Else-If-Then

Category: Netherlands

  • Update…

    —

    by

    Kim
    in ,

    I am way behind on posting because in late summer I started a new job and moved myself and the family to a new city.  The job is interesting, challenging, and pays well, but it is 9-5ish and I am busy the whole time. Not much time for blogging. But, now I have more incentive…

  • Nancy Mauro-Flude Youthful Veteran of Dutch New Media

    —

    by

    Kim
    in , ,

    Nancy Mauro-Flude Originally uploaded by cuuixsilver As mentioned earlier, I spoke with Nancy and Audrey together and this is Nancy’s half of that conversation, plus info from a few, brief, subsequent chats. I had been thinking of Nancy as part of the new generation in the Dutch new media art scene, but in fact she’s…

  • Bath Toy for Worm

    —

    by

    Kim
    in , ,

    Bath Toy for Worm Originally uploaded by cuuixsilver Interrupting my conference coverage to try catching up some of the other stuff I’ve been doing. This piece of art by Florentijn Hofman is out in front of Worm (about which I’ve written quite a lot already). I love the duck, but also I was interested to…

  • Back in the Netherlands

    —

    by

    Kim
    in , ,

    So now I am again visiting the Netherlands for the research and talks I mentioned earlier. I have been at the University of Twente visiting the Information Systems and Change Management (IS & CM) department, which is where I gave my talk, yesterday. It is quite interesting because when Elfi invited me I at first…

  • Talk at University of Twente

    —

    by

    Kim
    in , , , ,

    Now it’s official; I will give a talk at University of Twente on June 25th. Here’s the blurb: A preliminary report on how scholars perceive their social network/audience on Facebook, and what effect the risk of and real border-crossing or transgressive behavior has for them personally and professionally with their colleagues. –So in other words…

  • Fun with NEH online submission forms

    —

    by

    Kim
    in , , ,

    Submission is the right word for it, that’s for sure! You must fill in these pdfs exactly the right way, with attachments in exactly the right order, without going over the unspecified-but-definitely-there character count in the text boxes, you must get lucky while uploading to grants.gov, and of course you must save everything every 2…

  • MLA is a go

    —

    by

    Kim
    in ,

    So I will be speaking at MLA. I’m not even sure what to think of that; I’m so used to thinking of the MLA convention as just a necessary evil for job-seekers and search committees, it seems weird to think of it as an actual academic meeting. But I’m really looking forward to it, –it’s…

  • Research news, conferences, etc.

    —

    by

    Kim
    in , ,

    So let’s see; I just got accepted to IFIP WG 9.5 International Working Conference on Virtuality and Society: Massive Virtual Communities, which is the 1st and 2nd of July, 2008 at Leuphana University Lueneburg, Germany. I’m glad of that; I hear the group and the people involved are well regarded and there is a book…

  • Research Update

    —

    by

    Kim
    in , ,

    Let’s see…first the bad news: didn’t get the Franklin Grant. It’s really competitive and I know I did the best proposal I could, so while I wish I’d gotten it, I don’t feel so bad. I talked with some colleagues and the consensus seems to be that getting grants is really almost impossible until after…

  • Pimping Sequential Tart

    —

    by

    Kim
    in

    Over at Sequential Tart, for which I write monthly articles, I’ve got a piece up on my trip to the Netherlands. It’s the first of three and is focused on more touristic aspects of my visit, which I haven’t really mentioned here. So if you have been wishing to read more about that, read my…