Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-29

By barbara | Published: August 29, 2010
  • 20mil+ affected by worst natural disaster in Pakistan’s history. Help #Pakistan: http://go.usa.gov/cEy v @Jurretta @whitehouse #
  • RT @acumenfund 3.1 million Americans texted $31 million for Haiti. Similar campaign for Pakistan has generated $10,000 /v @SusanneUre #
  • Um, @bone433 is playing Rapper’s Delight on the accordion. I think I’m falling in love all over again. #swoon #
  • There will be a waitlist for #THATCamp Bay Area, so pls apply sooner than later. Due by 9/1/10. http://bit.ly/96E7Iu (via @THATCampSF) #
  • Thou shalt not bear false witness; unless you’re really really sure he’s a Muslim from Kenya. ~@JohnFugelsang #
  • TARANTULAS in the Bay Area?!?!?! RT @SFist: Firefighters Battle Flames, Tarantulas In East Bay Wildfire http://bit.ly/b91H52 #
  • RT @cunydhi: Very excited to announce the official launch of the CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative! http://bit.ly/dmtAiK #
  • Sudden sushi craving. Not to be requited at this hour, I’m afraid? #
  • Digital Humanities faculty position just posted at Indiana Uni, 1st post here: http://bit.ly/a1j4W6 Pls RT! /v @leoba @JenServenti #
  • Really excellent and damning article on gender in the workplace. Highly recommended. http://bit.ly/cGD43Y /via @radar @noahi #
  • Interesting & useful: Bunch of nerdy interviews w/ developers re “What do people use to get the job done?” http://usesthis.com/ /via @nirak #
  • Hehe. Just remembered last night’s dream: I convinced @bone433 to give me his new 13″ MacBookPro & take my old 1 in exchange. #letsDoThis #
  • Rohnert Park? I’m not in Rohnert Park. I guess my network connection must be associated with those coordinates. #TwitterLocationHiccup #
  • Just discovered a little family-owned grocery store w/in walking distance stocked w/ organic produce, staples, & chocolate digestives :-) #
  • The oldest book you own=A.

    The oldest electronic file you own=B.

    A−B=your Sven Birkerts Number. The higher the better. (via @mattthomas) #

  • .@mattthomas er, @shermandorn & @dougreside pt out that math is wonky on the Sven Birkerts algorithm. shouldn’t lower diffrntial be better? #
  • Taking a break from writing to ogle the Fluevogs I’m currently obsessed with online & drink some cabernet, which is *mighty* yummy. #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-22

By barbara | Published: August 22, 2010
  • Worst bedtime reading material ever: Bed Bug Infestation Is Scaring Millions Of Americans http://bit.ly/9znbji #
  • SF Bay Area peeps: anybody have CSA recommendations?? We live right by Lake Merritt/Chinatown. #
  • RT @AlterNet: It’s Wednesday. And it’s still Not-a-Mosque, Not-at-Ground-Zero. #
  • At @fbase meetup in SF, @skud presiding. Sitting next to @lookbackmaps. Taking in presentation: Freebase 101. Will be posted on Slideshare. #
  • Michael now presenting on Acre http://bit.ly/9Dc41G & freebase.com — 2 dev environments for fbase. Open Source release for Acre this week! #
  • Shailesh Kochhar of Metaweb/Google talking @ RABJ http://bit.ly/afvdXh –dev’d for crowdsourcing human judgment re typing data. FASCINATING. #
  • The Bay Area is cold. I need sweaters. #
  • Change color + background of maps easily w/ just released World Glass tileset @MapBox http://is.gd/ep6HU (via @developmentseed & @ushahidi) #
  • Great intro to Freebase: Slides from last night’s @fbase meetup: Freebase 101 by @Skud: http://bit.ly/aTe6hW #
  • This seems to sum up the basic diff in approach between British & Chinese cuisine: RT @ibogost A beef wellington is just a big won ton. #
  • p.s. won tons FTW #
  • Hee http://yfrog.com/mu50nxj #
  • Polymaps: http://polymaps.org free JS library for image- & vector-tiled maps using SVG, from @simplegeo & @stamen /v @migurski @schuyler #
  • Test your psychogeography:put major events over yr postcode to find out how big they rlly are http://www.howbigreally.com/ /@brady @schuyler #
  • Hello, brain? Hellooooo? Is anybody there today? We have things to do! Don’t shut down on me now! #
  • Note to self? RT @johnmjones: You don’t finish a dissertation, you abandon it. #
  • Although the Bay Area weather is cold, its people are very warm : ) Happy to be back! #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-15

