All News on 'The Twitter Times: dhnow' http://tweetedtimes.com/dhnow The Twitter Times is a real-time personalized newspaper generated from your Twitter account en-us Thu, 17 May 2012 04:44:48 +0400 Thu, 17 May 2012 04:44:48 +0400 <![CDATA[Live | Faculty Academy 2012]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 04:29:03 +0400 blog12.facultyacademy.org
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@jmcclurken: Oh NICE. If anyone wants to follow along with today's sessions live, visit http://t.co/eTtCFk4V. #umwfa12
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@brlamb: Right now, NOBODY is listening to #ds106radio http://208.82.115.69:8010/ As it should be, @grantpotter is live #umwfa12 http://t.co/Bnr9WMrf
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@brlamb: Watch the genius @grantpotter talk #ds106radio &amp; tinkering &amp; community building #umwfa12 LIVE http://t.co/ZJzgxCn1
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@cljennings: #umwfa12 streaming live right here right now here: http://t.co/XEEVTrnt Get yourself in there.
]]> <![CDATA[Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication | Vol 1 | Iss 1]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 04:29:03 +0400 jlsc-pub.org
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@dancohen on Twitter
@dancohen: Looks like some good writing on scholarship, scholarly communication, &amp; open access in this new journal: http://t.co/3akzUJpw (via @surlyF)
@mkgold on Twitter
@mkgold: MT @surlyF: Journal of Librarianship &amp; Scholarly Communication #1 http://t.co/faSk0DuU
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@surlyF on Twitter
@surlyF: Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication #1 featuring smart people, including Tom Reinsfelder from PSU. http://t.co/7RJYuIGv
]]> <![CDATA[Google Search Just Got 1,000 Times Smarter]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 04:29:03 +0400 mashable.com - Lance Ulanoff
Search for 'Andromeda' in the New Google Knowledge Graph Click here to view this gallery. The Google Search of the future is here. Now. Today. The long-talked-about semantic web — Google prefers “Knowledge Graph” — is rolling out across all Google Search tools, and our most fundamental online task may never be the same again. Starting today, a vast portion of Google Search results will work with you to intuit what you really meant by that search entry. Type in an ambiguous query like “King...  show all text
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@archivesnext on Twitter
@archivesnext: Google Search Just Got 1,000 Times Smarter http://t.co/kZMRFpC0 [it's Semantic Web time!]
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@twoodwar on Twitter
@twoodwar: RT @archivesnext: Google Search Just Got 1,000 Times Smarter http://t.co/xrdjvpPC #hcpsitrt
@vforrestal on Twitter
@vforrestal: Google Search Just Got 1,000 Times Smarter http://t.co/58ZVKMRQ
@mashable on Twitter
@mashable: Google Search Just Got 1,000 Times Smarter - http://t.co/8AkdUsMW
]]> <![CDATA[Official Google Blog: Introducing the Knowledge Graph: things, not strings]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 04:29:03 +0400 googleblog.blogspot.com - A Googler
Cross-posted on the Inside Search Blog Search is a lot about discovery—the basic human need to learn and broaden your horizons. But searching still requires a lot of hard work by you, the user. So today I’m really excited to launch the Knowledge Graph, which will help you discover new information quickly and easily. Take a query like [taj mahal]. For more than four decades, search has essentially been about matching keywords to queries. To a search engine the words [taj mahal] have been just ...  show all text
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@mia_out on Twitter
@mia_out: #musetech #lodlam RT @fbase: Introducing the Google Knowledge Graph: things, not strings - http://t.co/xT5W0QEu
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@zseward on Twitter
@zseward: Google’s “Things Not Strings” mantra so easily maps to journalism. http://t.co/kbWUcCeI
@Techmeme on Twitter
@Techmeme: Introducing the Knowledge Graph: things, not strings (@theamitsinghal / The Official Google Blog) http://t.co/7g9ZTUb5 http://t.co/43u234Fr
@google on Twitter
@google: Making search more intelligent: Introducing the Knowledge Graph: http://t.co/adhvudxJ
]]> <![CDATA[Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 04:29:03 +0400 archive.org
Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library offering free universal access to books, movies & music, as well as 150 billion archived web pages.
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@naypinya: I've got http://t.co/x5CQaygx and archive team on downloading http://t.co/ZMW9tshK before it's gone. You do it too!
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@MatthewBattles: I've got http://t.co/x5CQaygx and archive team on downloading http://t.co/ZMW9tshK before it's gone. You do it too!
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@textfiles on Twitter
@textfiles: I've got http://t.co/x5CQaygx and archive team on downloading http://t.co/ZMW9tshK before it's gone. You do it too!
