2014 01 01 tweets
Replying to @seth_denbo
Have a great one, Seth. it's a different experience on the other side!
Replying to @jbj
I’ve heard of some people who are so lazy they have kids in order to get them to do the shoveling.
Replying to @academicdave
We’ve used a mobile web app the last few years, to ensure maximum cross-platform usability. http://mla14.org
Replying to @captain_primate
I hate to tell you, but there may be a problem getting into LGA tomorrow too…
Replying to @captain_primate
Actually, yes. The storm watch is from 6pm tonight to 1pm tomorrow.
Replying to @captain_primate
Mine are crossed for you.
Replying to @wynkenhimself
Yuck. I hate prednisone. I hope it does the good things quickly, and the bad things not for long at all.
Replying to @shanakimball
:(
Replying to @eetempleton
Nice! Thanks for tweeting this.
Replying to @amndw2
I think it’s a pre-#MLA14 method of helping us avoid the weather version of the bends.
Replying to @LisaWeihman and @rgfeal
Lisa! Just saw this - I hope you’re doing well! I think practices differ among institutions, but editorship is often +
Replying to @LisaWeihman and @rgfeal
taken in the category of “service to the profession.” The MLA CSE has been working on promoting an understanding of +
Replying to @LisaWeihman and @rgfeal
editing as scholarly work, however. There’s a session at #MLA14: http://www.mla.org/program_details?prog_id=409&year=2014
Replying to @LisaWeihman and @rgfeal
Anyhow, I’d be happy to talk about this further…
Replying to @LisaWeihman
I’m sorry to hear that! I hope we’ll get to cross paths someplace else before long. And I’ll prod the CSE to post session info+
Replying to @LisaWeihman
to @MLACommons.
Replying to @LisaWeihman
Indeed. There are also some great folks in writing studies working on these issues.
Replying to @LisaWeihman and @MLACommons
True. Let’s be in touch after the convention!
RT @MLACommons: New post from the office of scholarly communications: “Developing New Book Projects on MLA Commons” http://scholcomm.commons.mla.org/developing-new-book-projects-on-mla-commons/ …
We’re experimenting w/developing new projects on @MLACommons. Come join us or use the platform for yr own experiment! http://commons.mla.org
Replying to @briancroxall
Would depend a lot on the trajectory I was trying to trace. Maybe The Golden Notebook.
Replying to @briancroxall and @wynkenhimself
Which, duh, Lessing was. Why did I lump her into American?
Replying to @briancroxall and @wynkenhimself
Indeed.
Replying to @briancroxall and @wynkenhimself
Very cool. I will ponder…
Replying to @melissaterras and @briancroxall
Ooh, Geek Love is brilliant.
Replying to @eetempleton, @briancroxall, @JonathanPLamb and @wynkenhimself
Atwood is enormous fun, and the Oryx & Crake trilogy would count as big both ways.
Replying to @ChuckRybak and @briancroxall
God, yes. That’s what I was trying to remember.
@briancroxall Oh, and Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible.
Replying to @briancroxall
Heh. It’s made the last chunk of the work week more interesting!
Oh, there’s nothing like the weekend. Go to bed thinking “yay, I can sleep in!” Wake up at 4.45 am for no reason.
\(At least there can be a nap\.\)
Have you seen the revised draft proposal for restructuring the MLA’s divisions and discussion groups? http://groupsdiscussion.commons.mla.org +
Like the first draft, it’s open for comment. http://groupsdiscussion.commons.mla.org/ And there’s an open hearing on it at #mla14. http://www.mla.org/program_details?prog_id=119&year=2014
Replying to @cjprender and @GeorgeOnline
You can set @MLACommons email notifications group-by-group: http://faq.commons.mla.org/2012/12/07/how-can-i-change-my-group-e-mail-notifications/
Replying to @cjprender and @GeorgeOnline
There is also a set of general @MLACommons email notifications settings within your profile.
Replying to @cjprender, @GeorgeOnline and @MLACommons
However we seem to be having difficulty with the system disobeying those settings for uploaded docs.
Replying to @cjprender, @GeorgeOnline and @MLACommons
Needless to say, we’re looking into it.
Replying to @sleonchnm
Oh no. I'm so sorry, Sharon, :(
Ah, LaGuardia. We meet again. *narrows eyes*
On the plane. Chicago and #MLA14, here we come!
