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Ice Storm
I traveled to rural New Hampshire to visit a friend last weekend. I was there for about 24 hours before the worst ice storm in ten years came upon us. No water, heat, or electricity. We had a wood...
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Why I Don’t Read Novels Anymore*
I suppose I could say that since I spent two years in Comparative Media Studies at MIT, I have become totally compelled by the reading and writing practices of those who are fairly immersed in the...
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Quick Update
It’s been a great semester. I’m finally starting to figure out how to navigate ASU, which is a big, huge place. I sometimes say it’s like going to school in an airport. People are buzzing by all the...
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Stuff I Like Right Now
So I post these things to Twitter with some regularity, but thought I’d post them here too, for the record. People often ask me what I’m playing and listening to and watching, etc. So here’s a short...
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Shaq to Oprah: You’re Doing It Wrong
I just had to post this real quick, cuz it’s one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a while.
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Using Images You Find on the Web
I am a member of a listserv for folks who work in the areas of rhetoric, writing, teaching, and technology. Recently, someone raised the question of how to properly use and cite images found on the...
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Backchattergame.org
This week at the Games+Learning+Society conference, Local no. 12 (Colleen Macklin, John Sharp, Eric Zimmerman, and Mike Edwards) made a game called Backchatter. I will post more thoughts on the game...
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Alice Temporarily Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
Turns out that when you study digital literacies and social media, you tend to be more active around the web than on your own site. That’s the case for me, anyway. Others are much better at this than...
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I’m Back and Getting Ready for Fall
So…I know it’s been awhile, but I’ve been kinda busy. Since my last post (in November, 2009!), I’ve bought a house, got a new dog, got married, traveled a LOT, went on junior leave, went on maternity...
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On Nerd Discourse
Today I am speaking on a panel about “nerd discourse” with author Neal Stephenson and structural engineer Keith Hjelmstad: it was assembled by my colleague Ed Finn, who is launching ASU’s new Center...
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It’s MSR Social Media Collective 2015 PhD Intern Application Season!
Social Media Collective * APPLICATION DEADLINE: JANUARY 31, 2015 * Microsoft Research New England (MSRNE) is looking for advanced PhD students to join the Social Media Collective for its 12-week 2015...
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on information privilege.
info-mational The concept of information privilege situates information literacy in a sociocultural context of justice and access. Information as the media and messages that underlie individual and...
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Academia’s Freedom is Also Its Dysfunction: Farren Stanley on Why She’s Leaving
You made a decision to leave adjuncting behind after this past semester. What motivated this decision? In order to be able to live, I was teaching three classes (with three preps) and working a 25-35...
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10 tips for dealing with introverts (Number 6 shall cause the rivers to run...
my kid's name will be treasure You’ve probably heard that there are two kinds of people in this world- the outgoing, social extroverts and the quiet, misunderstood introverts. If you’re an extrovert...
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The best thing about Wikipedia is Spoken Wikipedia
Fusion At the nexus of accessibility, volunteer crowdsourcing, and the whims of human nature lies a magical place on the internet: Wikipedia’s collection of “spoken articles.” Spoken Wikipedia—which...
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The Pregnant Pause
Run With Rainbows So, it’s been a while since I’ve blogged (says no blogger ever). Because this blog really focuses on my running life, I’m here to report, there wasn’t much going on. After I injured...
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Teachers Who Tweet: 50 Educators You Should Follow
Pretty cool to have been included on this list! Thanks! eNotes Blog It’s no surprise that Twitter, inarguably one of the most popular social platforms, has more than tweens and “hip brands” (like us,...
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Addressing Antifeminist Violence Online: Work Narrative
Very happy to be a part of this project with my colleague Jacque Wernimont here at ASU. Jacqueline Wernimont Need According to a recent Pew Study, 1 in 4 women have experienced online stalking or...
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The Facebook “It’s Not Our Fault” Study
Important re: ethics, privacy, surveillance, etc. Social Media Collective Today in Science, members of the Facebook data science team released a provocative study about adult Facebook users in the US...
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10 tips for more concise writing
Research Degree Voodoo Writing concisely is a great skill–useful for 200-word conference abstracts, 7000-word articles, elegant emails and effective cover letters. Here are 10 tips that I have gleaned...
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