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Internet history textbook
by CarrieLynn Reinhard 14 Mar '11

14 Mar '11

Hi everyone, I am designing a course for undergraduates about new media technologies. One thing I want to cover is the history and technological construction of the Internet, WWW, and web applications. Are there any good textbooks or reading materials you can suggest I use on the syllabus? CarrieLynn D. Reinhard, PhD

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CFP: KEY 2011, Cardiff University, May 23-24
by Lise Fontaine 14 Mar '11

14 Mar '11

Please find below a reminder of the call for papers for the KEY 2011 conference. We hope you will think of joining us in Cardiff in May. best wishes Lise Fontaine and Michelle Aldridge KEY 2011: Keystroke Language (and Text) Production: perspectives from cognitive and functional linguistics 23-24 May 2011 Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales The use of keystroke logging as a methodology in language research is not a new field of study since the first Computer Keystroke Logging conference was held at Umeå University in Sweden in 2002. However to date this area of research has primarily focussed on written composition and translation studies. The KEY 2011 workshop and conference intends to broaden this perspective by extending the contributions keystroke logging can make to language production generally, including spontaneous language such as chat messaging. Its theme is to explore functional and cognitive perspectives on the use of keystroke logging in language research where the focus of interest is on the dynamic process of production rather than on the static product of language production. Keynote Speakers Professor Kristyan Spelman Miller (University of Winchester) Dr Mick O’Donnell (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Wagsoft Software) Call for papers Papers are invited on the general theme of the conference, dealing with the use of keystroke logging in linguistic and language-related research. Presentations will be 20 minutes with 10 minutes discussion time. Papers which present work in progress or that focus on software development and methodology are also welcome. Although we will consider all contributions that relate to the main theme in general, we especially encourage papers that explore: · Evidence of cognitive processing in electronic language production · Corpora and the study of electronically produced language · Language or text as dynamic process (rather than static product) · Human-Computer Interaction as related to language and keyboard competence · Linguistic competence (including translation competence) · Descriptive work that enhances our understanding of electronically produced language · Functional accounts of language production (including manual and cognitive errors) · Methodological and/or ethical issues in the use of keystroke logging software Abstracts An abstract of approximately 400 words should be submitted electronically at the following webpage: http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/KEY2011. Please state, where appropriate, research questions, approach, method, data and (expected) results. Abstracts will be refereed anonymously by members of the programme committee. The deadline for submissions is 16 March 2011. Notification will be sent to authors by 4 April 2011. KEY2011 website: http://www.cf.ac.uk/encap/newsandevents/events/conferences/key2011/ email: linc-network(a)cf.ac.uk

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URL security and sharing links RE: Internet history textbook
by Peter Timusk 14 Mar '11

14 Mar '11

Thanks I am exploring this book and related books now on Amazon. Just a note about net security and sharing links on Amazon and other web sites. You only needed this much of your URL http://www.amazon.com/Who-Controls-Internet-Illusions-Borderless/dp/01953406 47/ not this http://www.amazon.com/Who-Controls-Internet-Illusions-Borderless/dp/01953406 47/ref=tmm_pap_title_0 To add the extra part afterwards can sometimes be a security risk if there are codes when you are logged into Amazon that could allow others access to your account because of the coded information. It may never happen with Amazon for all I know I just also know that some of these extra codes are tracking information used by the web site to watch you web surfing path on their web site. Peter Timusk at571(a)ncf.ca ptimusk(a)sympatico.ca web: www.crystalcomputing.net blogs www.cyborgcitizen.org -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Jones Sent: March-13-11 6:26 PM To: CarrieLynn Reinhard Cc: AOIR Subject: Re: [Air-L] Internet history textbook Without question the best book for the history of the Internet, and where we are today is "Who Controls the Internet: Illusions of a Borderless World". This should be required introductory reading for anyone in the information field. http://www.amazon.com/Who-Controls-Internet-Illusions-Borderless/dp/01953406 47/ref=tmm_pap_title_0 HTH, Thomas Jones @othertomjones http://theothertomjones.com One should guard against preaching to young people success in the customary form as the main aim in life. The most important motive for work in school and in life is pleasure in work, pleasure in its result, and the knowledge of the value of the result to the community. -- Albert Einstein, On Education -- On Mar 13, 2011, at 5:48 PM, CarrieLynn Reinhard wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I am designing a course for undergraduates about new media > technologies. One thing I want to cover is the history and > technological construction of the Internet, WWW, and web applications. > > Are there any good textbooks or reading materials you can suggest I > use on the syllabus? > CarrieLynn D. Reinhard, PhD > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(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/ _______________________________________________ The Air-L(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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Cf Papers, Posters, Tutorials, Demos, and Workshops :: Academic MindTrek 2011 :: Tampere, Finland :: first deadline: 31st March 2011
by artur.lugmayr＠tut.fi 13 Mar '11

