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New York City on a Friday night… … party people drunkenly looking for pizza. … lovers making out under the lamps in Washington Square Park. … a couple in their 30s, looking at each other like teenagers in the first blush of love. … dudes returning from a concert, “I processed this data differently when I […]
Posted in: reflection
on death
April 25, 2012
today I looked in the mirror and said to myself, “you’re going to die in about 30 years.” then I burst into tears. I looked some more and said, “so many people, so much love. it hasn’t been a bad life.” and cried some more, but smiled through my tears… because love makes life worth […]
Posted in: online life, reflection
gender neutral starts with me
March 30, 2012
a colleague was asking for feedback on something he was designing for a class. him: “they choose their avatar… they can choose a boy avatar or a girl avatar.” me: “do you have any non-boy or non-girl avatar options?” him, making ‘come ON sava’ eyes at me: “sava, these are 12-year-olds.” me: “all the more […]
from memo to tweet
February 20, 2012
[further musings based on things I've read... looking at different ways to think about Twitter and tweets and communication on Twitter.] what is transmitted in a tweet? information? knowledge? facts? all of the above? in his essay, The Memo and Modernity [pdf], John Guillory says that “The difference between information and fact is based on value in transmission.” so, […]
Posted in: online life, school
old paradigms for a new mode
January 27, 2012
alternate title: we’ve always been doing it, just the tools have changed, yo. [note: these are just fractured thoughts as I had them... forgive if they do not provide enough context or depth. I am happy to discuss further in the comments =)] I read parts of Ann Blair‘s book – Too Much to Know: […]
Posted in: school
bah humbug
December 15, 2011
I’m not really a redditor (I’m not even really a blogger, for that matter) – in that I haven’t created a rage comic, or actually seen a narwhal baconing at midnight. I have, however, gotten a lot of pleasure from the rage and misfortunes of others, read stuff, upvoted mebbe a few times… ok fine, […]
Posted in: online life, reflection
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