when it’s about all the stuff for which I got into this business: reading, writing, talking about ideas. Highlights of the week included teaching (which is always a highlight), meeting with students about their work. the meeting of an augmented reality working group yesterday (which basically functions like a reading group for the moment), and …
Category Archives: Text
The Night After the Blowout Party
Here’s a pretty cool picture, especially for an amateur like me. Some people brought Jack-o-Lanterns to our blowout Halloween party last night, and this evening Carrie decided to put them on the windowsill and light them up. You can see reflection of the other side of the lantern in the window. You can also see …
The Idea That Things Don’t End
So I’m reading Wired last night before I drift off to sleep and a little blurb catches my eye. It’s about MMPORGs: “I want to see a game that is designed to run for only two years – with a two-year story arc – and a definitive end-date. Much like television watchers are fully aware …
While We’re on the Topic
One of the best things I’ve read on sexual harassment and hostile climate is the “Sexual Harassment” chapter in Nelson and Watt’s Academic Keywords.
A Week Later. . .
. . .I have returned to Montreal and undertaken the long and complex process of reducing the huge piles of paper (and bits) awaiting me. But I write not to complain about impending fellowship deadlines. Rather, I write to extoll the virtues of the podcasting conference. It was an unusual conference for me, since it …
A Milestone
Today, I answered my first query letter in French without running it through an automatic translator. POST EDIT FOR CLARIFICATION: I have no idea how to type in French. I answered in English. — As of tomorrow evening, I’m off to North Carolina again for the second time this month. This time, it’s a podcasting …
Lost Wallets and Plot Questions
So tonight Carrie’s wallet was stolen while we dined at Basha on St. Catherine. Her bag was literally right next to the table the whole time. Someone was very tricky. There were a couple charges one credit card, but that was dispatched quickly and there was only $10 in the wallet, so it’s more PITA …