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A few years later… A Site Revamp

Finally getting around to refreshing my Digital Conversations blog that I started in 2004. Almost 20 years later, a new domain, a new layout, and a fresh new space to collect and share all the interesting things! This space will see some formatting growing pains as I relearn WordPress (a lot has changed since IContinue reading “A few years later… A Site Revamp”

Eating Well Trends: 2012

Wasting some time the other day, my daughter was browsing through an old copy of Eating Well magazine. The back page had a “Trends 2012” list – which I had skipped reading at the time for lack of interest in such lists. Until my daughter read it to me …. I don’t know who theyContinue reading “Eating Well Trends: 2012”

Ch-ch-ch-changes…..

Looking back at my New Year’s post of goals I had set for 2014, I can’t believe that it is only July and so much has changed. It has been six months since my youngest daughter left for Australia (she will be home in just under 5 months yay!), and my oldest just signed upContinue reading “Ch-ch-ch-changes…..”

Digital Conversations Turns 10!

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!”

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”

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”

CFP: Geemu and media mix: theoretical approaches of Japanese video games

Geemu and media mix: theoretical approaches of Japanese video games Edited by Martin Picard and Jérémie Pelletier-Gagnon http://www.kinephanos.ca/2012/geemu-media-mix/ Kinephanos is a bilingual web-based academic journal. Focusing on questions involving cinema and popular media, Kinephanos encourages interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research. The journal’s primary interests are movies and popular TV series, video games, emerging technologies and fan cultures. The preferred approaches includeContinue reading “CFP: Geemu and media mix: theoretical approaches of Japanese video games”

Call for Papers: Media, Fans, and The Sacred: Neoreligiosity Seeks Institution

Call for paper proposals The deadline for submissions for this issue is August 1st, 2012 Edited by Marc Joly-Corcoran and Vincent Mauger Kinephanos is a bilingual web-based journal. Focusing on questions involving cinema and popular media, Kinephanos encourages interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research. The journal’s primary interests are movies and popular TV series, video games, emerging technologiesContinue reading “Call for Papers: Media, Fans, and The Sacred: Neoreligiosity Seeks Institution”