In six days …. my first post was January 19th, 2004…. so very strange! Some years I blogged more than others and as time went on, the content and tone changed (evolved?), but ten years have passed nonetheless! I created this blog using Blogspot (really liked the ability to change the back-end easily) but eventuallyContinue reading “Digital Conversations Turns 10!”
Author Archives: Kelly Boudreau
Goals not Resolutions: Plotting Out (and fretting about) The New Year
2013 is almost over, and while it was not a bad year, the promise of a ‘clean slate’ that the New Year brings is almost always welcome. Of course, it is not all roses and unicorns (or is that glitter and unicorns.. would glitter even be considered a good thing!?). January starts off with aContinue reading “Goals not Resolutions: Plotting Out (and fretting about) The New Year”
Post-PhD: The Liminal Academic
That liminal, ‘in-between’ stage can sometimes be a very fantastic place to be. I love taking the train when I travel because I’ve always loved that feeling of being in between where I left and where I was going. I loved that “liminal” feeling when I was a student. There was a freedom in thatContinue reading “Post-PhD: The Liminal Academic”
A few Good Conferences …
Tis the season … for call for papers! If you are studying, researching or simply interested in Game Studies, check out the cfp for DiGRA 2014 Filling in the Blanks of Game Research to be held at the Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort in Snowbird, Utah, August 3-6, 2014 and the local Game History Annual Symposium: Cultural history ofContinue reading “A few Good Conferences …”
Research & Thoughts on Handheld (& Mobile) Gaming
I recently contributed to a journal submission with a few colleagues (now in review) and I was tasked with fleshing out a section on game studies (with a specific goal mind you). Writing a bit on mobile gaming (and more specifically handheld devices such as the Nintendo DS), I was taken aback about how littleContinue reading “Research & Thoughts on Handheld (& Mobile) Gaming”
When Did I Get a Fear of Blogging !?
I have been blogging more or less for almost ten years. Some years more than others of course. Every time I hear or read something interesting, I think to myself ‘oh, I should blog about that’ – and the draft posts in my dashboard is full of half-written blog posts about thoughts, ideas and opinionsContinue reading “When Did I Get a Fear of Blogging !?”
Online Presence, Old Blogs and Overhaulin’
On Thursday night, Thorsten Busch, Lina Eklund and Jennifer Whitson and I participated in an informal panel on “Coping with Academic Drama“. There was a great turn out, and I was really pleased with both the advice and discussion that ensued. One of the last things we touched on was online/digital presence, and it gotContinue reading “Online Presence, Old Blogs and Overhaulin’”
Comment Spam
Sometimes, they are gems (left on a post of definitions from a Hannah Arendt reading from years ago no less): Can I just say what a relief to search out someone who really knows what theyre talking about on the internet. You undoubtedly know find out how to carry a problem to light and make it important. More individualsContinue reading “Comment Spam”
Next Up On The Reading List: Kittler
I was going to read Zizek’s The Parallax view (since it was the third book bought at the same time as the other two) – but after reading a handful of pages, I realized my head just wasn’t into it. I need to be in the right frame of mind to read Zizek, as muchContinue reading “Next Up On The Reading List: Kittler”
Random Thoughts on ‘Always Already New: Media, history and the data of culture’
Finished reading Lisa Gitelman’s Always Already New: Media, history and the data of culture a few days ago. I have to say, I was quite pleased with it on a few levels. First of all, I bought in at the same time as Hayles’ How We Think. It was completely haphazard – I love Hayles’ work, and Gitelman’s bookContinue reading “Random Thoughts on ‘Always Already New: Media, history and the data of culture’”
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