By barbara | Published: August 15, 2010
  • On a plane OAK-LAX. Goin’ to Oxy to help out w/ geospatial/GIS portion of their faculty digital summer inst. ’til soon, @ddchamberlain :) #
  • Very strange to be back in LA & no longer be living here. Feel like I’m in a weird time warp. Or something. #
  • Lovely day at Occidental with @ddchamberlain @mschnirring & faculty talking about GIS/digital mapping + research + teaching. #
  • psychogeographysical. let’s get. psychogeographysical. ~@SubMedina #
  • This patterned carpet at the Burbank Airport is giving me a bit of a headache. Back to Oakland –> #
  • Our brand new kitchen knives are really nice and sharp. I verified this a bit ago by slicing my finger on the biggest blade. #waaaahh #
  • In case you’re wondering about my new lifestyle in Oak Land: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzkoeyhAAdk&feature=related (youtube) #
  • Curating or Crowdsourcing Unconferences? What we’re doing at #THATCamp Bay Area http://bit.ly/dpk7Bs (via @THATCampSF) #
  • On my way to Automattic Lounge to meet @lookbackmaps for @thatcampsf prep. Nice having cell access on BART. #
  • This tweet coming to you from under water. Ah the wonders of the post-modern age! #
  • Took a spin around Lake Merritt & explored Grand Ave no of the lake a bit. Beautiful day. Great bike ride. Head is much clearer now. Aaahhh. #
  • Walking in SF. Where are my gloves? #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-08

By barbara | Published: August 8, 2010
  • RT @theHapacalypse: Kinda shocked Žižek hasn’t published anything on “Inception” yet. #
  • Does anybody actually enjoy packing and moving? (If so, please do feel free to come over and do it for us. Ha). #
  • “you were supposed to sing or dance while the music was being played.” http://www.neticons.net/music_life/ (via @bone433) #
  • Cassie’s taking care of the dresser drawers while we pack: http://yfrog.com/j51rvgj #
  • Earl Grey, meanwhile, is a bit befuddled: http://yfrog.com/eueglmj #
  • found so far during packing: 4 books of stamps, 7 bars of dark chocolate. #hmm #
  • Goodbye, Los Angeles! #
  • On the drive up to Oakland. Reading a bit abt Prop 8 ruling. Happy :) A step in the right direction. #
  • Almost made it to Oakland. With @Schuyler @orangestitch & other dear friends @ Prop8 celebration–in spirit if not in person! #
  • Hello, Oakland! No Internet at the new apartment yet. How will I survive?! #
  • Sitting in the new empty apartment, which is breathtakingly large (for us), waiting for our stuff to arrive. Cue: influx of the boxes. #
  • I keep on feeling guilty just standing here telling the movers where put stuff. Then a remember we’re paying them to do this. Odd concept. #
  • Heading out to Jack London Sq farmers’ market this morning. Getting broadband installed this afternoon. #ItsBeginningToCoalesceIntoAHome #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-01