13 Mar '11

======================================================================== Academic MindTrek 2011: Call for Papers, Posters, Tutorials, Demos, and Workshops 28th-30th September, 2011 Tampere, Finland http://www.mindtrek.org, http://www.mindtrek.org/2011/academic In cooperation with ACM, ACM SIGMM and ACM SIGCHI publications will be published in the ACM digital library and a selected set of high-level contributions will published as book chapters or in journals ======================================================================== Academic MindTrek 2011 Call for Papers, Demonstrations, Tutorials and Workshops We are pleased to invite you to the Academic MindTrek conference from 28th - 30th September 2011, which brings together a cross-disciplinary crowd of people to investigate current and emerging topics of media in the ubiquitous arena. Among the media to be discussed, will be business, social, technical and content-related topics. September 6th is the main Academic day, featuring the following themes: Social Media ?Get social!? Social media and Web 2.0 technologies are applied in ever diverse practices both in private and public communities. Totally new business models are emerging, traditional communication and expression modalities are challenged, and new practices are constructed in the collaborative, interactive media space. Ambient and Ubiquitous Media ?The medium is the message!? ? This conference track focuses on the definition of ambient and ubiquitous media with a cross-disciplinary viewpoint: ambient media between technology, art, and content. The focus of this track is on applications, theory, art-works, mixed reality concepts, the Web 3.0, and user experiences that make ubiquitous and ambient media tick. Digital Games The culture and business of digital games is becoming increasingly varied. The current trends range from novel interface innovations and digital distribution channels to social game dynamics and player-generated content. The games track is open for theoretical works, empirical case studies and constructive projects. Open Source The last decade has seen a significant increase in open source initiatives such as open source software, open standards, open content, open media, or even open source hardware. On the one hand, the open movement has created new kinds of opportunities such as new business models and development approaches. On the other hand, it has introduced new kinds of technical and non-technical challenges. Media Business, Media Production and Media Management Media business and media management face the challenges of the emergence of new forms of digital media. This theme focuses on business studies, policies, practices, and organizational structure of media firms. It discusses competition, patterns of media usage, advertising models, and how traditional media can cope with the challenges coming from digital media focusing on media business and media management issues. In addition, special academic sessions (e.g. tutorials, demonstrations, workshops, and multidisciplinary sessions) will be held parallel to the MindTrek business conference. Academic speakers and authors are warmly welcome to attend the business conference tracks as part of the academic conference fee during these days as well. The MindTrek Association hosts MindTrek as a yearly conference, where the Academic MindTrek conference has been a part of this unique set of events comprising competitions, world famous keynote speakers, plenary sessions, media festivals, and workshops since 1997. It is a meeting place where experts and thinkers present results from their latest work regarding the development of Internet, interactive media, and the information society. MindTrek brings together researchers and practitioners from diverse disciplines that are involved in the development of media in various fields, ranging from sociology and the economy, to technology. The organizing committee invites you to submit original high quality full papers, long or short, addressing the special theme and the topics, for presentation at the conference and inclusion in the proceedings. Academic MindTrek 2011 offers a wider spectrum of topic areas that previously, and we are looking forward for: - case-studies (successful, and especially unsuccessful ones) - oral presentation of fresh and innovative ideas - artistic installations and running system prototypes - user-experience studies and evaluations - technological novelties, evaluations, and solutions - scientific, business, or media oriented contributions - proposals for own workshops. Paper Proposals ======================================================================== All submissions will be peer-reviewed double blinded, therefore please remove any information that could give an indication of the authorship. The scientific part of the conference is organized in cooperation with ACM SIGMM, and ACM SIGCHI. Conference proceedings will be published in the ACM Digital Library. Selected high quality papers will be published in international journals, as book chapters, edited books, or via open access journals. There