Category Archives: Blogging

Publishing Presentation on Academic Blogging

Posted on February 15, 2007 by Timothy Burke

Last week, I had a chance to talk about academic blogging in relationship to academic publishing at the Professional and Scholarly Publishing pre-conference event in Washington. Here’s the basic outline of my talk here, with some additional notes. The main … Continue reading →

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That Was the Month That Was

Posted on January 16, 2007 by Timothy Burke

Catching up on some of the things that I failed to comment on in the last month but nevertheless have opinions about. 1) I’m deeply impressed by the report of the MLA’s Task Force on Evaluating Scholarship for Tenure and … Continue reading →

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Berube Stops Blogging

Posted on January 9, 2007 by Timothy Burke

I actually knew this was coming through various ultra-secret intelligence sources. I think it’s fair to say now that most blogs have a fairly definite life cycle. Most never really outlast a brief initial burst of enthusiasm, but those that … Continue reading →

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Homework: The Argument Clinic Edition

Posted on October 19, 2006 by Timothy Burke

With a child just starting kindergarten, I’ve been engaging in that popular pastime of parents and old fogeys: sitting around with other parents and old fogeys and saying, “Well, in my day, we didn’t have all this new-fangled educational stuff, … Continue reading →

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It’s a Fair Cop

Posted on October 3, 2006 by Timothy Burke

Norm Geras objects to a recent post of mine, and I think by and large his objections are justified. First, my original entry does something that I really don’t like to see from bloggers, whether it’s directed at me or … Continue reading →

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My Little Schadenfreude

Posted on September 4, 2006 by Timothy Burke

Everybody’s having fun at Lee Siegel’s expense. There is one thing about the whole affair that I think is more interesting than just the satisfaction of seeing an extraordinarily bad column lose its place, though. Lots of people have observed … Continue reading →

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Arrived

Posted on July 11, 2006 by Timothy Burke

In Durban now. It’s a pleasant, hazy day. My main objective at this point (and doubtless this is a wish of my friends as well) is a shower.

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In Transit

Posted on July 10, 2006 by Timothy Burke

On my way to South Africa for what promises to be a fascinating conference on African Technopolitics. I’m vaguely nervous as my paper has a goodly chunk of material from the chapter of my work-in-progress that has given me the … Continue reading →

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Bloggers and Journalists

Posted on May 11, 2006 by Timothy Burke

I’ve been thinking a bit about a chance conversation I got involved in at the Social Computing Symposium. There’s so much anxiety among journalists working for mainstream newspapers and magazines about bloggers and blogs. I think a lot of the … Continue reading →

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Liveblogging at the Social Computing Symposium Conclusion

Posted on May 9, 2006 by Timothy Burke

Clay Shirky closes with some observations. First, too many social spaces online are either too big or too granular in the level of discussion and interactions they promote. What he and his graduate students are working on is to try … Continue reading →

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