By barbara | Published: August 1, 2010
  • nothing like dancing around the apartment to Houses of the Holy to get the blood flowing. back to work! #
  • #oneweek ack, prolly too late, but: 5,3,2 #
  • Ensconced: http://yfrog.com/69feij #
  • Ensconced: http://yfrog.com/mtua5rj #
  • Turn the beat around, baby! RT @amansaac: For @barbarahui, who missed the US disco years: http://bit.ly/9KSEdT #
  • “Robocop took place in Detroit in c. 2010, which was the future in the 80s.” #TrueFacts #
  • RT @RayS6 Asst Professor position in DH and Literary Studies at U Victoria, details at http://bit.ly/94rb6z (via @triproftri) #
  • Cool job! Mgr for getting kids to love #archives & history via digital collections & tech http://goo.gl/fb/BNSV1 @archivesgig (via @pmhswe) #
  • I am a Comp Lit grad & guilty of all as charged, esp. 1-6. 10 Reasons We’re Not Going to Grad School: http://bit.ly/buPHFl (via @amndw2) #
  • OK, fine: The quasi-Hegelian meta-paradigm of ontological liminality problematizes the discursively historized narrativity of the dialogic. #
  • That’s some hegemonic discourse if I ever saw it though. #
  • “Hegemony is power soaked in lye” — Slavoj Žižek (via @ibogost) #
  • “What secret shame makes academics so willfully abstruse?” http://bogo.st/fp // UKGuardian article via @ibogost #
  • Saw Inception; loved the visuals. Conceptually kept thinking of The Raw Shark Texts by @StevenHa11. Also Borges & Calvino. Literature FTW :) #
  • packing & writing, writing & packing. movers arrive on wed, eek! have started saying goodbye to LA folks & places :`( #
  • Innovators, humanists, technologists: join us at Automattic Lounge Oct 9-10 for #THATCamp Bay Area. http://bit.ly/96E7Iu /via @THATCampSF #
  • psst: RT @thatcamp: Want to go to a #THATCamp? Fellowships are available. Apply here: http://thatcamp.org/go/fellowships/ #
  • Accordion ode to a Hollywood patio. http://yfrog.com/5s2faj #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-25

By barbara | Published: July 25, 2010

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-18

By barbara | Published: July 18, 2010
  • Digitale Wissenschaft 2010 - unser Konferenzprogramm ist online: http://digitalewissenschaft.de/programm/ #diwi10 (via @coffee001) #
  • inspired by @TheHapacalypse’s dope pic of his pops http://twitpic.com/81421/full here’s 1 of my dad, 70s London http://twitpic.com/24rke6 #
  • can’t wait to hear: RT @ofvampires today: inspired by unholy spirit to finally write out klezmer mashup of smellsliketeenspirit & o fortuna. #
  • After a too-hot day, it is the *perfect* temperature out on our patio right now. Plus a slight breeze. Heavenly. I will miss this. #
  • Congrats to my UCLA peeps, esp T Presner, D Shepard, C Johanson & T Tangherlini for winning Google DH awards! http://bit.ly/9RtTEk #GoogleDH #
  • “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by brevity, overconnectedness” (McSweeneys): http://bit.ly/ainFwS (via @pnkrkgrl) #
  • When it gets above ~88˚F/31˚C, my brain stops functioning & I wanna just swim & drink cold things. It’s currently 92/33. Ack. #
  • I guess this means I need to relocate to somewhere with air-conditioning, since computers don’t do well in swimming pools. #
  • Do @melissaterras’ job for 16 mos! Teaching fellow position in #digitalhumanities at #ucldh Uni College London avail: http://bit.ly/9fiD6N #
  • Struggling High School Cuts Football—Nah, Just Kidding, Art It Is http://onion.com/bJup3j (via @TheOnion) #
  • “Notes from a Video Game Developer” — smart piece on video games & narrative by @Austin_Grossman http://bit.ly/c1vVhR #
  • fruit & nut bread + pungent cheese + Hefeweizen = hot afternoon treat #
  • Reading up on #wherecampsocal tweets. Not there cos of the overwhelming list of things I have to do in the next 2 weeks. #WishIWereThere #
  • LA mayor was in bike lane when a taxi pulled in front of him. Villaraigosa fell, broke his elbow: http://bit.ly/cSINrZ via @LATimescitydesk #
  • RT @LATimescitydesk: LA cyclists have been complaining for ages about safety. Now the mayor is — quite literally — feeling their pain. #
  • Biked to dinner tonight through E Hollywood/Los Feliz. Honked at by 1 SUV. Otherwise the usual squeeze-share w/ entitled L.A. motorists. #
  • RT @SubMedina: My @SarahPalinUSA ReTweet disappeareffected off my feed. It stabs me through the heartland. I refudicade. #
  • “Sarah Palin Calls on ‘Peaceful Muslims’ 2 ‘Refudiate’ Their Own Religion”- add on “architecture” http://j.mp/dsodCf /via @SubMedina #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-11

