 thereafter!
More such swag available at #mla13! RT @brettbobley: MLA Commons swag has been prominently displayed on my MacBook.
Replying to @briancroxall
Hmmmm….
Replying to @epistemographer
What a concept!
Replying to @brendabethman
I am indeed! And definitely hope we cross paths...
Was super excited about this being the convention where I ran around with only iPad & tiny kbd but then remembered, argh, slides. #oklaptop
Replying to @jmittell
Nice.
Replying to @BendProf
Oh, no! I'm so sorry. Travel safely and we'll look forward to seeing you when you make it here. :(
Looks like a lovely morning for a little #thatcamp! #mla13
Replying to @ryancordell
Nice! See you shortly.
Replying to @plragde
This one: http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Ultrathin-Keyboard-generation-920-004013/dp/B007PRHNHO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1357134818&sr=8-2&keywords=logitech
Replying to @samplereality and @jmittell
The whole trick is actually having the projector connector, which I do not. But this looks AWESOME.
Replying to @plragde
The keyboard really changed my relationship to it.
Welcome to #thatcamp #mla13 being given by @ryancordell. Should be an awesome day!
Northeastern U's Snell Library has a gorgeous digital media commons that they're sharing with #thatcamp #mla13 today. Amazing space!
Replying to @samplereality and @jmittell
That may help, indeed!
Replying to @brettbobley
Did I fail to mention that I was working on the MLA Teleporter?
Replying to @brettbobley
\(Actually, I flew back yesterday, but my computer seemed to think it was still in Paris until this morning\.\)
Replying to @AlienWeedMan
Nice try.
Replying to @AlienWeedMan
True dat.
RT @MLACommons: Plan your #mla13 meals with restaurant recommendations from Program Comm.'s Anjali Prabhu \(and share some of your own\):h ...
I'm leading a #thatcamp #mla13 session on #MLACommons at 4pm, but am happy to get MLA members into the system anytime! http://commons.mla.org
Replying to @LibSkrat and @wynkenhimself
"Policing" is entirely internal, a hangover from the glam cult studs era. Everybody trying to keep up w/cool kids.
Replying to @monicafjacobe
Go to http://commons.mla.org and click Log In!
Replying to @LibSkrat
A very small number of people are jerks. I mean "internal" as in an internalized response to people who are jerks.
Replying to @LibSkrat
Any proportion of jerks is always higher than it should be. Shame on us if we let them set norms for us.
Replying to @LibSkrat
No, I meant shame on all of us; not blaming the victim.
Replying to @monicafjacobe
Nice! Will look forward to seeing you there.
RT @MLACommons: Read top ten #mla13 convention tips from @BendProf at http://convention.commons.mla.org/2013/01/02/top-ten-tips-for-those-attending-the-mla-convention/.
Replying to @BendProf
:(
Replying to @BendProf
See you then!
Replying to @briancroxall and @loriemerson
::looks around, whistles::
Replying to @briancroxall and @loriemerson
It's a poorly kept secret by design. \(Srsly, the more people in today, the less likely the server will melt tmw\.\)
Replying to @briancroxall
Hey, maybe there's even a group where such discussions can continue after today! #thatcamp #mla13 http://commons.mla.org/groups/thatcamp/
Hey #thatcamp #mla13: if you're an MLA member, pop by http://commons.mla.org and log in. We can make some stuff at 4pm, but you can start now!
There's a THATCamp group on MLA Commons: http://commons.mla.org/groups/thatcamp/ #thatcamp #mla13
Replying to @briancroxall and @nmhouston
It amazes me periodically to find comments from 2003 on my blog from people I thought I met through Twitter.
Replying to @briancroxall
That one guy running back & forth with the suitcases is really tired. Cut him a little slack.
I don't know whether to blame jet lag or insomnia for the TWO hours of sleep I got last night. I do know this will be an interesting day.
Replying to @moncia
Coffee, yes. Must get through this week before anything slows down, but then...
Replying to @eetempleton
So sorry you're in it too!
