Blogs
Iran: A Nation of Bloggers
from too many sources to h/t:
IRAN: A Nation Of Bloggers from ayrakus on Vimeo.
pseudonymously writing in public
As you may well be aware by now, pseudonymous blogger Publius, who writes at Obsidian Wings, was outed as law professor John Blevins by Ed Whelan on his TNR blog. The NY Times has a post with various opinions about blogging pseudonymously, which is worth reading.
Whelan writes that not signing your name in public is [...]
under construction
changing my theme… again!
sidewalk blogging
I took these pictures about a month ago, but thought of them again tonight. Someone on campus, “Nathan,” has started sidewalk blogging. This involves a “post” a day on a square of sidewalk in front of the library on campus, often detailing a small part of the day, something he enjoys, or some musings of [...]
rhetoric and psychoanalysis
There’s a pretty good conversation starting up at The Blogora on Rhetoric and Psychoanalysis. If you’re interested, check it out.
(An addition: I’m engaged in an argument with my cousin on Facebook about homosexuality. With the Iowa supreme court ruling on marriage, she seems intent on showing how homosexuality is abnormal. And of course, I’m intent [...]
the ethics of anonymity
via The Philosophist, here’s an Huffington Post column about an Alaska state legislator revealing the previously anonymous identity of “Alaska Muckraker,” the Alaskan blogger who wrote about Sarah Palin once she was nominated for vice president. The column brings up serious issues about the validity of anonymity, the ethics of outing, and new media and [...]
Dennis Jerz on my CCCC Panel
I finally got around to reading Dennis Jerz’s summary and response to the CCCC panel I was on a few weeks ago. I think he pretty accurately conveyed what we discussed on the panel, as well as evaluated some of the weaknesses of the presentations. Jerz’s other posts on CCCC 2009 can be found here.
needs some updatin’
Man, some of my blogroll links are outdated and wrong, and this stupid skaterboi in my header needs to go, and I want to work on the colors on this blog so they’re more readable/accessible, but you know, all this takes time, and I’ve got books and books and books to read. But in about [...]
oh, yeah, there’s a blog here
What’s that, Mx. Blog? Oh, you feel neglected.
And well you should, I suppose. After making a mental commitment to myself to blog more often, I slipped. Well, you see, Mx. Blog, I was in LA and then San Francisco over spring break. And while I did homework in LA, I also slept a lot because [...]
Wordle Tag Cloud of CCCC09 talk
“What’s in a Zine? A Public Ancestry of Blogs”:
