September 2011
4 posts
Moderator went immediately to geographic metaphors: mapping, spaces, distance #IA2011
#IA2011 not to be a negative nancy, but how different would IA sound if we didn’t use “the community” but were more specific/nuanced?
Unexpected but welcome focus on maps and mapping! Interesting thought: what’s given to us by shifting between map (n.) & map (v.)? #IA2011
just arrived to downtown st. paul for #IA2011. will begin live-tweeting tomorrow.
November 2010
1 post
who would have guessed that a second major in CS would have made geography easier?
October 2010
4 posts
wow!!! FF4 beta is AWESOME
RT @joeeckert: looking for anyone with access to the international journal of digital earth
New Civic Activism in Russia | http://bit.ly/dlwRbV
I just ousted Brian O. as the mayor of Capitol Hill Neighborhood on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/bbUrCl
September 2010
10 posts
RT @kellyoxford: Christine O’Donnell: ‘If evolution is real why are there still monkeys?’
Well Christine, education is real and there ar …
At #imaginingAmerica - great first morning!
tumblrbot asked: WHERE WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO VISIT ON YOUR PLANET?
RT @HASTACscholars: The latest @laphamsquart issue on The City is awesome: http://bit.ly/bWhVzr Worth finding in person - not everything …
#MelindaGates talk encouraging coca-cola-ization of development is making me kinda sick
Interesting crowd here. For a talk related on some level to poverty, there seems to be a shit ton of money in this rm…
At @TedXchange, #Seattle. Topic: global partnerships in the UN millennium Dev goals
And I mean that in the most non-offensive way possible. Perhaps “digerati” is more appropriate :)
Critical realism
This week I gave in and finally started reading some material on critical realism (CR). Specifically, I read an interview with Roy Bhaskar, an article by Sayer (2004), and the intro to A Realist Theory of Science (Bhaskar 2008). I am reading CR for a number of reasons. First, a philosopher of science on campus told me back in June that one significant hurdle I’ll have to jump with regard to...
dusting off the blog
The new school year is taking off for me next week, and that means I will begin blogging again. During the summer I have fewer things to say, apparently, since I’m not bombarded with new ideas every day.
My goal for this year is to post a new entry at least once a week. I hope to use this space as a sort of “think piece” to remind myself what I learned/accomplished during the...
June 2010
5 posts
RT @ebertchicago: “Wait in line,” say immigrant-haters. Here’s a helpful infographic showing what the line looks like. http://j.mp/bfA4ib
possible solution to my immanent tenure-track position dearth problems? http://bit.ly/aJ2QPd
Rmmbr the #flotilla is named #RachelCorrie after the evergreen st. coll. stdnt crshed while human-shielding a palestinian’s home
putting a face on the gulf oil leak: http://nyti.ms/daf1Lk
I just became the mayor of Capitol Hill on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/akpCeg
May 2010
25 posts
RT @jessiclese @PIH: World Bank announces total cancellation of #Haiti’s debt-much needed for rebuilding. http://bit.ly/bEZ2S1
It’s interesting that FourSquare recognizes discrete points & polygons as places, but not lines. #geoweb #geography
about to get my hands dirty with #django and #geoweb kids’ maps… once the quarter’s over
oh, and excited about trying to get into #HTML5, too!
i really can see an intersection between @profdavidharvey, lefebvre, and the #geoweb and it’s very interesting
although i think “blocked” is a better term to use here…
RT @BangkokBill: RT @sajal: facebook banned in thailand!!!! on True / I confirm this. Please retweet.
I’ve been listening to Under Byen’s cd...
RT @weekthatwas: Red-shirt leaders call off Thai protests after government clampdown http://bit.ly/aPeSPG #thaiprotests
http://bit.ly/aRgOUb : live google map of the #thaiprotests #thailand #redshirt
RT @vaitor livepic saladaeng; http://yfrog.com/87ctnj Thai protest meltdown
RT @joeeckert: @Newly @BangkokBill @vaitor — live tweeting #Thailand. please share more. #thaiprotests #protests #thai #redshirt #gov …
RT @vaitor livepic saladaeng intersection; http://yfrog.com/0xc1srj another Thai protest meltdown
Is #TED making us stupid? IMHO, I think all these anti-tech & anti-comm arg’s are making us stupid. bit.ly/90td46
I LOVE SEATTLE
RT @zotero: New Zotero Maps plugin lets users plot research on a map. Even extracts locations from the full text of PDFs! http://is.gd/c2GZK
#geography studentship: research into & using #yoga as a #research method: http://bit.ly/bZcJ44
RT @TechCrunch The Unified Database Of Places Is Coming Soon. Or Maybe Never. http://tcrn.ch/a0SLAq
::pensive::
Wow, surprised more #geoweb peeps aren’t talking about Com.Geo. Or maybe they are and i just don’t know? www.com-geo.org
re-purposing this blog
although this blog is just over a month old, and i doubt i even have any readers to notify, i am sending out a general notification that i intend to re-purpose this blog from here on out. while i will still post great music, re-blog interesting images and quotes from others, and occasionally post completely personal narratives, i will from now on use this blog mostly for intellectual/academic...
RT @shitmydadsays “You seen my cell phone?…What’s it look like? Like two horses fucking. It’s a phone, son. It looks like a phone.”
I'm in love with a stranger's mind.
(via criticalcartography, earth-girls-are-easy, oblivioustolove)
April 2010
18 posts
Grizzly Bear - While You Wait for the Others: a great way to start a beautiful Seattle day w/cappucino in hand.