RT @MLACommons: Did I say swag? Activate your MLA Commons account at registration and get a t-shirt, while supplies last. #mla13 http:// ...
So how is your #mla13 going so far? Have you activated your #MLACommons account and picked up your t-shirt?
Replying to @S_moores
Oh yeah! Go see Chris at the table in the registration area in the conv ctr.
Replying to @DanConnell
Tees still there but going fast. #mla13 is great so far!
Speaking on a joint LSA/MLA panel on open access, in the Marriott, Fairfield-Exeter/Dartmouth, starting now! #mla13
Replying to @alanrauch
The shirts will never be as smart as those who wear them!
Up first today: Convergent Histories of the Book. 8.30am in Hampton, Sheraton. #mla13 #s198
After that, the first of three demos of #MLACommons, 10.30am in the new Exhibit Hall Theater! #mla13 http://www.mla.org/exhibit_theater_2013
Replying to @wynkenhimself
Ooh, I knew I forgot something.
Replying to @wynkenhimself
I will not complain about how little I slept last night. I will not complain about how little I slept last night.
Replying to @rgfeal and @wynkenhimself
So true.
Replying to @rgfeal and @wynkenhimself
Well, sure! And maybe a nice fruit plate or bagel assortment?
Replying to @Brinkmanship, @wynkenhimself, @mkirschenbaum and @amandafrench
So sorry to hear that! I'll hope to see you in the exhibit hall later this morning
Not even very much in the way of standing room at Convergent Histories of the Book. Not bad for 8.30am! #mla13 #s198
Replying to @rgfeal
Good advice for life!
RT @rgfeal: MLA parliamentarian says: "If you don't stick your neck out during the meeting, don't stick your tongue out afterwards." #mla13
People are literally sitting in the hall outside Convergent Histories of the Book. #mla13 #s198
RT @MLACommons: We're demoing #MLACommons in the exhibit hall theater at 10.30am Fri, Sat, & Sun. Come see what it's all about! http ...
15 minutes to #MLACommons demo time! Exhibit Hall Theater, in the back right corner. #mla13
Replying to @mmwwah
Will do my best!
Replying to @dllh
You are way too nice. Thanks for coming! Looking forward to more WordPress fun at #MLACommons. #mla13
RT @rgfeal: You shld stop at Hynes 312 for e-lit exhibit. It's fascinating, engaging, and inc 6 UG students who flew here! Please show s ...
Hey, #mla13! Have you been by the #elit exhibit in rm 312 of the Hynes Convention Center yet? Go explore these amazing projects!
Replying to @literarychica
Oh, no! I just saw this. I hope you're feeling better, and I'm really glad you got help. Take care!
Replying to @literarychica
I know you must, but taking care of yourself is much more important. There will be more conferences! You only have one jaw.
Make mine a meeting but yeah. RT @amandafrench: Can't go to #s270 #mla13 on #altac because I have a conf call. Because I have an #altac job.
Replying to @wynkenhimself
Oh no! Take care of yourself...
Replying to @wynkenhimself
It is possible, indeed. Actually, if you're sitting along the left wall, those doors open to outside.
Replying to @wynkenhimself
PHEW.
Replying to @katinalynn and @nowviskie
Indeed! #mla13 #s353
Replying to @wynkenhimself
You & me both. But you TOTALLY rocked this morning.
Replying to @readywriting and @wynkenhimself
I was actually on the panel this morning. So I suspect that I'm not right behind you now…?
Replying to @wynkenhimself
I was, too. I felt huge gaps between the papers pretty acutely until you brilliantly summed up. Happy alphabetization!
Replying to @wynkenhimself and @readywriting
I am in the last row before the table, on the far left, one seat in.
Replying to @GeorgeOnline, @mkirschenbaum and @MLACommons
We are paying attention. Code delays prevented full attention, but we promise, we're headed there.
Replying to @mkirschenbaum and @wynkenhimself
Indeed, and an extremely important point! But a little ouchy, on a couple of levels. :)
Replying to @mkirschenbaum
I was glad you did! The paper was awesome; I'm thrilled you're posting to #MLACommons. +
Replying to @mkirschenbaum and @MLACommons
I will also be enlisting you into helping plan for that obsolescence.
