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off topic: Hurricane Katrina Relief for affected students and faculty
by Jeremy Hunsinger 03 Sep '05

03 Sep '05

VIRGINIA TECH TO OFFER ADMISSIONS TO STUDENTS AFFECTED BY HURRICANE KATRINA BLACKSBURG, Sept. 2, 2005 -- Virginia Tech will offer specialized admissions to students displaced by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. "We will offer admission for non-degree status on a case by case basis to qualified undergraduate or graduate students for the fall and/or spring semester. .... snip.... Displaced faculty in hurricane affected areas interested in visiting faculty status are encouraged to contact Provost Mark McNamee, (540) 231-6123. jeremy hunsinger jhuns(a)vt.edu www.cddc.vt.edu jeremy.tmttlt.com www.tmttlt.com () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.aoir.org The Associatiion of Internet Researchers

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Do you want to help run AoIR's technical infrastructure?
by Matthew Allen 03 Sep '05

03 Sep '05

Dear Air-listers Having just elected a new executive, it is now time to seek expressions of interest from members (or people who will become members) to serve as the Systems Administrator and Systems Manager for AoIR. Formally, "the Systems Administrator is responsible for the association's technical systems on which its Web site, e-mail list and other means of Internet communication operate. The Systems Manager is responsible for the content and appearance of the association's Web site and other means of Internet communication (except its e-mail lists)." (by-laws). However the exact split in responsibilities will depend on who we appoint and what skills/interests they have. Both of the current, wonderful people doing these jobs - Jeremy Hunsinger and Charlie Briendahl - are moving on to other things and we will miss them dearly for all the great work they have done for AoIR. However, it is also a new beginning, allowing others the chance to become involved. These two officers will be appointed by the executive and are full members of the executive. Here are the kind of skills we are looking for General Skills: Server maintenance; SSH and Unix command line; Ability to work with remote support; Current System Specific Skills: Dreamhost Panel and linux via ssh including: Mailman -Mailing Lists; SMTP/POP/IMAP Email System; jabber server; php/mysql WWW apps. Skills in managing email lists, dealing with interfaces such as that used for the AoiR website etc We use the following installed web systems Open Conference System; Mediawiki; Drupal; Forums Ability to: troubleshoot php/mysql; install and upgrade web applications; to read and troubleshoot SQL and database systems. For further information, and to express an interest in these two positions, please email m.allen(a)curtin.edu.au . Dr Matthew Allen Associate Professor Internet Studies Associate Dean Teaching and Learning, Humanities Curtin University of Technology, CRICOS 00301J Australia m.allen(a)curtin.edu.au http://smi.curtin.edu.au/netstudies/allen.htm +61 8 92663511 (v) +61 8 9266 3166 (f) Vice-President, Association of Internet Researchers http://www.aoir.org

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RE: [Air-l] Use of camera phone (Intern)
by richard-seyler.ling＠telenor.com 03 Sep '05

03 Sep '05

Hi, I have four suggestions. First, you can visit Nalini Kotamraju's excellent site that is a bibliography of all things mobile http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~nalinik/mobile.html Second for a more journalistic take you can visit picturephoning.com http://www.textually.org/picturephoning/ You can look at Rich Harper, Leysia Palen and Alex Taylor's new book "The Inside Text" where MMS is discussed in some of the contributions. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1402030592/qid=1125713244/sr=… Finally you can look at my home page. There are a couple of things on MMS there. www.richardling.com I hope that this helps. Rich L. -----Original Message----- From: air-l-aoir.org-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-aoir.org-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Fernando Garrido Sent: Friday, 02 September, 2005 19:07 PM To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] Use of camera phone Hi Folks, I'm working on a study of the social uses of camera phone and i find few studys, only Daisuke Okabe and few more. Somebody have some statistics or essay about this? Best, Fernando _______________________________________________ The Air-l-aoir.org(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/

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katrina assistance website
by jeremy hunsinger 02 Sep '05

02 Sep '05

> > Phil Graham sent this along, it is fairly useful and interesting j > > Having trouble posting. This is useful and interesting from Forbes > ************************************************************ > http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/09/02/hurricane-google-map- > rescue-cx_d > e_0902google.html?partner=yahootix > > "We're seeing a lot of images from New Orleans that lack context," > says > Shawn McBride, a phone switch technician from Spokane, Wash., who > has been > using satellite photos from the Google Earth service to track > flooding and > analyze damage to neighborhoods. "It's impossible to tell from the > outside > how things are." > > But along comes Google. > > One Web site, www.scipionus.com, is combating the confusion by > encouraging > users to annotate a Google Map of New Orleans with information about > specific locations. Collectively, the community is creating a > collaborative > map Wikipedia. Anyone with something to add can enter a street > address and > leave a marker on the map at that location, providing a few lines > of text > about conditions at that spot. "Never flooded, typical wind damage, > passable > street 8-31-05," reads one tag. "Trey and April's We are OK ppl," > reports > another. > > > >

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Re: [Air-l] off topic: Hurricane Katrina Relief for affected students and faculty
by Caroline Haythornthwaite 02 Sep '05