By barbara | Published: July 11, 2010
  • embroidered digital commons is here at #dh2010 and on the web at http://bit.ly/d4axGs — open source embroidery! (via @footnotesrising) #
  • this #ger fan (watching on #esp-language TV in Los Angeles) is tense. very tense. #
  • Huge nos. of Turkish Germans [in Berlin] w/ faces painted red,gold&black. If nothing else…has been a watershed in Ger. id. ~@DougSaunders #
  • Wow. ¡Felicitaciones à España! Gotta give to ‘em. Sad times for Alemania. Schade. #worldcup #
  • Sheesh. If you’re considering hiring a moving co. in the U.S., read this first: http://www.movingscam.com/ (site is proving invaluable) #
  • RT @jameshome: Almost as horrified by how media is covering Mehserle trial than by verdict itself. insult to injury. #oscargrant /v @Skud #
  • RT @mazarines: If a police officer doesn’t know the diff betw a tazer & a gun, he’s guilty of more than involuntary manslaughter #mehserle #
  • Starting to get reports of small fires & cops in riot gear from a friend who lives in Oakland. #oscargrant #
  • RT @charliejane: RT @roxxiecyber: you know, involuntary manslaughter is what they give to people in traffic accidents. #mehserle (via @Skud) #
  • RT @jcmeloni: I like DH because it seems perfectly normal for colleagues to say “let’s hack my spare robot knee”. /via @janaremy #
  • we bought a paper shredder to finally dispose of all that old paperwork before we move. i’m finding this far too much fun right now. #shred #
  • it’s raining. as i’ve said before, yes, this is a valid tweet from Los Angeles in July. #
  • Haiti 2010 http://twitpic.com/24dwcu http://twitpic.com/24dvpd http://twitpic.com/24duzj http://twitpic.com/24dsyf (via @JohnFugelsang) #
  • psychogeography:place a glass,rim down,anywhere on map,draw round edge…go into city & walk the circle http://bit.ly/azBl4S /v @geoparadigm #
  • And with that, it’s over. ¡PARTAY ESPAÑA! #worldcup #
  • ¡Y felicitaciones a Pulpo Paul! #worldcup #octopus #
  • RT @javierest: Ghana won. #worldcup #
  • In honor of Spain, we will be engaging in a siesta this afternoon. #
  • V. excited abt my gorgeous new bookcandy from @skylightbooks “Cartographies of Time” http://bit.ly/dnRtcr /thx @ganderman1 for the gift :) #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-04

By barbara | Published: July 4, 2010
  • wtf: Toronto police use kettling tactic on shoppers, bystanders -read esp @UnionSt @lisanjutras alarming experiences. /via @DougSaunders #
  • A swarm! RT @amansaac @LosAngelesCM: Here’s an idea of how many bicyclists participated in LA Critical Mass. http://twitpic.com/201jff/full #
  • Ugh. Why I only eat organic strawberries (& try to eat organic CSA fare in general): http://n.pr/aFueaV #
  • Why am I still awake, and reading depressing old news stories about strawberries at that? Must. Sleep. Now. Goodnight, twitterverse. #
  • Slow Media Manifesto: http://bogo.st/ek (via @ibogost & @darthjulian) #
  • had forgotten what a royal pain it is to have a scraped up knee. fell off my bike 2 days ago. ouchie! v. reminiscent of being a klutzy kid. #
  • RT @markcmarino: considering becoming 1 of those public intellectuals who don’t theorize but…make sweeping generalizations in costco books #
  • Do we care if they see our underwear? (for @amansaac per our convo yesterday, & other skirt-wearing cyclists): http://bit.ly/a8Ou5q #
  • Call w/ @lookbackmaps @gworthey @mazarines @historying re #THATCamp Bay Area Oct 9-10. w00t! http://www.thatcampbayarea.org/ #
  • Biking in skirts c. 1850 http://bit.ly/ap3uB6 (via @amansaac) #
  • It’s a picnic in the park! http://yfrog.com/083ansj #
  • RT @cliotropic: bldg DH infrastruct w/o specific efforts to recruit,mentor&train women & underrep’d minorities will keep DH pale,male #cnSum #
  • hear, hear!: RT @jcmeloni #cnsum people, thank you for tweeting. #
  • #cnsum To clarify re my earlier tweet http://bit.ly/9uljMv re DH & diversity: not at ALL to discount the many DH leaders (women & men) (1/3) #
  • #cnsum who recognize talent regardless of gender/race/class/sexual orientation… & actively mentor peeps of all stripes! (2/3) #
  • #cnsum However, as young field DH in a unique position to build promotion of diversity into its infrastructure from ground up (3/3) #
  • Yes! Post by @shermandorn : Expanding digital humanities through diversification: http://bit.ly/9KfDhM #cnsum #diversity #
  • ooh. i <3 ginger. that looks yummy. my summer ginger fave is the dark & stormy. #
  • RT @edsu: 2 new fulltime. “perm” job openings to work w/ digital content at the library of Congress http://bit.ly/aIbmqb /@captain_primate #
  • listening to the kids play Marco Polo/Pollo in the pool downstairs : ) #
  • Aaand we’re on the road to SF/Oakland. Quick house-hunting &c trip. Happy holiday, fellow ‘mericans! #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-27

