Category Archives: Blogging

Liveblogging at the Social Computing Symposium 5

Posted on May 9, 2006 by Timothy Burke

Julian Dibbell asks, “What is the place of games in social spaces, in virtual community? What difference does a game make?” He points to something that I think is really important, what he calls an authenticity problem: it is still … Continue reading →

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Liveblogging at the Social Computing Symposium 4

Posted on May 9, 2006 by Timothy Burke

Next session doesn’t begin for a while, but I’m thinking here at breakfast about how this meeting accelerates my sensation of being a misfit toy in academia. I mean, in the context of my everyday practice, I think quite a … Continue reading →

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Liveblogging at the Social Computing Symposium 3

Posted on May 8, 2006 by Timothy Burke

From an afternoon session on mobile and pervasive social computing. Rich Ling suggests that mobile computing or communication creates social cohesion better than other computer-mediated communication. I don’t really buy that, for a variety of reasons. Perhaps partly because I … Continue reading →

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Liveblogging at the Social Computing Symposium 2

Posted on May 8, 2006 by Timothy Burke

So now we’re proposing sessions. One interesting thing was someone suggested a discussion on the ethics of using IRC backchannels during a conferencing session. I do have to say that it’s slightly weird to be hearing reports of what’s happening … Continue reading →

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Liveblogging: Social Computing Symposium

Posted on May 8, 2006 by Timothy Burke

Thanks to the amazing Liz Lawley, I’m here at the 2006 Social Computing Symposium. So I’m going to try something I haven’t done before, and post up notes here on sessions. Right at the outset one thing that makes me … Continue reading →

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Editor, Edit Thyself!

Posted on April 27, 2006 by Timothy Burke

For whatever reason, I’ve been really focused this semester on commenting on the writing style of my students. Maybe because I’m seeing more students who have a handle on building their essay around an argument or a strong analytic perspective … Continue reading →

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Champagne Without Bubbles

Posted on April 11, 2006 by Timothy Burke

Anybody remember that scene in the film Excalibur where a very naked Lancelot and a very naked Guinevere wake up on some mossy rocks and find the sword Excalibur planted Very Symbolically [tm] in between them? Lancelot exclaims, “The king … Continue reading →

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The Shape of the Gordian Knot: Synthetic Worlds

Posted on January 18, 2006 by Timothy Burke

I’m going to take a tour over the next month or so of some specific instances of the intractable dilemmas facing academics at the moment, challenges to which I see no ready or straightforward solution. All of these problems, as … Continue reading →

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Coughing Break

Posted on January 12, 2006 by Timothy Burke

I was very sorry this weekend to miss the AHA panel on history blogging, and all the more so because to my considerable surprise my own blog was singled out for some recognition. I’m really touched and all the more … Continue reading →

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Collective Expertise and Source Authority

Posted on November 11, 2005 by Timothy Burke

Via BoingBoing, this discussion of a mysterious technological object purchased by Todd Lappin. I went to a meeting on teaching technological literacy, especially information technology literacy, in liberal arts curricula last weekend, and I’ll probably write more about that meeting … Continue reading →

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