Posts by Daisy:
speaking of dance videos…
Why didn’t this kind of stuff happen when I lived in Boston?
See here and here for additional examples of Sound of Music-related flash mobs.
Even if Julie Andrews doesn’t know about this phenomenon, Mashable does!
And, somehow, all of that reminds me of this from 2007,
which Henry Jenkins eloquently discussed in his post, “Hustling 2.0: Soulja Boy and the Crank Dat Phenomenon.”
Sigh…more to discuss with the freshmen when I get to the YouTube chapter!
video driven evolution of skills
I’ve been teaching for 1 week now, and much of my planning and reading for my ENG 101 class has been related to literacy, particularly “What it means to be literate” nowadays. Teaching on a laptop campus has its challenges, but the best part is projection in every classroom. That way, I can show videos [...]
back to school; back to blogging
In case you haven’t noticed, ever since I started my job at UW-Stout in 2008 I’ve hardly blogged. The dissertation [on blogs of all things] consumed me and even though I defended in March, formatted in April, skipped the Tampa graduation in May, and finally received the diploma in the mail in July, I took [...]
GAGA
From LADY GAGA I have had the great fortune to see Lady Gaga’s Monster Ball twice now. Once last December in NOLA and then this week in St. Paul. [Thanks again @fablor!] Both times were amazing and I truly love her music, but despite her appeals to her fans AKA little monsters to be themselves [...]
Colbert on Privacy
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wordle
I’m going to experiment with colors and word layout settings, but here’s my first go at pasting my 150-page dissertation into Wordle And since my dissertation is on blogs, here the Wordle of what’s here at DaisyPignetti.com
Twitter on paper
BTW if you follow me on Twitter you know that I’m in the final push of formatting the dissertation according to grad school standards. As soon as I’m done I plan to compose thoughts longer than 140-characters and update this blog with details about my defense experience, feedback I received, and ideas for future projects.
treme
Cannot wait! Thank you HBO! This will be an amazing addition to syllabi that currently include Katrina texts:
heading to #cccc10?
Join this diigo group beforehand and start bookmarking those interesting finds! Diigo Groups
Google Map Time Machine
Does anyone know when Google Maps updates its street views? It’s becoming common practice for those impacted by disaster to use Google Maps to either organize efforts or search for views of homes/neighborhoods, but I was surprised when tinkering around with Street View to see my now razed home still showing up. Some background: As [...]
the brilliance of @stephenfry
on Twitter, poetry, agony columns, texting, profanity, and an open society
MVP Media
Has Drew gotten any sleep since Sunday?
Krewe of Drew!
Check out the baby Bacchus football! And, finally, the pre-game chant is revealed! WIN! AGAIN! WIN! AGAIN! WIN! AGAIN! WIN! AGAIN! WIN! AGAIN! WIN! AGAIN! WIN! AGAIN! WIN! AGAIN!
this is the turnaround moment
Thank you, Drew and Sean! And thank you, Cokie Roberts! NOLA’s future is bright and I couldn’t be happier! Just wish I didn’t have to wait til JazzFest to get down there to celebrate… Speaking of which, other than Twitter, which I can scroll through pretty quickly, I plan to be offline a lot for [...]
rhetoric & the “truth”
My favorite way to start a semester in Advanced Rhetoric: In addition to readings from our three course texts: Rhetoric and Human Consciousness, Rhetoric and Style, and Rhetoric Online, the semester will bring in PDFs of readings like Tania Smith’s “What Connection Does Rhetorical Theory Have to Technical and Professional Communication?” I also plan to [...]
superbowl bound!
I cannot believe it! But I should know better. If there’s anything the city of New Orleans and Saints fans all over know to do, it’s to BELIEVE! After reading that headline, this is how I feel:
export/import
I’ve been in serious dissertation writing mode this new year which means I’ve hardly tweeted, watched little TV other than that on DVD and returned very few emails. Sorry about that, but that’s what consumes my life when the semester begins. Well, not the TV part. Anyway, since I am in this dissertation state of [...]
images of the dissertation
tis the writing season again! Have a reprieve from the grading and have been back to work! Typical day begins with editing existing pages, reviewing notes, then artifact-ing [or story boarding] them on a sketch pad. then moves to the dry erase board where the lists help me stay focused.
UNDEFEATED!
Thank you, Sharon, for linking me to this latest WHO DAT fan song!
SYTYCD & Ellen
I’m not into Season 6 of SYTYCD as much as I was Season 5, but while trying to find video of ballroom boy Ryan’s solo from this past week I came across this appearance by the Top 10 on Ellen. Go Ellen, Go Go GO!
Pet Shop Boys
My beloved Boys have launched a new i-phone friendly version of their website, which includes a neat interactive media player where you can remix tracks, watch videos, etc. Love, etc, that is… FULL SCREENhosted by playlive.fm
another twitter link roundup
And another attempt at NaBloPoMo down the tubes. Oh well! I still plan to post as often as possible, now that I feel that my weeks are more manageable, even with the stacks of grading. In case you haven’t noticed, I’m very much into Twitter and have a growing list of bookmarks on diigo, which [...]
the Saints are coming!
We’ve come a long way, baby! 7-0!!!!!!!!
google wave
While I was at AoIR everyone was all a buzz about Google Wave. I too suddenly wasn’t complete until I received an invite, but then when I got one, I didn’t know what to do with it. I noticed several of my Twitter followers saying the same, “It will be a good tool but there [...]