Replying to @mkirschenbaum
See what happens? ;-)
RT @briancroxall: .@RussellBermanSF: We should structure programs around what's best for students and not what's best for our own jobs. ...
COOL. // RT @briancroxall: Looks like Stanford has a job fair to match up industry with humanities PhDs: http://stanford.io/138SOlL. #mla13 #s394
Replying to @briancroxall and @katinalynn
Yes, definitely.
Replying to @wilbanks
Aw man. I grew up with him. Wonder if we'll get more "live boy or dead girl" amazingness.
Replying to @briancroxall, @katinalynn, @MichaelBerube1 and @ayjay
It's a gorgeous, thoughtful, generous book. Definitely read it.
Replying to @briancroxall, @katinalynn, @MichaelBerube1 and @ayjay
Perhaps! \(It's from OxfordUP\.\)
Replying to @wynkenhimself and @samplereality
Was wondering the same thing.
Looking fwd to today’s #MLACommons demo. If you wonder what you might do there, come talk about it: Exhibit Hall Theater, 10.30am! #mla13
RT @MLACommons: Today's demo of #MLACommons starts in 5 minutes in the Exhibit Hall Theater! Come find out what you can do in this new n ...
RT @MLAconvention: All MLA titles are available for 25% off in the exhibit hall, booth 406 -- plus free domestic shipping! #mla13
Tweeps! I need examples of non-monographic dissertations: multimodal, tool-based, article collects, whatever. I know @vkuhn's. What else?
RT @MLACommons: Cake is happening now in the MLA booth! #mla13
Hey, #mla13! Have you been by the #elit exhibit in rm 312 of the Hynes Convention Center? Srsly, go explore these amazing projects!
The cake was not a lie! #MLACommons #mla13
Last year's awards ceremony was huge fun - lots of cheering for recipients! Come make this year's just as lively. Constitution, now! #mla13
So great to see the fantastic work being honored with MLA prizes, and the thrilled authors receiving them. #mla13
Replying to @gravesle
Thanks so much for the references!
Replying to @commish24
I haven't talked to @s2ceball about this particular question, but will!
Replying to @ftrain
It's pretty nifty, isn't it? The book is good, too!
Replying to @vkuhn
Thanks so much! I knew about Bulbul Tiwari's project but somehow it slipped my mind.
Replying to @sleonchnm and @JenHoward
Good grief. I'm sorry to hear that, but glad you're safe…
On my schedule today at #mla13: a demo exploring how you might use #MLACommons to start planning for #mla14. Exhibit Hall Theater, 10.30am.
And at 1.45pm, Rewards & Challenges of Serial Scholarship w/ @samplereality @jmittell @noctambulate @KLeuner and @Ted_Underwood #mla13 #s767
Replying to @wynkenhimself
So sorry I won't get to see you again before you leave - but great catching up a bit here. Thanks for everything!
Hey, #mla13! 10.30am, Exhibit Hall Theater -- come talk about how you might use #MLACommons to plan sessions for #mla14.
Replying to @literarychica
So sorry I only got to wave at you -- I hope you're feeling much better!
Replying to @nowviskie
So great to see you here; looking forward to our next opportunity to scheme! #mla13
Replying to @GeorgeOnline, @katinalynn and @MLACommons
Pls to submit suggestion via the "Feedback" tab! We want to gather such requests. Will test & add.
Replying to @adlewis and @amandafrench
As I told @georgeonline, I'd love for you to submit these suggestions via the Feedback tab; we're aggregating there.
Replying to @kfitz
Backatcha, @nmhouston. It was great seeing you, if too briefly! @rgfeal
Replying to @BendProf and @DeltaProf
Thank you! Looking forward to seeing what you do with #MLACommons.
Sitting in a suddenly quiet corner of the Sheraton, awaiting #mla13 #s767, 1.45pm, Liberty A. We're here until the very end - come join us!
Yes! #mla13 #s767 includes a special appearance by @fkelleter.