02 Sep '05

UIUC has offered a limited number of student places, and is making plans about faculty. /Caroline ---- Original message ---- >Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 11:50:41 -0400 >From: "Dr. Laura J. Little" <littlea(a)marietta.edu> >Subject: Re: [Air-l] off topic: Hurricane Katrina Relief for affected students and faculty >To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > >Marietta College is doing the same, offering free tuition to local >students who attend school in that area. > >Laura > >Jeremy Hunsinger wrote: > >> VIRGINIA TECH TO OFFER ADMISSIONS TO STUDENTS AFFECTED BY HURRICANE >> KATRINA >> >> BLACKSBURG, Sept. 2, 2005 -- Virginia Tech will offer specialized >> admissions to students displaced by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. >> "We will offer admission for non-degree status on a case by case basis >> to qualified undergraduate or graduate students for the fall and/or >> spring semester. >> .... snip.... >> Displaced faculty in hurricane >> affected areas interested in visiting faculty status are encouraged to >> contact Provost Mark McNamee, (540) 231-6123. >> >> >> >> jeremy hunsinger >> jhuns(a)vt.edu >> www.cddc.vt.edu >> jeremy.tmttlt.com >> www.tmttlt.com >> >> () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail >> /\ - against microsoft attachments >> http://www.aoir.org The Associatiion of Internet Researchers >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-l-aoir.org(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ >> >> > >-- > >-- >Laura J. Little, Ed.D. >Instructional Technologist/Director, Title III Grant >Marietta College >Marietta, OH >littlea(a)marietta.edu >(740)376-4815 >http://www.marietta.edu/~littlea/ > >"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." >William Butler Yeats > > > >_______________________________________________ >The Air-l-aoir.org(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >http://www.aoir.org/ ---------------------------------------- Caroline Haythornthwaite Associate Professor Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 501 East Daniel St., Champaign IL 61820

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AoIR 6.0 Chicago 2005 Hotel Reservations + today last day of early registration
by Steve Jones 02 Sep '05

02 Sep '05

We have been able to secure from the conference hotel an assurance that the conference lodging rate ($155 USD) will be extended another week, just as early registration was extended a week. However, TODAY is the deadline for paying the reduced conference registration fee. The online registration website is at https://www.conted.vt.edu/ssl/aoir/index.lasso. Once you have submitted your registration you will see a link to the hotel reservations page. To go there directly, use this url: http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/chidt? groupCode=airaira&app=resvlink Thank you, Sj

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CFP: e-Science: Transformations in the Conduct of Scholarship
by Jeremy Hunsinger 02 Sep '05

02 Sep '05

> apologies fro crossposting > > Call for Papers > > e-Science: Transformations in the Conduct of Scholarship > > Special Theme Issue of the > Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication > > No less than a revolutionary transformation of the scientific > enterprise is claimed to be underway. A plethora of phrases have > been coined to describe this transformation: e-Science, e-Social > Science, e-Research, cyberscience, Internet-mediated research. > Whatever the term, observers assert that the very essence of > science is undergoing change, particularly through employment of > electronic networks and high-speed computers. The everyday > procedures and practices of traditional forms of science in which > most scholars engage during their professional lives are being > affected by features of e-Science. Although emphasis varies, most > descriptions of e-Science involve the following aspects: > internationally-oriented collaboration among researchers separated > by distance and using high-speed computers and Internet-based tools > for managing the research enterprise; for performing data > collection, archiving and analysis; and for disseminating findings. > > It is timely and appropriate to critically examine these > developments from the perspective of the social sciences. This > theme issue of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication > (JCMC) will consist of reflective and empirical articles that > examine the basic principles and features of e-Science and analyze > early initiatives emerging from this new approach to scientific > investigation. Abstracts of 300-500 words are invited that consider > e-Science initiatives and should be submitted by 1 November 2005. > General topics relevant for consideration include: > * Managing collaboration and communicating among researchers > separated by distance; > * Developing and using Internet-based tools for data > collection, analysis and visualization of findings; > * Archiving and providing access to data; > * Publishing results in an electronic environment. > Reflective case studies are particularly welcome based on projects > emphasizing one or more of the aspects of e-Science. > > Authors of selected abstracts will be invited to prepare full- > length journal manuscripts (ca. 8000 words). These manuscripts will > be double blind reviewed. Pending the results of the review > process, up to 10 manuscripts will be selected for the JCMC theme > issue scheduled for publication in January 2007. An edited book may > also be prepared and include additional contributions. Below is the > schedule for preparation of the issue: > * 1 November 2005: Abstracts due > * December 2005: Invitations to prepare manuscripts > * April 2006: Manuscripts due > * June 2006: Reviews sent to authors; > * September 2006: Revised manuscripts submitted > * January 2007: Publication of JCMC theme issue > > Please direct queries regarding this call to theme issue editor > Nicholas Jankowski and submit abstracts per email to: > nickjan(a)xs4all.nl. > > Nicholas W. Jankowski > Radboud University > Department of Communication > P.O. Box 9104 > 6500 HE Nijmegen, The Netherlands > > > > Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.aoir.org The Association of Internet Researchers

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new Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Digital Culture and Media Science
by Philipp Budka 01 Sep '05

01 Sep '05

The new Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Digital Culture and Media Science is being established in Linz, Austria to perform innovative research on the development of strategies for the documentation, description and preservation of digital artworks and media art. more: http://www.aec.at/en/lbi/index.asp best, Philipp -- -- Philipp Budka philbu(a)gmx.net Rustengasse 5/10 A-1150 Wien, Austria http://www.philbu.net http://www.lateinamerika-studien.at -- 5 GB Mailbox, 50 FreeSMS http://www.gmx.net/de/go/promail +++ GMX - die erste Adresse f�r Mail, Message, More +++

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Reminder - AoIR 6.0 Chicago 2005 Early Registration Closes Friday, Sept. 2
by Steve Jones 01 Sep '05

01 Sep '05

Just a quick, and final (from me, anyway) reminder that due to the crash of the server hosting the registration website, the deadline for early registration for AoIR 6.0 in Chicago was extended to Friday, September 2, 2005. Registration will be available, but not at the reduced rate, after September 2, and it will be available on site also. The online registration website is at https://www.conted.vt.edu/ssl/aoir/index.lasso. Please direct any questions, concerns or problems with registration to me at sjones(a)uic.edu Thank you, Sj

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