Hello, Chicago. They tell me it’s 1. At least that’s a positive number.
Replying to @seth_denbo
Thanks! I hope all went fabulously with yours.
RT @amandalicastro: @GregSpecter @MLAconvention Thank you for reminding #MLA14 goers to go easy on the fragrances from someone who is very …
RT @rgfeal: I'm in Chicago. I don't find it cray cray cold, but I'm a Buffalo gal! Temps will get warmer each day. Fear not, #mla14 peeps! …
I’m from southern Louisiana & lived in SoCal for 13 years, and even I don’t find it unbearably cold in Chicago right now. Plus, #mla14… +
It’s supposed to be 18 tomorrow, and then in the 20s on Friday, and in the 30s Sat & Sun. Practically spring! #MLA14
Replying to @KelliMarshall
Poor things! I can’t imagine what it must have been like for them. \(Where in LA? I want to say north, but may be wrong\.\)
Replying to @KelliMarshall
That’s what I thought. \(Not the Duck Dynasty part\.\) I grew up in BR, went to LSU.
Replying to @KelliMarshall
:)
Replying to @CameronNeylon and @ernestopriego
Drupal. \(At least I think that's what HASTAC is using\. MediaCommons definitely is\.\)
Replying to @sleonchnm
Thank you, Sharon!
Replying to @sleonchnm
Oh, Sharon. I'm so sorry. :(
Replying to @sleonchnm
I'm glad for that. Hugs to you, though.
RT @MLACommons: A few updates, just in time for #mla14! Highlights: Improved accessibility, better search, cleaner dashboard. http://t.co/m…
Replying to @karikraus and @jenterysayers
Noooooo! I’m so sorry.
Neat things you may notice in the @MLACommons updates we pushed live today: “Activity” now highlights important updates. +
“Groups” now indicate whether they belong to official committees, divisions, and discussion groups. @MLACommons +
The updated toolbar functions better with all blog themes. And search… well, it actually *finds stuff*. @MLACommons.
Replying to @jonvoss and @MLACommons
Thank you!
Replying to @rogerwhitson
Alas, there’s a bug somewhere in the notifications system; it’s ignoring the settings for uploads. We’re working on it.
You rock, @nowviskie. Sorry not to get to see you around #MLA14, but glad you’re helping us grok regardless. http://nowviskie.org/2014/on-the-origin-of-hack-and-yack/
Replying to @LizaPotts
Have you met Occupy MLA Elevator \(aka @Intuitionist5\) yet?
Replying to @LizaPotts
That right there is a question.
Replying to @lianamsilvaford
See p. 3: http://www.mla.org/pdf/2014conventionguide3web.pdf If you made your res thru MLA housing, wifi charges should not appear on your final bill.
Replying to @lianamsilvaford
That is how it's supposed to go. If there are any problems, you can talk to someone in one of the headquarters offices.
Hello, #MLA14! Have you joined @MLACommons? Stop by the welcome center \(Marriott, 5th floor\) for info & assistance. http://commons.mla.org
Replying to @JenHoward and @academicdave
That’s correct!
Replying to @ncecire
The best part: it’s all but empty compared to the NYC version.
Replying to @katinalynn and @ncecire
Truly. I just told folks over lunch: if there’s a station you couldn’t get into, now’s your chance.
Session on Variorum Editing beginning in Cook room, 3rd floor, Marriott. #mla14 #s56
Replying to @adelinekoh and @afamiglietti
Or Lobby Level 3 registration, Sheraton.
Hearing from Daniel Joseph Ransom on the history of the Variorum Chaucer. #mla14 #s56
Replying to @katinalynn and @rrkennison
Say hi for me too. And both of you thoroughly tweet #s66 while I’m over here in #s56!
Ransom: recent, disputed shift in meaning of “variorum” from collection of commentaries to edition containing variant readings. #mla14 #s56
Ransom: Critical editions attempt to trace steps back to putative original. Variorum editions seek to trace changes. #mla14 #s56
Replying to @wynkenhimself
You’re missed as well. You were just invoked — or your avatar was, anyhow!
Replying to @wynkenhimself
Yup!
Now up in #mla14 #s56, Jeffrey Johnson and Gary Stringer of the Donne Variorum.
Now up in #mla14 #s56, Edward Jones on the Milton Variorum.