will also be a reward for the overall best paper from the academic conference. Workshop Proposals ======================================================================== Feel free to suggest workshops which are co-organized with MindTrek 2011. Workshop proposals should include the organizing committee, a 2 page description of the theme of the workshop, a short CV of organizers, duration, the proceedings publisher, and the schedule. Workshop organizers also have the possibility to add publications to the main conference proceedings. Tutorial Proposals ======================================================================== Tutorial proposals should include a 2-page description of the tutorial, intended audience, a short CV, timetable, required equipment, references, and a track record of previous tutorials. The target length of tutorials is 2-4 hours. Submission Deadlines ======================================================================== - 31st March 2011: deadline for workshop proposals - 22nd May 2011: deadline for long papers (6-8 pages), short papers (3-4 pages), posters (1-2 pages) and demonstrations (2-3 pages) - 1st July 2011: deadline for tutorial proposals - 20 July: camera ready papers and copyright forms Key-Dates - 15th April 2011: notification for workshops - 22nd June 2011: notification of acceptance/rejection for papers, posters, and demos - 15th July 2011: notification of tutorial proposals - 28th-30th Sept. 2011: MindTrek academic conference Suggested key-dates for workshop organizers - 1st July 2011: deadline for workshop papers - 20th July 2011: deadline for final papers Conference Themes ======================================================================== 1. Social Media - business models, service models, and policies - social media in innovation and business - intra- and interorganizational use of social media - questions related to identity, motivation and values - blogs, wikis, collaboration and social platform designs in practice - knowledge management and learning with social media - experience management with social media - crowdsourcing, user-created content and social networks - enterprise 2.0 and social computing in work organizations - evaluation and research methods of social media - social media and community design - benefits and limitations of social media applications 2. Ambient and Ubiquitous Media - between Technology, Services, and Users - applications and services utilizing ubiquitous and pervasive technology - ubicom in eLearning, leisure, storytelling, art works, advertising, and mixed reality contexts - next generation user interfaces, ergonomics, multimodality, and human-computer interaction - art works for smart public or indoor spaces, mobile phones, museums, or cultural applications - context awareness, sensor perception, context sensitive internet, and smart daily objects - personalization, multimodal interaction, smart user interfaces, and ergonomics - ambient human computer interaction, experience design, usability, and audience research - software, hardware, middleware, and technologies for pervasive and ubiquitous - theoretical methods and algorithms in ubiquitous and ambient systems - business models, service models, media economics, regulations, x-commerce, and policies - user positioning, location awareness - augmented reality in ubiquitous applications - device interoperability, remote user interfaces, inter-device connections 3. Digital Games - theoretical and analytical approaches on games and play - analysis of player experience - game design research - economy and business models in the game industry - innovation in and around games - digital distribution of games - online gaming - social and casual gaming - player-created content - pervasive and ubiquitous gaming - mobile and cross-media gaming - gamification, funware and playful designs 4. Open Source - forms of openness: open source software, open standards, open content, open media, open source hardware, and open access - establishment of an open source community - practices on developing open source systems - practices for maintaining a successful project - open source processes and techniques - differences on open source and closed source systems - using open source in commercial context - challenges of open source development - teaching open source in academia and industry 5. Media Business and Media Management - media policy, politics, practices, conception, and media regulation - organizational structures, practices, and strategies - production technology, processes, and optimization - business models, service models, public funding, and media economics - patterns of media use, engagement, and consumer experiences - advertising, media consumption, new audience models, and media user models - competition analysis, media governing, assessment, performance indicators - business and media management in new media genres: gaming, social media, Internet, digital cinema, iTV - traditional media business and management: broadcasting, publishing, journalism, and movie industry - innovative service designs, strategies, and ideas - teaching & training of media management and media business Paper Submission ======================================================================== - Please follow the style guidelines on http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings- templates for formatting your position paper and final paper. - Note that since the papers will be published by the ACM digital library - all authors need to sign an ACM copyright form. (For further guidelines see: http://www.acm.org/pubs/copyright_form.html) - Submit papers here http://webhotel2.tut.fi/emmi/Conferences/2011mindtrek/ Organizing Committee ======================================================================== General Chair Artur Lugmayr, Tampere Univ. of Technology (TUT), FIN Programme Chairs Helj? Franssila, Tampere Univ. (UTA), FIN Christian Safran, Graz University of Technology, AUT Imed Hammouda, Tampere Univ. of Technology (TUT), FIN Theme chair: Social Media Hannu K?rkk?inen, Tampere Univ. of Technology (TUT), FIN Theme chair: Open Source Bj?rn Lundell, University of Sk?vde, SE Theme chair: Ambient Media Lasse Kaila, Tampere Univ. of Technology (TUT), FIN Theme chair: Media Business, Economics and Management Artur Lugmayr, Tampere Univ. of Technology (TUT), FIN Theme chair: Digital Games Janne Paavilainen, University of Tampere (UTA), FIN Demonstration Chair Daniela Soares Cruzes, Norwegian Univ. of Science and Technology, NOR Workshop Chair Niels Henrik Helms, Knowledge Lab, Univ. of Southern Denmark, DK Tutorial Chair Theresa Champel, Univ. of Lisbon, PT Local Arragement Chair and Conference Management Karen Thorburn, Hermia, FIN Steering Board Olli Sotamaa, University of Tampere (UTA), FIN Pertti N?r?nen, Tampere Univ. of Applied Sciences (TAMK), FIN Tentative Programme Committee (from MindTrek 2010 - to be confirmed) ======================================================================== Pradeep K. Atrey, The University of Winnipeg, CANADA Staffan Bj?rk, Chalmers University of Technology, SWEDEN Johanna Bragge, Helsinki School of Economics, FINLAND (Confirmed) Peter A Bruck, CEO and Chief of Research Studios Austria, AUSTRIA Irek Defee, Tampere University of Technology (TUT), FINLAND Nicole Ellison, Michigan State University, USA Hanna-Kaisa Ellonen, Lappeenranta University of Technology (Confirmed) Jussi Holopainen, Nokia, FINLAND Abdelmagid Salem Hammuda, Qatar University, QATAR Kaisa Henttonen, Lappeenranta University of Technology (Confirmed) Sal Humphreys, Queensland University of Technology, (QUT), AUSTRALIA Aki J?rvinen, IT University of Copenhagen, DENMARK Juha Kaario, NOKIA, FINLAND Jan Kallenbach, Helsinki University of Technology (HUT), FINLAND Jonas Kronlund, ELISA, FINLAND Kai Kuikkaniemi, HIIT - Helsinki Institute for Information Technology, FINLAND Cai Melakoski, TAMK University of Applied Sciences, FINLAND Maarit M?kinen, University of Tampere (UTA), FINLAND (confirmed) Frans M?yr?, University of Tampere (UTA), FINLAND Marko Nieminen, Helsinki University of Technology (HUT), FINLAND - (confirmed) Marianna Obrist, ICT & S Centre, University of Salzburg, AUSTRIA Hannu Paunonen, Metso Automation, FINLAND (confirmed) Matthias Rauterberg, Eindhoven University of Technology, NETHERLANDS Calin Rusu, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, ROMANIA Antti Salovaara, Helsinki Institute for Information Technology (HIIT), FINLAND Kirsi Silius, Tampere University of Technology (TUT), FINLAND Sanna Talja, University of Tampere (UTA), FINLAND (confirmed) Manfred Tscheligi, ICT & S Centre, University of Salzburg, AUSTRIA Kaisa V??n?nen-Vainio-Mattila, Tampere University of Technology (TUT), Finland Annika Waern, Swedish Institute of Computer Science, SWEDEN Karsten D.Wolf, University of Bremen, GERMANY Zhiwen Yu, Kyoto University, JAPAN Ioannis Stamelos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GREECE Jonas Gamalielsson, University of Sk?vde, SWEDEN Sulayman K. Sowe, UNU-MERIT, NETHERLANDS/UNITED NATIONS Tommi Mikkonen, Tampere University of Technology, FINLAND Jaco Geldenhuys, Stellenbosch University, SOUTH AFRICA Andrea Capiluppi, University of East London, UK Contact ======================================================================== Questions concerning academic content, papers, tutorials, workshops, scientific contributions: Email: academic.chairs (at) mindtrek.org General questions concerning payments, administration, copyright forms, local arrangements, and the venue: ======================================================================== Email: academic.info (at) mindtrek.org Submit papers here ======================================================================== http://webhotel2.tut.fi/emmi/Conferences/2011mindtrek/ Further Information ======================================================================== http://www.mindtrek.org Supported by: City of Tampere, Nokia Oyj, Ubiquitous Computing Cluster, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere University, TAMK University of Applied Sciences, Technology Centre Hermia, Neogames, Digibusiness cluster, Sombiz and COSS The Finnish Centre for Open Source Solutions, Ambient Media Association (AMEA).