Replying to @karikraus
So sorry to have missed you this conv! Saw you at a distalnce a couple of times, but never got to say hi. Soon! Safe trip. #mla13
Replying to @JenHoward
Woo hoo!
RT @rgfeal: Interested in non t-t faculty and online teaching? Hurry to Back Bay B for last sess of #mla13. http://mla13.org/794 #mla1 ...
My experience too. // RT @mkgold: On cons of open review @jmittell says comments tend to be granular, not sufficiently holistic #mla13 #s767
Replying to @moncia, @mkgold and @jmittell
Yes, exactly; encourages local rather than broad engagement. #mla13 #s767
Replying to @LibSkrat
Absolutely agreed.
Great thoughts from @fkelleter on need for "partial disconnection" from technologies, for both critical distance and off-time. #mla13 #s767
RT @samplereality: We had *six* fantastic talks in #mla13 #s767 and still had *30 minutes* left for audience discussion. <drops the m ...
Replying to @kylebeachy
Absolutely fantastic to see you, and looking forward to the next opportunity!
Replying to @nowviskie, @briancroxall, @jbj and @vszabo
Holy moly. You are not kidding. I'd sit on my actual seat, too.
Replying to @mkirschenbaum
Pls to make suggestion via feedback tab?
One minute, I was sitting in #mla13 #s767. Suddenly, I'm at a bar in Middlebury VT, eating some pretty amazing shepherd's pie. #whathappened
Replying to @moncia and @mkgold
Aw, shucks. I remain sad that I couldn't be there to hear! I hope we can draw you back.
SRSLY. // RT @rgfeal: @mkgold @kfitz Thank you for all you've done for #MLACommons!
Replying to @literarychica
So glad to hear. Will look forward to chatting in happier dental times!
Replying to @jmittell
Yes! Got directed here by the inn staffer. Really good option!
Replying to @jmittell
Excellent. Am about to walk back & crash. Thanks for the ride & the great convo!
Replying to @mkirschenbaum
Thanks!
In Middlebury VT, staying in an inn that will only bring you breakfast in bed. I am complying with their wishes.
Replying to @djp2025
I know, right?
Replying to @JenHoward and @GeorgeOnline
Something akin to the Times Topics would be great, but there's at least one full-time job in creating those.
Replying to @nancybaym
I am glad that someone understands.
Replying to @jmittell
Quite! See you in a bit.
Replying to @mamamusings
It is not the worst thing that has happened to me this week.
A great opening post from Avi Santo in a @MediaCommons series on creating digital scholarly communities and cohorts: http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/content/you-cant-have-community-without-scholars-can-you
HOME. 19 days, 2 holidays, 1 convention, 5 presentations, 3 demos, more meetings than I can count. But finally home.
And not a moment too soon. I officially hit the point this morning at which I wanted to burn everything in my suitcase.
Replying to @patrick_mj
Tree pretty.
The power button on my ayphone 4 broke the other day. Have been debating an upgrade for a while but still can't decide what to do. +
Would like to move to another platform but pause at the thought of rebuying apps. Contemplating a carrier change, but are any really better?
Total indecision. Your thoughts are welcome.
Replying to @eetempleton
I don't mind getting a new case, and I don't use a dock. The pain for me will be the cable.
Replying to @jwolman
Hmmm. You find that the other carriers are better in NYC as well? I've been AT&T so long that I honestly don't know.
Replying to @jwolman
Exactly. I have everything; it works everywhere. \(Mostly\.\) It's very hard to break one device out of that ecosystem.
Replying to @jwolman
Good to know; my last VZ experience was on an early Razor with a horrible proprietary UX, so I have a knee-jerk resistance.
Replying to @brettbobley
Huh. Good to know. I'll have to look at that.
RT @mckenziewark: Everybody ignores their precursors for a while, to get started, then 'rediscovers' them later.
RT @NYUpress: 5 NYUP books named CHOICE Outstanding Academic Titles! http://bit.ly/WEHMP6 \(Congrats, @kfitz @ericzinner @kleinjessie\)
The man was right: the way-yay-ting really is the harrrdest parrrt. #sigh
Hey, folks! I saw this flash past during #mla13 but did not capture: can someone link me to @jasonrhody's invention of the term "alt-ac"?