Belay that last! @MLACommons help \(and swag\) are in the Marriott welcome center, 5th floor. Stop by and activate your account! #mla14
Things you want, this convention: @MLACommons glasses cleaners, @MLACommons Blogger pins! #mla14
Replying to @whitneytrettien
So sorry to hear that! Feel better soon.
Replying to @samplereality
Fantastic! I’m glad you’re here with us, though sorry you’re not able to be there with them.
RT @MLAconvention: Have you blogged about #mla14? Share your post by adding the link to the convention group forum on @MLACommons: http://t…
Replying to @jasonrhody
Hey, you’re in the room I am in!
Replying to @jasonrhody
Halfway up, left side, next to Matt Jockers.
Replying to @karikraus
Hey, you’re here! Everybody is sitting behind me.
Open hearing on the draft proposal for restructuring the divisions and discussion groups starts at 5.15 in Chicago VI, Sheraton. #mla14
Replying to @briancroxall
I specifically dug mine from last year out in @Brinkmanship’s memory. *snif*
Replying to @Brinkmanship, @briancroxall, @zachwhalen and @eetempleton
Please do!
Have you joined @MLACommons? Discussions from #MLA14 sessions are continuing and expanding there. Visit the Marriott welcome center to join!
Wine & cheese reception in the MLA booth. Come join us! #mla14
Hey, #MLA14: there’s a demo of @MLACommons about to begin in the exhibit hall theater. Come find out how you can use the platform!
MT @KNConsultants: At 5:15 hear @kfitz @julia_flanders @s3jones & others discuss Innovative Interventions in Scholarly Editing #MLA14 #S409
Alas, @RayS6 is not here.
:( #mla14
Replying to @wynkenhimself
Yes there are! #ahem #mla14 #s409
Tonight at 6.45pm: Marianne Hirsch’s presidential address and @rgfeal’s annual report. Sheraton IV-V; reception to follow! #MLA14
RT @rrkennison: Editing no longer about making discrete definitive editions, but about creating spaces of knowledge, concludes @s3jones #ML…
Replying to @samplereality
So sorry! The kind of slingshot travel you’ve just done is brutal. Hope you get some rest and feel better.
RT: Tonight at 6.45pm: Marianne Hirsch’s presidential address and @rgfeal’s annual report. Sheraton IV-V; reception to follow! #MLA14
Big announcement from @rgfeal: #mla16 will be our first meeting in Austin!
Replying to @shanakimball and @rgfeal
Will look forward to seeing you!
Replying to @brettbobley and @rgfeal
Oh yes. I will rent a car for a field trip to Salt Lick.
Replying to @Exhaust_Fumes and @rgfeal
Even better: breakfast tacos!
Marianne Hirsch being introduced before her presidential address by @rgfeal. #mla14
Replying to @mkgold
Fantastic news!
Replying to @LibSkrat
What are you migrating to?
RT @MLACommons: What can you do with @MLACommons? Come to the #mla14 exhibit hall theater at 9:50 to find out. Then join MLA Bib at booth 1…
Replying to @MichaelHancher
We strongly encourage that. #mla14
Replying to @MichaelHancher
And never built into the presider’s timing calculations, so it comes out of discussion time.
RT @MLACommons: #MLA14 session organizers and presenters: consider how you might use the Commons to continue your conversations. http://t.c…
Replying to @JenHoward
I am super jealous. Sayles has been my fave since Brother from Another Planet first came out. Hoping to meet him tonight! #mla14
Replying to @msbonn and @JenHoward
I’m totally in.
RT @MLAconvention: Awards ceremony now taking place in Sheraton IV-V, honoring exemplary works and scholars. Come join us! #MLA14
RT @PaulaKrebs: John Sayles accepting the Phyllis Franklin Award: it's all about language. #MLA14
RT @MLAconvention: Post-awards ceremony celebration now taking place in Chicago VI. Thank you to the Sheraton for generously sponsoring the…
On that reception: if you’re not here, you’re missing out. Crazy spread - come join us! #MLA14
Replying to @wynkenhimself and @eetempleton
Indeed!
Now at “The Data Is the Scholarship” in Parlor C, Sheraton. #mla14 #s724
Replying to @eetempleton
It was great to see you as well - I always wish I had more time to catch up with everyone!