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JITP 2011 - Early Registration for One More Week - Save $50 if you are coming to Seattle May 16 & 17
by Stuart Shulman 13 Mar '11

13 Mar '11

JITP 2011 "The Future of Computational Social Science" will be held May 16 & 17, 2011 at the University of Washington. http://www.umass.edu/jitp/ The early-bird registration deadline is March 20, 2011. After March 20, the fees go up $50. Students: $50 Others: $75 Click here to register now: https://quikpayasp.com/umass/commerce_manager/payer.do?orderType=POLSCI In addition to a keynote by Jaime Teevan of Microsoft Research, two featured panels, free tutorials, and a variety of posters, this conference will focus discussions around extended presentations on: "Researching Real-world Web Use with Roxy, A Research Proxy" "Tradeoffs in Accuracy and Efficiency in Supervised Learning Methods" "An Automated Snowball Census of the Political Web" "Facilitating Encounters with Political Difference: Engaging Voters with the Living Voters Guide" "InfoExtractor – A Tool for Social Media Data Mining" "Politics 2.0 with Facebook – Collecting and Analyzing Public Comments on Facebook for Studying Political Discourses" "News Media Environment, Selective Perception, and the Survival of Preference Diversity within Communication Networks" "Ethical Considerations: Social Media as Computational Social Science" The goal is to produce a special issue of JITP via a combination of multiple peer review rounds and a thorough discussion with an all-in-one-room interdisciplinary group. We are very excited to do this on the UW campus this year, as we know the campus is home to some of the leading thinkers in this space. On behalf of the JITP community, I hope to see you in Seattle in May. ~Stu -- Dr. Stuart W. Shulman Assistant Professor Department of Political Science University of Massachusetts Amherst 200 Hicks Way Amherst, MA 01003 http://people.umass.edu/stu/ stu(a)polsci.umass.edu 413-545-5375 Editor, Journal of Information Technology and Politics http://www.jitp.net Director, QDAP-UMass http://www.umass.edu/qdap/ Associate Director, National Center for Digital Government http://www.umass.edu/digitalcenter/

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FW: Blogpost: The Ethical Responsibility of Researchers in Community Informatics
by Michael Gurstein 13 Mar '11

