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MinneBar 2008
I spent most of Saturday hanging out at Coffman Memorial Union on the University of Minnesota campus at MinneBar 2008. I must say that …
May 11, 2008
3 min read
Events
Speed by Carl Sandburg, a poem
The silent litany of the workmen goes on – Speed, speed, we are the makers of speed. We make the flying, crying motors, Clutches, …
May 1, 2008
2 min read
Quotation
Crisis in the Humanities, Mary Poovey Edition
I went to the University of MN today to see Mary Poovey speak in the last lecture of the IMPACTS series. Her book, A History of the …
Apr 30, 2008
5 min read
Events
Turning YA
I just finished reading a wonderful short novel “The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very …
Apr 29, 2008
3 min read
Review
The Enemy Within Argument
There is a certain style of argument that has been bothering me lately and I think I may finally have a name for it. It started at the …
Apr 29, 2008
3 min read
Musings
A Privacy Experiment
First, create a questionnaire that asks increasingly private questions. Surely some social psychologist somewhere has developed an …
Apr 24, 2008
2 min read
Potentialities
Information Privacy and Organizations
A recent forum on information ethics for the Minnesota Special Libraries Association prompted me to think about privacy. Assume that …
Apr 23, 2008
2 min read
Events
Rethinking the University, Day 2, Final Part
I didn’t make it to the final day of Rethinking the University. But here are some concluding notes from day 2. I hope to have …
Apr 13, 2008
3 min read
Events
Rethinking the University, Day 2, Part 1
The conference continues on from yesterday. I got here late today, in the middle of the second morning session. Roundtable - …
Apr 12, 2008
4 min read
Events
Rethinking the University, Day 1, Part 2
The after lunch panels and discussions. Roundtable 3 - Valuing the Liberal Arts Jigna Desai kicked things off with “no time for …
Apr 12, 2008
4 min read
Events
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