]]> <![CDATA[WFNX Radio - The East Coast’s first alternative rock station]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 04:29:03 +0400 wfnx.com
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@MatthewBattles: I've got http://t.co/x5CQaygx and archive team on downloading http://t.co/ZMW9tshK before it's gone. You do it too!
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@textfiles on Twitter
@textfiles: I've got http://t.co/x5CQaygx and archive team on downloading http://t.co/ZMW9tshK before it's gone. You do it too!
]]> <![CDATA[Google Just Got A Whole Lot Smarter, Launches Its Knowledge Graph | TechCrunch]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 04:29:03 +0400 techcrunch.com - Frederic Lardinois
Today, Google is launching one of its most ambitious and interesting updates to its search engine in recent months. Starting in a few days, you will start to see large panels with additional factual information about the topic you were searching for take over the right side of Google’s search result pages. The panels are powered by what Google calls its new “Knowledge Graph” and they will serve two different functions. Google will use this space to show you a summary of relevant information abo...  show all text
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@lorcanD on Twitter
@lorcanD: 'strings to things' a nice phrase > Google Just Got A Whole Lot Smarter, Launches Its Knowledge Graph http://t.co/W9sPDVqL
@lorcanD on Twitter
@lorcanD: Not staying still >> Google Just Got A Whole Lot Smarter, Launches Its Knowledge Graph http://t.co/W9sPDVqL
@jgsmith on Twitter
@jgsmith: RT @bsletten: The Semantic Web will never happen! It’s nonsense. It’s… eh, what’s that? Oh, never mind. http://t.co/KqU1j7tT
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@TechCrunch on Twitter
@TechCrunch: Google Just Got A Whole Lot Smarter, Launches Its Knowledge Graph http://t.co/P0hZfWhA by @fredericl
]]> <![CDATA[Knight News Challenge | Announcing the next Knight News Challenge: Data]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 04:29:03 +0400 newschallenge.tumblr.com
Announcing the next Knight News Challenge: Data Photo Credit: Flickr user Koen Vereeken The Knight News Challenge is being offered three times this year, in short, focused rounds to better mirror the...
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@CathyNDavidson on Twitter
@CathyNDavidson: Attn friends in digital humanities: you may be interested in applying for a @knightfdn #newschallenge grant on data http://t.co/1E578fnq
@dancohen on Twitter
@dancohen: Attn friends in digital humanities: you may be interested in applying for a @knightfdn #newschallenge grant on data http://t.co/1E578fnq
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@knightfdn on Twitter
@knightfdn: Why data for 2nd #newschallenge? We r challenged w making sense of increasing amounts of info created http://t.co/Qs6Dttgm #bigdata #dataviz
@knightfdn on Twitter
@knightfdn: Excited to announce next #newschallenge will focus on data. Open for apps May 31. http://t.co/cWt4gSfv @jsb gives preview
]]> <![CDATA[http://img.ly/ik9X]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 04:29:03 +0400 img.ly
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@clhw1 on Twitter
@clhw1: RT @melissaterras By the power of qr! We have the power! http://t.co/ZmL8E3cU #ucldh #uclcasa
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@clairey_ross on Twitter
@clairey_ross: By the power of qr! We have the power! http://t.co/lVfY2hx8 #ucldh #uclcasa
]]> <![CDATA[Informatique : normes et temps: Amazon.fr: L. Boydens: Livres]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 04:29:03 +0400 amazon.fr
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@aurelberra on Twitter
@aurelberra: Et maintenant, les travaux d'I. Boydens : Informatique, normes et temps : sur les bases d'assurances http://t.co/WCVhTqtW #DHEHESS
@marindacos on Twitter
@marindacos: Informatique, normes et temps - L. Boydens #DHEHESS http://t.co/9l3dYlgM
@piotrr70 on Twitter
@piotrr70: Et maintenant, les travaux d'I. Boydens : Informatique, normes et temps : sur les bases d'assurances http://t.co/WCVhTqtW #DHEHESS