Replying to @KLeuner
I’ll do my best, but my brain is having a hard time multitasking this morning!
RT @MLAconvention: Hard to believe it’s the last day of #mla14. Enjoy today’s sessions & visit the exhibit hall before it closes at 1pm! ht…
Taking in \(part of\) two last sessions during this slot: Composition in and as the Humanities, and Alt-Ac Work and Gender. #mla14 #s753 #s757
Replying to @nmhouston, @rgfeal and @katinalynn
Thank *you*, Natalie! It was great seeing you, if only in passing.
Thanks, Chicago, for a great #mla14. Homeward bound.
@wynkenhimself Happy birthday! I’d have celebrated with you in Chicago had I known it was so close.
Replying to @rogerwhitson
Weirdly, we’ve been occupied with other things the last few days! We’re looking into it, though.
Replying to @rogerwhitson
I’ll let you know as we figure it out. There’s a chance that the issue will require a fix at a deeper layer \(CBOX, BP\).
Replying to @rogerwhitson
The good news, though, is that the file upload activity should slow dramatically.
Replying to @rogerwhitson
Trust me, I completely understand! Good luck getting everything started.
Replying to @captain_primate
Grab one for me, will you? I’m dying here.
Important thoughts on the future of graduate programs from @katinalynn: http://katinarogers.com/2014/01/15/on-graduate-education-reform-and-program-size/
Replying to @jcmeloni
Nice!
Replying to @StewartVarner
Congratulations! Very excited for you and UNC both!
Replying to @bighandsome
Does this mean you’re going? If so, congrats!
Replying to @leahtams
But one of
the great things about Wikipedia is that anyone \(except @jmcclurken\) can fix that!
Replying to @bighandsome
Huge congrats. I will look forward to hearing all about it!
Replying to @GeorgeOnline
Oh no! George, I’m so sorry.
There is a small part of my brain that sometimes mistakes @bfister tweets for @LibSkrat tweets & vv. AND NOW THEY HAVE THE SAME AVATAR.
Replying to @academicdave
It freaks me out just a bit.
Okay, so it's not technically the same avatar, but the same large overlay on similarly-toned avatars. STILL.
Replying to @LibSkrat
I hear you. And I’m really sorry.
Replying to @LibSkrat
Trust me, I know.
Have you explored Profession on @MLACommons? Publicly accessible discussions of key issues in higher ed today. http://profession.commons.mla.org
Replying to @cgbrooke and @MLACommons
Thank you! We’re very excited about the ways it will help us create timely discussions with a broadened audience.
Attempting to create a plan for a Very Large New Project today. It’s more than a little daunting.
One bite at a time, I know, but figuring out how to take that first bite is hard.
Replying to @tcarmody
Oh no.
@wynkenhimself In honor of your birthday week, I am drinking a killer rye Manhattan. I hope you are, too.
+1000 // RT @JenHoward: Could the next 50 weeks of 2014 arrange to be less combative and surly than the first two, please?
Replying to @ernestopriego
It's also a holiday today, so we're not in the office. Amplification to follow!
RT @rgfeal: In sum: I welcome the serious involvement of members and potential allies. May you all find positive ways to make change happen.
Replying to @jvinopal
Nice! Where from?
RT @AULibrary: Join us Thurs 1/23 at 10:30a for @kfitz on "The humanities in and for the digital age". More: http://bit.ly/I4GY6O http://…
I know it’s a trying day, Amtrak. And it’s good to know that my train is delayed. But even better would be some kind of guesstimate. +
Like “don’t wander too far from the monitor!” Or “may as well go ahead and eat your dinner.”
Replying to @Amtrak
129 out of NYP, headed to WAS. Thanks for checking!
Replying to @Amtrak
It’s actually 129. Same situation?
Replying to @captain_primate
That’s… really, really unfortunate.
Replying to @captain_primate, @lynnegoldstein and @amandafrench
“Hey, it’s a movie people love about a dog people love! What could be better?”
Replying to @rrkennison
Ugh, so sorry. Once we got going it took us just under 5 hours. The doors kept freezing shut, which made stops slow & difficult.
RT @AULibrary: Public & @wrlc welcome for "The humanities in and for the digital age" w/ @kfitz tomorrow, 10:30am! RSVP http://t.co/GjzPQ4H…
That talk at AU is today at 10 - come say hi!