Replying to @MichaelHancher and @jasonrhody
Thank you!
Replying to @nowviskie and @jasonrhody
Indeed!
After all the shopping around & advice, I’m thinking of just upgrading my phone on my current network, so I can keep my unlimited data. +
It’s the lowest-friction option, if not necessarily the best one. And low friction is good right now.
Replying to @captain_primate
AT&T, actually.
Replying to @captain_primate
How utterly irritating. Good reason for me to stay put and upgrade while AT&T isn’t forcing me to dump the plan.
Replying to @LibSkrat
I will now have that song stuck in my head ALL DAY.
Replying to @eetempleton, @digiwonk, @triproftri and @jasonrhody
Truly. AT&T, here I come.
Replying to @lportwoodstacer
No doubt they hear it as “assistant professor who is visiting,” seeing it as description rather than actual title.
Replying to @lportwoodstacer
Indeed!
Replying to @stephharves
So cannot wait. About to walk out to the AT&T store and get’er done.
Lovely @chronicle coverage of @MLACommons by @JenHoward: http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/a-virtual-meeting-ground-for-language-and-literature-scholars/41595?cid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en.
Replying to @pgilbert142001
Have them write commons at mla dot org with details.
Awful news to wake up to. I am so sorry to hear about the loss of Aaron Swartz, and send my thoughts to all who knew him.
Today: unpacking, laundry, dry cleaning, alterations, vacuuming, recycling, project proposal. A maintenance kind of Saturday.
There was laundry. There were errands. There was cooking. There was yoga. There was even a little work. It was pretty good, as Saturdays go.
Well, of the five things I had on today’s to-do list, I’ve accomplished one. But at least it was the big one.
News flash: coffee that is made in a coffee-making apparatus that requires a filter will not be quite as good if you forget the filter.
Replying to @capohanka
As @nancybaym told me when I did that a couple of weeks ago, it's cruel to have to make coffee before you've had any coffee.
It is 57 degrees in New York. At 8 am. On January 14. I am very afraid.
PS: High today, 52.
Replying to @ddchamberlain
Missed this earlier! Probably a good thing, as it just made me even more afraid.
Replying to @JudyMalloy
Thanks for the link! Unfortunately, that URL is likely to go away soon. Might want to use http://plannedobsolescence.net.
The good news: getting a cab in the 4 am sleet was surprisingly easy!
The bad news: there's a 95% chance I'm going to miss my connection in Houston.
The new bad news is that sleet at LGA is keeping us from taking off. The new good news is that my connection appears to be late too. #sigh
Replying to @mamamusings and @dancohen
Strangely, I’ve been working on that! cf @mediacommons \(esp our Open Review project\) and @MLACommons.
The bad news is I was wrong abt my connex; it’s long gone. The good news is I’m on the next flt to LAX & shd be there in time for my talk.
Replying to @mamamusings and @swarthmoreburke
That’s a good question. Could use help in raising that visibility! MLA is gathering some, but we need more.
RT @jmittell: Congrats to my colleague @alisonbyerly being named President of Lafayette College - nice to see a thoughtful #DH-sympathiz ...
Hello, Los Angeles! You're very shiny.
What happened to my inbox? There were 8 messages there yesterday. I have been answering email nonstop all morning and still have 23 to go.
Replying to @triplingual
Either that or bunny-like breeding.
Replying to @cscannella
That is a good system.
Replying to @tmccormick and @LSEImpactBlog
Excellent -- thank you for letting me know!
Replying to @mkirschenbaum and @rgfeal
We’re on that one. The problem is that it’s baked into BP, so will take a little futzing, but we’re in process.
Replying to @ncecire, @rgfeal and @mkirschenbaum
Again, we’re on it.
Replying to @mkirschenbaum, @ncecire and @rgfeal
I was kinda thinking “Hott.”
Replying to @mkirschenbaum
Okay, you win.