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]]> <![CDATA[And That's a Wrap? Ending Your Semester - ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher Education]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 04:29:03 +0400 chronicle.com - George Williams
When an academic term comes to a close, there’s often a great deal of chaos: committee reports are due, final projects need to be graded, panicked students need to be reassured, work-related paperwork needs to be submitted. Here at ProfHacker, we’ve published a number of things about how best to handle this busy time of the year. Ethan provided us with an end of semester checklist. Natalie has advised us about wrapping up the semester. And we’ve published two relevant collections of posts about...  show all text
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@jbj on Twitter
@jbj: New at @ProfHacker: New post by @GeorgeOnline: "And That's a Wrap? Ending Your Semester" http://t.co/G7H7s7rN
@ryancordell on Twitter
@ryancordell: RT ProfHacker: New post by @GeorgeOnline: "And That's a Wrap? Ending Your Semester" http://t.co/BhTLeQ9j
@GeorgeOnline on Twitter
@GeorgeOnline: RT ProfHacker: New post by @GeorgeOnline: "And That's a Wrap? Ending Your Semester" http://t.co/PfYtUefA
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]]> <![CDATA[Feis Award]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 04:29:03 +0400 historians.org
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@jmcclurken on Twitter
@jmcclurken: Please! MT @AASLH: Submit noms for AHA's Herbert Feis Award to recognize distinguished contributions to public history http://t.co/ugqKPsOj
@archivesnext on Twitter
@archivesnext: Please! MT @AASLH: Submit noms for AHA's Herbert Feis Award to recognize distinguished contributions to public history http://t.co/ugqKPsOj
@RBTatAHA on Twitter
@RBTatAHA: Please! MT @AASLH: Submit noms for AHA's Herbert Feis Award to recognize distinguished contributions to public history http://t.co/ugqKPsOj
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]]> <![CDATA[13: Open Issue | Enculturation]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 04:29:03 +0400 enculturation.net
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@billwolff on Twitter
@billwolff: Enculturation Issue 13 is now available: http://t.co/wv5DIbkW
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@mkgold: RT @caseyboyle: Enculturation Issue 13 is now available: http://t.co/28PHTKJR /@betajames
@caseyboyle on Twitter
@caseyboyle: Enculturation Issue 13 is now available: http://t.co/wv5DIbkW
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@betajames on Twitter
@betajames: Enculturation Issue 13 is now available: http://t.co/wv5DIbkW
]]> <![CDATA[Museum 2.0: Building a Culture of Experimentation]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 04:29:03 +0400 museumtwo.blogspot.com
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@mpedson on Twitter
@mpedson: "what I’m trying to enable is a culture of experimentation" (&amp; what that looks like). @ninaksimon http://t.co/TFOMhid3
@mia_out on Twitter
@mia_out: Great post RT @ninaksimon: A culture of experimentation is better than a culture of change. Agree? New Museum 2.0 post: http://t.co/6kcmjYXr
@ninaksimon on Twitter
@ninaksimon: A culture of experimentation is better than a culture of change. Agree? New Museum 2.0 post: http://t.co/8EGnrYlz
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@samuelbausson on Twitter
@samuelbausson: Building a culture of experimentation in a museum http://t.co/Pc9a8cxq where asking, trying out, failing, and questionning are OK
@kristamccracken on Twitter
@kristamccracken: RT @ninaksimon: A culture of experimentation is better than a culture of change. Agree? New Museum 2.0 post: http://t.co/Zk8hSpxp
]]> <![CDATA[Survey On Millennial Hiring Highlights Power Of Liberal Arts - Daily Brief - Portfolio.com]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 04:29:03 +0400 portfolio.com
If you're in college, or happen to be about to graduate, and you've been mocked for getting a liberal arts degree, here's a piece of welcome news: You're actually in more demand than those who are getting finance and accounting degrees.