Um, that talk is at 10.30. You’ve still got time! // RT @kfitz: That talk at AU is today at 10 - come say hi!
Maybe I should drink this coffee first.
Replying to @wynkenhimself and @ayjay
Agreed. I’m not sure which camp I fall into, but either way I think it’s a great idea.
Replying to @hjoseph
Aw, thanks! It was a great conversation. Looking forward to catching up at @SPARC_NA!
Replying to @ayjay and @wynkenhimself
I have shut off a LOT of people’s RTs.
Replying to @ayjay and @wynkenhimself
Totally! Right from their web profile.
Replying to @wynkenhimself, @jbj, @dancohen and @ayjay
I was astonished to find out recently that a whole bunch of people didn’t know about this feature!
Replying to @wynkenhimself, @jbj, @dancohen and @ayjay
Srsly.
Replying to @jbj, @wynkenhimself, @dancohen and @ayjay
So far as I know. I think they’d have to see your feed to know that you’d silenced RTs.
Replying to @brettbobley, @wynkenhimself, @jbj, @dancohen and @ayjay
True - though that is overwhelmed for me by abusive RTers that drown my feed.
Replying to @FrostDavis
Only???
Replying to @FrostDavis and @katinalynn
Suet curious about the talk as a whole.
Replying to @FrostDavis and @katinalynn
Uh, that was super, not suet. Thanks, autocorrect.
Replying to @FrostDavis
Fair enough. Was it paired with another perspective? Or was it a session by itself?
Replying to @mkirschenbaum and @wynkenhimself
I approve.
Replying to @katinalynn
I… I just… Wow.
In for my annual mammogram today. Last year’s resulted in an ultrasound, needle biopsy, and \(thank god\) an all-clear.
Today’s ultrasound involved a lot of pictures in a lot of places. Waiting now for the results.
I’ve done this every year for ten years now, and it doesn’t seem to get easier. But I’m grateful for access to good care.
And all clear.
Replying to @LibSkrat
It is, as the man said, the hardest part.
This brief live tweeting brought to you by my personal campaign to remind you of the importance of early detection. #fuckcancer
RT @magpie: @kfitz Hurrah early detection. And, in light of my own experience in 2013, remind people to check their neck? http://t.co/WILf9…
RT @terrainsvagues: .@kfitz My great friend @redroostah is in surgery as I type, post-chemo, because of testicular cancer. Please send ligh…
Replying to @LibSkrat
Heh. Still holding to that.
Palgrave Macmillan is launching an open peer review trial: http://palgraveopenreview.com/
Replying to @academicdave
Good question. I haven’t seen anything either.
RT @katinalynn: Very happy to announce a few big changes at #Alt-Academy! New cluster, new e-book, new editor: http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/alt-ac/pieces/new-growth-alt-academy #altac
Very exciting new work and new developments at @MediaCommons’s #alt-academy! Thanks to @nowviskie, @katinalynn, and @briancroxall.
Another snowfall. Another travel day. Another set of train delays & cancellations. Need to be in Philly by 9.30. Cross your fingers for me.
So much for the QUIET car, eh, guys in suits?
Replying to @wynkenhimself
I always forget that!
Replying to @mmwwah
NYC, happily.
There is a particular joy in seeing quiet-car-flouting guys in suits get fussed at by the conductor. There is probably a German word for it.
Replying to @CapitolClio
YES.
Today in Philadelphia: @MLAnews is hosting a meeting with reps of ARL, CLIR, AHA, ACLS & others to discuss preservation and primary records.
Replying to @debcha
I have only ever been able to approve via the web. SO frustrating. If you find an alternative, let me know.
Replying to @debcha and @yayitsrob
Good to know - thanks!
Suited dude behind me finally stopped talking, put on headphones — and promptly started humming along.
Dude, I do not think “inaudible” means what you think it means.
Replying to @seth_denbo
Thankfully, mine is not That Guy in That Suit.
Replying to @amycsc
Not in this meeting, alas - but this is the start of a long project, and I’d love to get @archivists_org involved!
Replying to @amycsc and @archivists_org
It’s a factor of the origins of the project - revisiting a project originally conducted by MLA, AHA, and ARL.
Replying to @lbdehertogh and @karikraus
Oh brilliant. Thank you!
Replying to @publichistorian
So much sympathy, and much concern.