What I'm saying here

  • The Blog and Identity
    Monday, March 17, 2008 - 17:39

    As you may be aware, I successfully defended my MA back in January. I said at the time that I'd be putting a copy of the thesis here shortly after I'd finished working on the revisions. Well, the revisions came and went, but I obviously haven't...

  • Reboot
    Friday, March 14, 2008 - 02:48

    You know I couldn't stay away for long.  Funny thing; even though I had no feeling of inspiration left for the site, as soon as it was gone I felt as though a piece of me was missing, and like I had things to say but nowhere to say them....

  • Going offline for awhile...
    Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 21:02

    For RSS readers who don't come to the site, this is just a notice that the blog's going offline for awhile. The archives will still be available, but I really want to rethink what it is I'm using this site for.

    I'll be back eventually...

  • It's audience participation time
    Friday, February 15, 2008 - 14:26

    I don't hear from the (likely 2) readers of this blog very often. It's time you all (both of you) stepped up to the mic. Tell me a story, just say hi, tell me what you had for lunch today, whatever -- just put something in those sad, lonely...

  • Creating a singularity
    Monday, February 11, 2008 - 13:26

    I very nearly caused a rift in the continuity of space this morning by

  • The imagery of Anonymous
    Monday, January 28, 2008 - 09:57

    Unless you've been under a rock over the last week, you've likely heard about Anonymous, a group of hackers and other Internet citizens who announced an attack against Scientology. It has...

  • danah boyd: "Let's define our terms": what is a "social networking technology"?
    Friday, January 18, 2008 - 16:25

    Over on her site, apophenia, danah boyd is asking fellow researchers what their definitions of "social networking technology" are.

    My definition is...

  • A versioning scheme for academics
    Friday, January 18, 2008 - 15:22

    The other day I was looking at a proposal K had written for an upcoming conference, and - as I have done many times in the past - I saved a new version of the proposal with my comments, adding a version number onto the end of the filename. I've...

  • Mention in Town & Country
    Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 16:09

    Quite literally the day after my MA defense, I was contacted by David Paul, the editor of Town & Country - an insert published by Great West and included in several local newspapers, including the Athabasca Advocate - who wanted my opinion on...

  • I'm an uncle!
    Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 10:24

    When I came home from work yesterday, I noticed a message waiting on the machine. It was from my sister, who had her little girl at 7:35am!

    Welcome to the world, Sierra Ann Lynette van Elburg!