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@triproftri on Twitter
@triproftri: MT @MichaelBerube1: 30% of employers seek liberal arts majors; 18% seek finance/accounting. Communication skills key! http://t.co/nr6ra6c5
@alogemann on Twitter
@alogemann: 30% of employers seeking liberal arts majors; 18% seeking finance/accounting. Surprise - communication skills are key! http://t.co/O4ZTgiEN
@jasonrhody on Twitter
@jasonrhody: MT @MichaelBerube1: 30% of employers seek liberal arts majors; 18% seek finance/accounting. Communication skills key! http://t.co/8KYQ43uH
@janineutell on Twitter
@janineutell: Liberal arts majors in demand; biz majors trailing: seeking comm skills, flexible/critical thinking. via @eetempleton: http://t.co/jUtkHTGD
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@ayjay on Twitter
@ayjay: 30% of employers seeking liberal arts majors; 18% seeking finance/accounting. Surprise - communication skills are key! http://t.co/O4ZTgiEN
@Jessifer on Twitter
@Jessifer: 30% of employers seeking liberal arts majors; 18% seeking finance/accounting. Surprise - communication skills are key! http://t.co/O4ZTgiEN
@eetempleton on Twitter
@eetempleton: Liberal arts majors in demand; biz majors trailing: seeking comm skills, flexible/critical thinking. via @eetempleton: http://t.co/jUtkHTGD
]]> <![CDATA[A Digital Pedagogy Unconference at MLA13: Join Us! « Brian Croxall]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 04:29:03 +0400 briancroxall.net - Brian
[This has been cross-posted at Adeline Koh’s website, http://www.adelinekoh.org/.] Adeline and I are thrilled to announce that we’ll be holding an “unconference” on digital pedagogy as a preconference workshop for the Modern Language Association Annual Meeting in 2013. What are “Unconferences”? The ten-year old unconference format emerged as a response to weaknesses of the traditional conference presentation. Unconferences are participant-driven gatherings where attendees spontaneously generate...  show all text
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@kathiiberens on Twitter
@kathiiberens: TTly into this!// @adelinekoh &amp; @briancroxall are organizing an unconference on digital pedagogy at #mla13! Join them! http://t.co/UGno7FDk
@triproftri on Twitter
@triproftri: MT: @adelinekoh &amp; @briancroxall are organizing an unconference on digital pedagogy at #mla13! Do join them! http://t.co/c4jLzgk9
@briancroxall on Twitter
@briancroxall: If I'm going to #mla13 next year then I'm going to @briancroxall &amp; @adelinekoh's unconference on digital pedagogy: http://t.co/rQeazjYZ
@wynkenhimself on Twitter
@wynkenhimself: .@adelinekoh and I are organizing an unconference on digital pedagogy at #mla13! Do join us! http://t.co/TpvDlrDT
@briancroxall on Twitter
@briancroxall: Like many friends ystrday, @adelinekoh &amp; I are thrilled to be heading to #mla13 &amp; are proud organization is evolving. http://t.co/TpvDlrDT
@samplereality on Twitter
@samplereality: .@adelinekoh and I are organizing an unconference on digital pedagogy at #mla13! Do join us! http://t.co/TpvDlrDT
@briancroxall on Twitter
@briancroxall: .@adelinekoh and I are organizing an unconference on digital pedagogy at #mla13! Do join us! http://t.co/TpvDlrDT
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@jimmussell on Twitter
@jimmussell: If I'm going to #mla13 next year then I'm going to @briancroxall &amp; @adelinekoh's unconference on digital pedagogy: http://t.co/rQeazjYZ
]]> <![CDATA[The Bastards Book of Ruby]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 04:29:03 +0400 ruby.bastardsbook.com
A Ruby programming tutorial for journalists, researchers, investigators, scientists, analysts and anyone else in the business of finding information and making it useful and visible. Programming experience not required, but provided.
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@dancohen on Twitter
@dancohen: Table of contents for The Bastards Book of Ruby (via @sramsay) shows how far along the author is in writing ea. chapter http://t.co/4JkiUdWL
@miriamkp on Twitter
@miriamkp: MT @parezcoydigo: MT @HackerNewsYC: The Bastards Book of Ruby http://t.co/EgC2ru9u - intro to programming for journalists, researchers, etc.
@parezcoydigo on Twitter
@parezcoydigo: MT @HackerNewsYC: The Bastards Book of Ruby http://t.co/2bhMNvxT - an intro to programming for journalists, researchers, analysts, etc.
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]]> <![CDATA[Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication | JLSC]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 04:29:03 +0400 jlsc-pub.org
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@pmhswe on Twitter
@pmhswe: 1st issue of JLSC has video of leaders in the field defining scholarly communication, changing roles, etc.: http://t.co/sXm9y2Kv -
@micahvandegrift on Twitter
@micahvandegrift: For the afternoon crowd: inaugural issue of Journal of Librarianship &amp; Scholarly Communication (JLSC) is out, http://t.co/sXm9y2Kv +
@pmhswe on Twitter
@pmhswe: For the afternoon crowd: inaugural issue of Journal of Librarianship &amp; Scholarly Communication (JLSC) is out, http://t.co/sXm9y2Kv +
@aldusM on Twitter
@aldusM: RT @rbmsinfo: RT @joan_starr: Important new Jrnl of Librarianship &amp; Scholarly Communication: http://t.co/2z3VxCZ6 #scholcomm via @lschiff
@wendyrlibrarian on Twitter
@wendyrlibrarian: Looking at Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication v.1 issue 1 http://t.co/3jplK9Wb
@rlfrick on Twitter
@rlfrick: Proud to be on the editorial board! Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication launched http://t.co/tfF5E4Ms
@barbarahui on Twitter
@barbarahui: Incl. lots on OA publishing: 1st issue of JLSC (Journal of Librarianship &amp; Scholarly Comm) out today: http://t.co/10pKv7p6 /v @lschiff
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@sshreeves on Twitter
@sshreeves: Proud to be on the editorial board! Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication launched http://t.co/tfF5E4Ms
@ScholarlyComm on Twitter
@ScholarlyComm: The Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication is live, complete with a video put together by @ColumbiaCDRS! http://t.co/shFFMijV
]]> <![CDATA[Rethinking the humanities Ph.D. | Inside Higher Ed]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 04:29:03 +0400 insidehighered.com - Kaustuv Basu
Stanford professors have plan to halve degree time and link student programs to varying career goals. Efforts at Harvard, Minnesota and Colorado reflect growing interest in real reform of doctoral education.  