I’ve spent the last two days in Claremont, in a little bit of a dream state. Am I back? Was I gone? How did I get here? #andthedaysgoby
Replying to @noctambulate
That’s… true. One wonders anew at the University of California every day.
RT @nowviskie: Checked out the @mediacommons home page recently? Newly revamped, enlivened, as with these 200-word provocations. http:// ...
Earlier this morning, I made a Talking Heads joke about feeling oddly disoriented to find myself in Claremont again. #howdidigethere
I have capped off the disorientation by closing the sale on my condo this afternoon. #thisisnotmybeautifulhome
I’ll be up at a ludicrous hour tomorrow, flying back to NYC. Leaving home to go home.
Replying to @Ed_Raso
The latter!
Replying to @Ed_Raso
Heh. It’s been 2.5, including my sabbatical. I do feel very much at home, pigeon poop or no.
Replying to @Ed_Raso
For my next trick, I’ll find a new place to live. #sigh
Replying to @Ed_Raso
Wait, let me clarify: for my next trick, I’ll find a new apartment.
Replying to @Ed_Raso
If I could pick any neighborhood, it would be the west village. $$-to-space wise, that’s unlikely to happen.
Replying to @Ed_Raso
Hmmm. That’s good to know. I’ve begun the search in near-ish Brooklyn, but may see what’s up there...
Replying to @Ed_Raso
That is fascinating. I can imagine that some lower Manhattan waterfront rents might be a bit of a bargain, these days.
Replying to @rgfeal
Thank you! Now to find the next one...
Replying to @rgfeal
Indeed. Much easier.
Replying to @surlyF
Heh.
Replying to @dancohen
Thanks, Dan! The east coast has felt like home for a while; it's going to be nice to feel like I can put down roots there now.
The wackiest part? It's a total coincidence that I happened to be in town for the closing.
Replying to @tcarmody
Home - is where I want to be.
Replying to @dancohen
Oh yeah. From the Talking Heads to the Beasties. Feels wholly appropriate.
Replying to @literarychica
Thanks, Liana!
I am glad the world is in such a good state that we can spend news cycles debating @FLOTUS's bangs.
Replying to @jmcclurken
Now I know I'm tired; it took me a minute to figure out what was wrong.
Replying to @mamamusings
Just passed through LGA going the other direction. I hope SCS was great!
Replying to @mamamusings
I can imagine!
Replying to @jasonrhody
:(
Replying to @jasonrhody
:)
The tiniest little bit of snow is falling. I could use a good blanket of white.
Replying to @annehelen and @jmittell
I tried to listen to it but it freaked me out much too badly. Amazing how much difference it makes.
OMG with the email deluge! What is going on lately?
Replying to @artistofideas
Perhaps true -- but it’s also hard to make change when you’re THIS busy answering email.
I am seriously considering inviting everyone I am in contact with to join me in #emailfreefridays.
Rule 1 of #emailfreefridays: This is not an opportunity to clean out your backlog at the expense of others.
Rule 2 of #emailfreefridays: Need to send an interoffice message? Walk down the hall.
Replying to @surlyF
Sure! I’m sure we can find you a soapbox to stand on.
Replying to @surlyF
I think we should go back to morning announcements over the PA, like we had in elementary school.
Replying to @surlyF
Mmmm, tater tots.
Replying to @melissaterras
No kidding. Just miserable. And those 300 responses, once sent, generate 300 more messages in the inbox...
Replying to @artistofideas
Nice; thanks!
Um, NYT? "the temperatures across the city are in the low teens and the wind chill makes it feel as if it is hovering just around freezing"?
No. The temperatures are in the low teens and the wind chill is hovering around ZERO. Freezing is 32. #harrumph
The last two tweets refer to this. // RT @NYTOnIt: GUYS, it's cold out, and The Times is ON IT. http://nyti.ms/WfVvQt
Replying to @wynkenhimself
#socialism!
Replying to @naypinya
EXACTLY.
Replying to @naypinya
PS: Congrats on the new gig! Very excited to see how things develop.