13 Mar '11

As both an academic (and research) discipline and a community (and policy) practice, Community Informatics links a variety of communities and many with a widely varying degree of resources and opportunities. http://wp.me/pJQl5-6i Mike

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on the flexibility of the internet vs. books
by nativebuddha 13 Mar '11

13 Mar '11

the author focuses on the issue of authority, but flexibility comes up too: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/opinion/13rubin.html -=robert

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Re: [Air-L] CMS for cross-dept/university project?
by Alexandra Samuel 13 Mar '11

13 Mar '11

hi Chris, Jumping into the conversation on the CMS front. I've built about thirty online communities and blogs, some in Drupal and some in Wordpress, and echo what has been said about Wordpress being a bit easier for folks to use (that said, the latest Drupal release is really focused on usability). Much depends on what your campus has the most of; if there's an IT team that has experience with one or the other, I'd make that the decisive factor. But before you jump into platform choice (a subject I can geek on about for hours) let me suggest a few meta-level steps & considerations: 1. Get really clear on your requirements before you choose a platform. In other words, make a list of the kind of content you need on your site, the functionality you need, and the different kind of users who will use the site (and what they need to have permission to contribute, edit or view). You inspired me to finally (!) post the quick-and-dirty requirements for our website in progress (see http://bit.ly/hZmlqG ); I wrote them in a very Drupally way but you could just make a list of the different content types and functions needed and then get some advice on which platform is best suited. 2. Think not just about what kinds of participation/contribution you'd like, but what you'll realistically achieve. I note that you want "social media tools" but I find a lot of organizations over-invest in social capacity that turns out to be unsustainable at their size (for more on this, and strategies that DO work for smaller organizations, see this post: http://bit.ly/why90101) What I've found sustainable for us is to have a 10-hr/wk student who keeps our Twitter account active, and who can review the blog posts that our various faculty and associates have written on their various blogs & then get them onto our site (initially via cut-and-paste but ultimately via an aggregation that queues those posts for review & approval). Since you're running a writing program you can look at hiring students to do more writing-intensive work (e.g blogging ) but I'd have very low expectations for faculty contribution, unless those faculty members are already writing blogs that you can republish or creating other kinds of content (course assignments, papers, etc) that an enterprising student assistant could round up and post to the blog.General rule of thumb is it takes 2x as much effort to get someone else to contribute as to write something yourself. 3. Collaborating with other universities is totally smart and in a sane universe would make sense; that said over 6 years in building online communities for NGOs we never saw a single aspirational peer-to-peer collaboration actually come to pass. What seems to work better is for one organization (i.e. you) to take the lead, build what you need, and then make it available for others to use. You can do this by downloading your entire site configuration and handing it to someone else to use as the basis for creating their own site (as a tarball) or conceivably (in the case of Drupal) creating a single multi-site installation that allows all the different organizations to run their site off the same installation (saves on maintenance and development costs but limits your ability to diverge from one another in your site structure, though not in your sites' design.) The big advantage of Drupal for what you're talking about is its use of taxonomy. If you were building a Drupal site you could set up some overarching categories (which you can use in addition to free tags) and use those to categorize events, speakers, teaching resources and other types of content (e.g. status updates, blog posts). Drupal automatically generates a page for every category or tag on the site, so for example you could end up with a page on "scientific writing" that would include events, speakers, teaching resources, blog posts etc all related to that topic, and automatically have comparable pages for professional writing, online communications, nonprofit communications etc. With a very modest amount of custom theming work (ie. the creation of custom templates) in Views, you could make those tag/category pages divide up those different kinds of content into different sections of the page and it can all look quite nice. Wordpress is going to be at least a bit easier for folks to contribute to (esp for bloggers) but a bit less flexible (though it's amazing how much you can do in Wordpress now). It's a bit easier to mess around with and tweak, which can be a pro or a con: if you've got one, semi-geeky person who gets into it, they can continue building out the site by adding widgets, plugins, customizing the theme, etc. All that is possible in Drupal too but a little trickier; it takes a higher level of skill and nerve to hack on a Drupal site. (I say this as a woman who regularly tortures her Wordpress blog but is a lot more cautious when working on my Drupal sites). BTW note that both Wordpress and Drupal can support aggregation-driven strategies as noted above in #2. In principle we'd be happy to share our Drupal install for simcentre.ca once it's done but I'd need to check with our long-suffering developers to see if that is ok with them. OK I'll stop now but happy to answer more questions if it's helpful. Best of luck! Alex Alexandra Samuel, Ph.D. Director, Social + Interactive Media Centre, Emily Carr University alex(a)alexandrasamuel.com | Twitter @awsamuel | 604.726.5445