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@barbarahui on Twitter
@barbarahui: Humanities PhD in < average 8 years?! Whoa. @InsideHigherEd write-up of Stanford PhD-reform proposal: http://t.co/bTeyKHxK /via @nowviskie
@jtheibault on Twitter
@jtheibault: The Russell Berman proposal for changing Ph.D. that everyone's talking about http://t.co/2dmxgCNt Best idea: guaranteed summer funding.
@YAppelbaum on Twitter
@YAppelbaum: "The study of the humanities need to be accessible and cheap." @RussellBermanSF, proposing an overhaul of PhD programs: http://t.co/3aK52hxH
@ashleyrkelly on Twitter
@ashleyrkelly: Excellent, but I'm appalled that this is deemed "innovative." Rethinking the humanities Ph.D. | Inside Higher Ed http://t.co/4wlyc6Xw
@digiwonk on Twitter
@digiwonk: Excellent, but I'm appalled that this is deemed "innovative." Rethinking the humanities Ph.D. | Inside Higher Ed http://t.co/4wlyc6Xw
@nowviskie on Twitter
@nowviskie: An @InsideHigherEd write-up of that Stanford PhD-reform proposal I tweeted this morning (&amp; similar concepts): http://t.co/PpBymy2M #altac
@triproftri on Twitter
@triproftri: RT @MichaelBerube1: For everyone interested in radical reforms in graduate programs in the humanities: http://t.co/9uKBf292
@parezcoydigo on Twitter
@parezcoydigo: Stanford proposes plan to revise humanities PhD. Some good ideas, but focus on time to degree seems misguided: http://t.co/aXfAIbJI
@RBTatAHA on Twitter
@RBTatAHA: Stanford proposes plan to revise humanities PhD. Some good ideas, but focus on time to degree seems misguided: http://t.co/aXfAIbJI
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@insidehighered on Twitter
@insidehighered: The Radical New Humanities Ph.D.: http://t.co/xRLtGoeN
@betajames on Twitter
@betajames: Rethinking the humanities Ph.D. | Inside Higher Ed http://t.co/JSoaH8QR
]]> <![CDATA[I can no longer work for a system that puts profit over access to research | Winston Hide | Science | guardian.co.uk]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 04:29:03 +0400 guardian.co.uk - Winston Hide
The associate editor of Genomics says its publisher Elsevier effectively denies developing world access to research findings Today I resigned from the editorial board of a well respected journal in my field – Genomics.  No longer can I work for a system that provides solid profits for the publisher while effectively denying colleagues in developing countries access to research findings. It has not been an easy decision to make. Some may feel that I'm grandstanding or making a futile gesture. And  show all text
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@pmhswe on Twitter
@pmhswe: MT @scilib: Harvard's Winston Hide "I can no longer work for a system that puts profit over access to research" http://t.co/mG0pcLMC
@naypinya on Twitter
@naypinya: Harvard's Winston Hide "I can no longer work for a system that puts profit over access to research" http://t.co/ek2t6YuC /via @harvardHSPH
@briancroxall on Twitter
@briancroxall: RT @dancohen: "Today I resigned from the editorial board of a well respected journal in my field–Genomics" http://t.co/SJ1aRE9T
@dancohen on Twitter
@dancohen: "Today I resigned from the editorial board of a well respected journal in my field–Genomics" http://t.co/kua1OUqw (via @naypinya)
@nowviskie on Twitter
@nowviskie: RT @winhide: I've resigned from Genomics today - not working on the board of a journal that restricts access any more. http://t.co/vzxNmUPS
@gmcmahon on Twitter
@gmcmahon: I can no longer work for a system that puts profit over access to research | Winston Hide http://t.co/WK6vyEmO via @guardian
@ChrisDickman on Twitter
@ChrisDickman: Awesome! MT @sivavaid: I can no longer work for a system that puts profit over access to research | Winston Hide http://t.co/vI3cZgT6
@sivavaid on Twitter
@sivavaid: I can no longer work for a system that puts profit over access to research | Winston Hide http://t.co/WK6vyEmO via @guardian
@wynkenhimself on Twitter
@wynkenhimself: I can no longer work for a system that puts profit over access to research | Winston Hide http://t.co/TtZZsWFR via @guardian
@JenHoward on Twitter
@JenHoward: Scientist resigns from Elsevier journal: http://t.co/3qk0PhqD (via @guardiansciblog)
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@David_Dobbs on Twitter
@David_Dobbs: I've resigned from Genomics today - not working on the board of a journal that restricts access any more. http://t.co/TvWoSpOk
@edyong209 on Twitter
@edyong209: I've resigned from Genomics today - not working on the board of a journal that restricts access any more. http://t.co/TvWoSpOk
@ranti on Twitter
@ranti: RT @sivavaid: I can no longer work for a system that puts profit over access to research | Winston Hide http://t.co/YzcvgPnY
@mathewi on Twitter
@mathewi: I can no longer work for a system that puts profit over access to research | Winston Hide http://t.co/WK6vyEmO via @guardian
@christof77 on Twitter