By barbara | Published: June 27, 2010
  • RT @jessamyn Dear Natl Pork Board, don’t ever change. C&D letter to ThinkGeek [re: unicorn meat] http://icanhaz.com/porkporkpork via @amndw2 #
  • If you’re going to #ESRIUC, check out the ESRI-sponsored http://wherecampsocal.org free unconference afterwards. (via @glennon) #
  • We’ve added some info pages to thatcampbayarea.org. Note that apps will open 8/1/10 - 9/1/10. (via @THATCampSF) #
  • Agreed: RT @ncecire: @kfitz’s #aaup10 talk “What a Press Can Add in the Age of DIY Publishing” is really smart: http://bit.ly/b3idn7 #
  • Drank cold-brewed coffee @ 4:30pm the other day & couldn’t sleep. Drinking another today @ 3pm for the sake of controlled experimentation. #
  • RT @NEHgov: National Endowment for the Humanities has joined Twitter. We promise to be as stimulating as federal regulations allow! #
  • aw yeah: RT @brettbobley: You can now follow @NEH_ODH (DH-related stuff) as well as @NEHgov (NEH-wide stuff) #
  • Head explosion from too much dissertation writing averted by hiking up to Griffith Pk via Ennis House w/ @amansaac. Refreshed. #
  • Also walked some of the public stairs of the Hollywood Hills that @amansaac traversed w/ @BigParadeLA last wkend. Cool stuff; great views. #
  • dear Thai mango sticky rice dessert: could your combination of textures and sweet saltiness be any more divine? i <3 you. #
  • CA people, please call Sen. Feinstein tomorrow and ask her to vote for the Education Jobs Package. (202) 224-3841. Thanks! /via @bone433 #
  • The New York Public Library is hiring a full-time, professional Map Warpist! http://jobs-nypl.icims.com/jobs/6055/job (via @schuyler) #
  • RT @LosAngelesCM: Join the historic LA Critical Mass tonight. http://bit.ly/9JYNo0 Bring yr bike, bring yr lights, bring yr enthusiasm #LACM #
  • Non-FB link on tonight’s L.A. Critical Mass: http://bit.ly/dgtfgX Cops will be joining the ride. #
  • totally @silverlakefarms CSA lunch: salad of lettuce, avocado & orange with oven roasted root veggie chips. #OmNomNomNomNom #CAProduceFTW #
  • wow, get a load of the police presence at LA Critical Mass tonight: http://twitpic.com/1zzffn #lapd #lacm /via @aaronky #
  • L.A. Critical Mass is being filmed tonight. Police flier handed to riders: http://bit.ly/aBaopV #lacm /via @ohaijoe #
  • Glad it went well! RT @ofvampires: LA Critical Mass was epic! appreciated presence of LAPD on bikes. motorbikes and cars, not so much #lacm #
  • Amen: RT @publichistorian: Lord, protect my friends in Toronto from state violence. #

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