About Michael J. Faris
Assistant Professor of English with research areas in digital literacy, privacy and social media, and queering rhetorics.
This blog serves as a place to think through things, record thoughts, share interesting stuff, and hold conversations. Welcome!
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- Elizeth on Bersani (2010): Is the Rectum a Grave?
- Joe Schicke on Robert Brooke on ‘underlife’
- Teaching/Learning in Progress: Thinking about the “Backchannel” – Liz Ahl on Robert Brooke on ‘underlife’
- Ariane on the idea of a writing center
- Editorial Pedagogy, pt. 1: A Professional Philosophy - Hybrid Pedagogy on Miller’s “Genre as Social Action”
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Crows
Penn State is trying to chase away the crows that come onto campus during the winter, using noise in the evening to scare them away. This move makes me kinda sad, I guess, and not for any real reason other … Continue reading
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Dead Drops: un-clouding filesharing
Wow, this is awesome! Dead Drops is a program where USB flashdrives are cemented into walls and other public spaces so that people can share files offline using their phones or laptops. From the Manifesto: Dead Drops is an anonymous, … Continue reading
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Using Bit.ly Bundles to share multiple links
Traci Gardner recently explained and shared Bit.ly Bundles on her blog. Bit.ly Bundles is a great way to share multiple links with someone by sending out only one URL. Gardner recommends using Bit.ly Bundles to create a site with multiple … Continue reading
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A could have been love story
Told via Facebook Chat. I like this video a lot, and I imagine it resonates with a lot of people (perhaps in different media, though):
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