@christof77: Scientist resigns from Elsevier journal: http://t.co/3qk0PhqD (via @guardiansciblog)
@ScholarlyComm on Twitter
@ScholarlyComm: Assoc. Editor of Genomics (an #Elsevier title) resigns in protest -> instant hero of #AcademicSpring http://t.co/IagC7G13 more like this pls
@betajames on Twitter
@betajames: I can no longer work for a system that puts profit over access to research | Winston Hide http://t.co/TtZZsWFR via @guardian
@ValdisKrebs on Twitter
@ValdisKrebs: I can no longer work for a system that puts profit over access to research - http://t.co/EHU9T5m9 bravo #openaccess (v @petersuber)
]]> <![CDATA[The European Society for Textual Scholarship]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 20:20:57 +0400 textualscholarship.eu
European Textual Scholarship, Textual Criticism, Textual Editing, Editorial Theory in an international persepctive
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@raffazizzi on Twitter
@raffazizzi: I'm looking for people to review scholarly digital editions or archives for Variants: any period, any language: http://t.co/TvgCsfPJ
@aurelberra on Twitter
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]]> <![CDATA[Come the Revolution]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 20:20:57 +0400 nytimes.com - By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Through ventures like Coursera, world-class learning is coming at bargain-basement prices.
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@mpedson on Twitter
@mpedson: Tom Friedman weighs in on massive open online courses: "Come the Revolution" http://t.co/ydXhRW7H #highered
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@marcparry: Tom Friedman weighs in on massive open online courses: "Come the Revolution" http://t.co/ydXhRW7H #highered
@dmlcentral on Twitter
@dmlcentral: Welcome to the College Education Revolution: "Big breakthroughs happen when what is suddenly possible meets..." http://t.co/K2HNOOwS
@BryanAlexander on Twitter
@BryanAlexander: "In five years [MOOCs] will be a huge industry. " Tom Friedman, http://t.co/d0sgusKG
@debelzie on Twitter
@debelzie: Education Revolution - "when what is suddenly possible meets what is desperately necessary." http://t.co/ikaAHE9d
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@debelzie: Education - "Let the revolution begin" http://t.co/ikaAHE9d
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@Smithstorian on Twitter
@Smithstorian: Thomas Friedman in NYT on Coursera and Andrew Ng's Stanford MOOC http://t.co/mRJOShK0 #HigherEd
@willrich45 on Twitter
@willrich45: The "revolution" in online higher ed. http://t.co/ODYBziem Lots of unlearning going on here. #edchat #highered #edreform #education
]]> <![CDATA[How the Professor Who Fooled Wikipedia Got Caught by Reddit - Technology - The Atlantic]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 20:20:57 +0400 theatlantic.com
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@marcparry on Twitter
@marcparry: Reddit vs Wikipedia vs creative students + prof: Mills Kelly's class hoaxes on the march, http://t.co/459tx1lh
@BryanAlexander on Twitter
@BryanAlexander: Reddit vs Wikipedia vs creative students + prof: Mills Kelly's class hoaxes on the march, http://t.co/459tx1lh
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@mathewi on Twitter
@mathewi: How the Professor Who Fooled Wikipedia Got Caught by Reddit, at The Atlantic http://t.co/eA1h95K7
@jackschofield on Twitter
@jackschofield: How the Professor Who Fooled Wikipedia Got Caught by Reddit, at The Atlantic http://t.co/eA1h95K7
]]> <![CDATA[What’s Wrong With Celebrating the War of 1812?]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 20:20:57 +0400 activehistory.ca - Contributor
This is the third in a weekly series of posts leading up to the mini-conference The War of 1812: Whose War was it Anyway? being held at the University of Waterloo on May 30th. By Ian McKay and Jamie Swift Warmonger politicians customarily indulge in high rhetoric, attempting to rally the citizenry round the flag and boost the bloodletting. Or when invoking the glories of past wars. The War of 1812 was no exception. Those who witness war’s gruesome reality often remember things differently, as do  show all text
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@seankheraj: A must read: McKay and Swift @ActiveHist post on the War of 1812 http://t.co/QYzvFJQO #cdnhistory #history #CanHist
@seankheraj on Twitter
@seankheraj: New post: "What’s Wrong With Celebrating the War of 1812?" http://t.co/X2k4RKxo #history #Cdnhistory
@retius on Twitter
@retius: Our latest @activehist post is a provocative one about "what's wrong with celebrating the war of 1812?" http://t.co/gsnCkrnV #CdnHistory
@ianmilligan1 on Twitter
@ianmilligan1: Our latest @activehist post is a provocative one about "what's wrong with celebrating the war of 1812?" http://t.co/gsnCkrnV #CdnHistory