Replying to @bighandsome
A 32 degree difference is hardly semantic, especially not when my soup gets cold during a two-block walk.
Replying to @tcarmody
Maybe it's a kind of gentle, warming wind in midtown, but not down here, man.
Replying to @naypinya
I will hope so.
RT @ernestopriego: Hey! @kfitz is coming to London! :) http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/OAmonographsconf/ via @alastairdunning @carenmilloy #MLA13 #awesomeness
Replying to @ernestopriego, @alastairdunning and @carenmilloy
I’m pretty excited about it myself!
Replying to @carenmilloy and @ernestopriego
That makes me super happy! \(And I work at a standing desk, so I can add a happy dance anytime\.\)
New post at Planned Obsolescence: If You Can't Say Anything Nice... http://wp.me/p2w8Sh-CU
Replying to @katinalynn
Absolutely. Thanks for this, Katina; it’s exactly the sort of thing I hope we can become more mindful about.
Replying to @tmccormick
Thanks for this, Tim. I will look forward to digging into @openlibhums and imagining ways to work together!
RT @NYUpress: Library forums promote scholarly publishing dialogue - Cornell Chronicle | http://bit.ly/WlHn8w (featuring @kfitz's PLANNE ...
What’s up with the white-out in NYC? It’s not precipitation. Isn’t 21 degrees too cold for fog? #noreally #ihavenoidea
Replying to @mmwwah
It’s rolling in from NJ in a weird SF-like wall. Not sure what it’s all about...
Replying to @mmwwah
Yay, you! I’m sure you’ll make it. Happy travels & hi to K!
Replying to @mmwwah
I love it.
Replying to @mmwwah
That’s exactly what I love about it -- dropping a booty call on a 20+ year partner.
Replying to @tcarmody
Dude, is that what the wall of white coming my way is?
Replying to @LibSkrat
I think all of us can use a reminder every once in a while.
Replying to @mmwwah
As long as it’s unmixed precipitation, you should be fine. A little de-icing, and off you go.
Time I have seen snow on the Terrace of Awesomeness.
That is, the FIRST time I’ve seen snow on the terrace. Hmph.
Replying to @moncia
That sounds like a fine pairing indeed.
Replying to @sleonchnm
So far, so good!
Replying to @roopikarisam and @adelinekoh
You guys, this is a super-interesting conversation. Thanks for linking me & my post to it!
Replying to @roopikarisam and @adelinekoh
You’re right: the rush to the negative/dismissive in critical work is all part of the same issue.
Replying to @samplereality
Good grief. How awful! I’ll hope you get some info -- and outta there -- very soon.
Replying to @briancroxall
Thank *you*, Brian.
Replying to @LibSkrat and @openlibhums
Yay, thanks! I’m very happy to be able to be involved with such an important project -- and great people to boot.
Replying to @radiokath
Oh no! Poor toe.
Replying to @martin_eve, @LibSkrat and @the_blochian
Thanks. I’m looking forward to our conversations.
Replying to @wynkenhimself and @samplereality
Absolutely. I think it’s the “both” that gets me.
Replying to @wynkenhimself
Or perhaps the deployment of a known persona in a situation that’s both real and not at once. Someone I care about, caught +
Replying to @wynkenhimself
in a situation that’s both real and imagined.
Replying to @ryancordell and @ETreharne
Fantastic post, Ryan, and a really positive outcome. I love the principles you outline.
RT @ryancordell: “Mea Culpa: on Conference Tweeting, Politeness, & Community Building” http://ryan.cordells.us/blog/2013/01/26/mea-culpa-on-conference-tweeting-politeness-and-community-building/ +1 to @kfitz http://t.co ...
Replying to @sramsay, @ryancordell and @steveklabnik
No, that wasn’t it. That post had been simmering for a while.
Replying to @sramsay
Srsly. I hadn’t even seen that. There’s been a bunch of incidents like that one lately, though.
Replying to @amandafrench
Thanks for the links! Can’t wait to explore...
Replying to @tmccormick and @openlibhums
I’m very excited about it. Thanks!
Replying to @stephharves
I know, right? Very sad turnout.
Replying to @adelinekoh and @ryancordell
It's WP's native comments, plus a plugin called Twitter Mentions as Comments.
New post at Planned Obsolescence: Disagreement. http://wp.me/p2w8Sh-CX
Replying to @palumboliu
Excellent! I would love to hear about the seminar.
Replying to @ibogost
No one thing in particular. It’s been simmering for a while.
Replying to @readywriting
I apparently have a lot to say! Who knew?
Replying to @tcarmody, @ibogost and @ryancordell
provided one example in his post. There was a fair bit of MLA unpleasantness too. Surely you can imagine?
Replying to @tcarmody, @ibogost and @ryancordell
It does. Make sense that is. Honestly, I’m not trying to be coy.
Replying to @tcarmody, @ibogost and @ryancordell
At the same time, I don’t think that shaming the shamers would be a good move.
Replying to @tcarmody
What @karikraus said.
Replying to @dougreside
Owe you a Coke!
Replying to @palumboliu
That’s a great lineup!
Re-tweeting for those of you who weren’t on the Twitters at midnite: first, Tim McCormick’s response to my last post: http://tjm.org/2013/01/26/if-you-cant-hear-anything-nice-dont-hear-anything-robustness-vs-civility-of-networks/ +
And next, my response to him: Disagreement. http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/blog/disagreement/
Replying to @wgthomas3
Exactly.
Replying to @wynkenhimself, @brettbobley, @melissaterras and @lubar
Rumor has it that @aegeller is working on one. I’ve told her I’m dying to read it.
Replying to @katinalynn
Thank you!
Replying to @wynkenhimself, @sleonchnm, @parezcoydigo and @jmcclurken
My poison cabinet book? :)
Replying to @parezcoydigo, @wynkenhimself, @sleonchnm and @jmcclurken
It’s deadly.
Replying to @d_kompare
Very good point. But the internet’s mode of anonymous broadcast has some documented negative effects: http://fishbowl.pastiche.org/2004/04/02/penny_arcades_greater_internet_fuckwad_theory/
Replying to @d_kompare
Very interesting. I had not thought about that connection, but I think you’re right: we still imagine ourselves separated +
Replying to @d_kompare
rather than connected by the network somehow, alone in private space rather than together in a public one.
This has been a pretty remarkably productive weekend. I’ve cleared out my email backlog \(for which I hope I do not pay tomorrow\), finished +
work on two papers I owed people, and written a couple of blog posts. And I’ve gotten most of the way through putting together my mortgage +
application. Not bad for one regular-length weekend. #whew
Replying to @literarychica
Big time! Glad you got stuff done, too. It always feels better going into Monday that way.
Replying to @parezcoydigo
Thanks for this, Chad; it means a lot. The criticism is important for us to hear, but keeping lines of comm open is impt too.
Dear WP 3.5: You’re killing me. Love, kfitz.
Replying to @BenjaminHarwood
I’m using it in two places just fine. But the upgrade on a third site has totally borked it. See http://wordpress.org/support/topic/troubleshooting-wordpress-35-master-list
Replying to @surlyF
Oh yes, on my OS 7.5 machine. http://main.system7today.com/software/wordperfect/wordperfect.html
I am suddenly avatarless. What's that all about?
And it's back. Weird. Probably a sign that I should go to sleep.
Replying to @Ted_Underwood
That's deep.
So seriously, I need a WordPress guru. Anybody but me run up against this problem? http://wordpress.org/support/topic/dashboard-problems-in-35?replies=3
Replying to @tmccormick
I’m not sure how easy an option that is; it’s the dev instance of a multi-site network. But I may have to go that route.
RT @mediacommons: Kathleen Fitzpatrick responds to our survey on building digital cohorts and academic communities... http://fb.me/1Wk08OuyQ
Very happy that the final version of “Open Review: A Study of Contexts and Practices” is now available for download: http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/open-review/
Replying to @wynkenhimself
Thanks! It’s great to see the final thing getting out there.
OH: "All you got in Murray Hill is stoned young people. You get out of college, and you move to Murray Hill."