the relationship between tweet and blog
As an early adopter of both blogging and Twitter, I feel that these two mediums complement each other quite well, especially in terms of self-promotion, although it’s been clear that my tweeting has often led to a complete disregard and neglect of my blog. See “Is Twitter a Blog Breaker or a Blog Builder” for [...]
light as air
As I type this I’m waiting for the Fed Ex truck to arrive with my new lil mac. Unfortunately, I won’t be opening the box and getting straight to work/play. Yesterday’s Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference announced many changes and upgrades as well as reduced prices. I immediately turned to my Twitter network and asked: “so [...]
love Federer
I’ve never picked up a racket, but somehow got in to watching tennis when I was young. I had the teenage crush on Andre Agassi and then fell for this young Swiss, Roger. I couldn’t be more happy for him as now he’s finally won the French Open and joins Pete Sampras on a record [...]
musical heroes
Somehow think I’m co-opting the term “hero” for what is actual fandom, but who cares! The Pet Shop Boys are heroes of mine because they continue to impress me with intellectual lyrics and catchy melodies. Their latest album, Yes, is the first once since Very that I HAVE to play over and over again, which [...]
more teaching with Twitter
A supplement to my post from earlier this week, with the full write up available here. This is great to have now b/c my summer ENG 101 course starts on Monday and after watching this video students will be able to see how, while it can get “messy”, using Twitter during our short semester will [...]
Twitter in Time
Without these guys, I’d not have much to talk about these days. As someone I’m following on Twitter said today, “wow…Time magazine actually *gets* Twitter. how odd.” But they do get it, and this statement from Steven Johnson’s essay “How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live” says it all: “In short, the most fascinating [...]
Carolyn Ellis + autoethnography
A true hero of mine, and former prof, Carolyn Ellis, has been on my mind lately b/c I’m re-working the third chapter of my dissertation. This is going to be the longest one b/c of its defining of methods and then the data itself. I’ve been moving a lot of information around but I believe [...]
Twittering profs
Keeping up with this “hero” theme is going to be difficult on days when I want to talk about social media best practices, but oh well… Check out the following links for some uses of Twitter in and out the classroom, from USNews&World Report [with the teacher's reflections posted here], the Bedford Bits blog, and [...]
FY,YFF
A blogging hero, Ashley Morris, became best known for this post written 3 months after Katrina. So many comments, so representative of the seemingly indescribable trauma Hurricane Katrina brought on to so many New Orleanians like myself. Read this Chris Rose column,“We’ll miss the blogger next door” [and the comments left under it] to learn [...]
NaBloPoMo
Being that it’s June 1st and I’ve neglected my blog for too long, I’ve decided to attempt completing NaBloPoMo this month. The theme is “heroes,” which should tie in with my dissertation writing about Hurricane Katrina survivor bloggers, right? To get the ball rolling I thought I would share a story that’s got a few [...]