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@kristamccracken: RT @ActiveHist: New post: "What’s Wrong With Celebrating the War of 1812?" http://t.co/wm4IqYJ7 #history #Cdnhistory
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@ActiveHist: New post: "What’s Wrong With Celebrating the War of 1812?" http://t.co/X2k4RKxo #history #Cdnhistory
]]> <![CDATA[Candor and Candidacy in Social Media | Inside Higher Ed]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 20:20:57 +0400 insidehighered.com - Myra Ann Houser
Blog:  GradHacker   Myra Ann Houser is a doctoral candidate in African History at Howard University in Washington, DC. She blogs about the dissertation-writing process, current events, life in Washington, DC, and related issues at myraramblings.wordpress.com and tweets as @myramt. Navigating the internet as a doctoral candidate becomes a bit more difficult than it did for some of our straight-to-work peers.  Seven-ish years in school provides for a lot of time for status updates that might offe...  show all text
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@captain_primate on Twitter
@captain_primate: New #GradHacker by @myramt on candor and candidacy in social media: http://t.co/CgMJjFwo
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@bonesdonotlie: New #GradHacker by @myramt on candor and candidacy in social media: http://t.co/e5LAxLat
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@insidehighered: New #GradHacker by @myramt on candor and candidacy in social media: http://t.co/CgMJjFwo
@DUKEpress on Twitter
@DUKEpress: Navigating the internet as a doctoral candidate. Suggestions &amp; caveats from @myramt: http://t.co/089espt3 via @gradhacker
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@GradHacker: New #GradHacker by @myramt on candor and candidacy in social media: http://t.co/CgMJjFwo
]]> <![CDATA[Melissa Terras' Blog: When was the last time you asked how your published research was doing?]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 20:20:57 +0400 melissaterras.blogspot.co.uk
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@YAppelbaum on Twitter
@YAppelbaum: If you publish in a scholarly journal, how many people actually read it? @melissaterras took the trouble to find out. http://t.co/DeVR4B4m
@alogemann on Twitter
@alogemann: In another brilliant post on social media in academia, @melissaterras dares to ask what no one ever asks: http://t.co/iBedZ223
@dancohen on Twitter
@dancohen: A very good question from @melissaterras: When was the last time you asked about how your published research is doing? http://t.co/6XTBWkb2
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@SimonTanner: More essential reading RT @melissaterras: When was the last time you asked about how your published research is doing? http://t.co/Jz5lDcKs
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@melissaterras: New Bloggage: When was the last time you asked about how your published research is doing? http://t.co/yxTjRTlY
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@gravesle: In another brilliant post on social media in academia, @melissaterras dares to ask what no one ever asks: http://t.co/iBedZ223
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@betajames: In another brilliant post on social media in academia, @melissaterras dares to ask what no one ever asks: http://t.co/iBedZ223
]]> <![CDATA[katalogx's sounds on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 20:20:57 +0400 soundcloud.com
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@anarchivist on Twitter
@anarchivist: All 5 2012 Goldsmiths lectures by Bernard Stiegler now available; a critique of Derrida and post-structuralism (audio): http://t.co/8iql3hnh
@cryurchin on Twitter
@cryurchin: Wow, here are 5 recent lectures by Bernard Stiegler in English, inc. his critique of poststructuralism: http://t.co/oXR5d2Ng
@kuja on Twitter
@kuja: All 5 2012 Goldsmiths lectures by Bernard Stiegler now available; a critique of Derrida and post-structuralism (audio): http://t.co/8iql3hnh
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@mckenziewark on Twitter
@mckenziewark: Wow, here are 5 recent lectures by Bernard Stiegler in English, inc. his critique of poststructuralism: http://t.co/oXR5d2Ng
]]> <![CDATA[EHESS : Enseignement 2011-2012 — Digital Humanities. Les transformations numériques du rapport aux savoirs]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 12:00:02 +0400 ehess.fr
page de garde de la liste des enseignements déclarés à l'EHESS pour l'année universitaire 2011-2012. Le site officiel de l'École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS). Entièrement vouée aux sciences sociales, l'EHESS accueille des étudiants de master et de doctorat. Elle offre également à des étudiants, admis sur dossier, un cursus sanctionné par son diplôme spécifique. Ses principaux domaines de recherche et d'enseignement sont l'histoire, la sociologie, l'économie, l'anthropologie, l...