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Fwd: [IP] From US Department of State
by jeremy hunsinger 12 Mar '11

12 Mar '11

Begin forwarded message: > From: Dave Farber <dfarber(a)me.com> > Date: March 12, 2011 11:58:29 AM EST > To: ip <ip(a)listbox.com> > Subject: [IP] From US Department of State > Reply-To: dave(a)farber.net > > > > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Randall Webmail <rvh40(a)insightbb.com> >> Date: March 12, 2011 11:49:03 AM EST >> To: dave(a)farber.net >> Subject: For IP: From US Department of State >> >> "We know that many people are worried about the welfare of their friends and family in Japan. We understand also that some telephone landlines there are disrupted. We are recommending that people try contacting loved ones in Japan by email, text, SMS message, or social media. >> >> We have stood up a consular Task Force that will be responding to concerns about specific U.S. citizens in Japan. People may email the taskforce at japanemergencyusc(a)state.gov. And I'll repeat that, japanemergencyusc(a)state.gov. Concerns about specific U.S. citizens in the tsunami zone overseas outside of Japan should be sent to pacifictsunamiusc(a)state.gov. Again, I'll repeat, pacifictsunamiusc(a)state.gov. >> >> So that we may properly pursue your inquiry, we will need information about the person in Japan who may need assistance. For each person, please be sure you send us the person's full name, date of birth, place of birth, as much information as possible regarding their physical location and contact information within Japan. And also please send us any information that you feel is important for us to know such as any preexisting medical conditions or whether you or your loved one is either elderly or a child in Japan without his or her parent." >> >> http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2011/03/158213.htm >> > Archives | Modify Your Subscription | Unsubscribe Now Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture Virginia Tech Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality. -Jules de Gaultier () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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CMS for cross-dept/university project?
by Chris Werry 12 Mar '11

12 Mar '11

Hi, Was hoping someone on the list might be able to offer some advice on CMS choice. We have a common book program on campus. The writing program and some departments teach the same book in order to foster conversation and community. There is interest in expanding this so 4 or 5 other universities/colleges in the area also participate. Folks on our campus want to set up a CMS to help make this happen. I'm trying to help with some of the planning. They want a CMS that can be used to coordinate events and speakers, upload shared teaching resources, and perhaps leverage some social media tools to build community. But nobody involved has much technical expertise, and...I'm not sure they really know what they want to do with the site. Early on I showed them some drupal sites, but some of our partners weren't too familiar with this, and at that point we didn't have any tech people to help with drupal. So the conversation turned to Wordpress...I showed them more model sites, including CUNY's Academic Commons, which they really liked. But of course a group of developers put a lot of effort into this. So it would be no simple feat to attempt something similar. We now have one developer, and as it turns out she's most familiar with drupal - although she can also build Wordpress sites. So my question is, does anyone have any recommendations? Perhaps some model sites or distributions of drupal? (Has anyone tried openscholar - I suspect it may be too focused on building individual faculty sites). Or a Wordpress site that fits the bill? One final thought. The folks running this do have some money, so if you've been involved in a customization of drupal or Wordpress which could be reworked and re-themed by our developer, they might be willing to pay for 'consulting' etc. I'm interested in this main because I'd like to see such platforms created for our writing program, in order to support some of the work we do across departments and with outside groups. Any advice greatly appreciated. Chris

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