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@piotrr70 on Twitter
@piotrr70: Je vais twitter l'intervention de S. van Hooland dan notre séminaire #DHEHESS sur la généalogie des métadonnées: http://t.co/Gxfz3THM
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@aurelberra: Désolé de ne pas y être. Bon séminaire, @sethvanhooland ! | @piotrr70 @marindacos: 13h Seth van Hooland #métadonnées http://t.co/UsazIQim
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]]> <![CDATA[How the Professor Who Fooled Wikipedia Got Caught by Reddit - Yoni Appelbaum - National - The Atlantic]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 02:28:18 +0400 theatlantic.com - Yoni Appelbaum
T. Mills Kelly encourages his students to deceive thousands of people on the Web. This has angered many, but the experiment helps reveal the shifting nature of the truth on the Internet.  lisaquinn565.wordpress A woman opens an old steamer trunk and discovers tantalizing clues that a long-dead relative may actually have been a serial killer, stalking the streets of New York in the closing years of the nineteenth century. A beer enthusiast is presented by his neighbor with the original recipe f...  show all text
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@MatthewBattles on Twitter
@MatthewBattles: Lying to set the record straight: @YAppelbaum on Wikipedia v. Reddit in T. Mills Kelly's course on how to hoax http://t.co/islQu0te
@sepoy on Twitter
@sepoy: T. Mills Kelly's class proves people lie on the internet. http://t.co/D9zWAbIN via >10
@agefen on Twitter
@agefen: How the Professor Who Fooled Wikipedia Got Caught by Reddit http://t.co/KhBtGWSc
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@historyshack on Twitter
@historyshack: Reading the angry comments about Mills Kelly's latest History Hoaxes class; like a car crash, it's hard to look away http://t.co/Tv2Sj4V3
@edyong209 on Twitter
@edyong209: Fascinating RT @swiftj: How prof who fooled Wikipedia got caught by @reddit http://t.co/hDSObwpT --implications for ”truth” online
]]> <![CDATA[How Yahoo Killed Flickr and Lost the Internet]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 02:28:18 +0400 gizmodo.com - Mat Honan
Web startups are made out of two things: people and code. The people make the code, and the code makes the people rich. Code is like a poem; it has to follow certain structural requirements, and yet out of that structure can come art. But code is art that does something. It is the assembly of something brand new from nothing but an idea. More »
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@lorcanD on Twitter
@lorcanD: Ouch! > Exclusive: How Yahoo Killed Flickr and Lost the Internet - @Gizmodo http://t.co/fY7camZd
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@tomcoates on Twitter
@tomcoates: Fantastic post on how Yahoo! killed Flickr and lost social http://t.co/zkff9rzk Great lessons here for both acquirers and entrepreneurs
@AntDeRosa on Twitter
@AntDeRosa: RT @ProducerMatthew: Yahoo forced integration, killed off innovation, and that helped lead to Flickr's downfall - http://t.co/zA4nXj5S
@mathewi on Twitter
@mathewi: Fine Matt Honan piece on Yahoo screwing up Flickr. Poor Yahoo: its $ culture fumbled search AND social. http://t.co/i7JHsSY8
@StevenLevy on Twitter
@StevenLevy: Fine Matt Honan piece on Yahoo screwing up Flickr. Poor Yahoo: its $ culture fumbled search AND social. http://t.co/i7JHsSY8
@nathanjurgenson on Twitter
@nathanjurgenson: "Flickr has a long road ahead of it to relevance" http://t.co/YCVg6bx5 yup
@timoreilly on Twitter
@timoreilly: Fantastic post on how Yahoo! killed Flickr and lost social http://t.co/zkff9rzk Great lessons here for both acquirers and entrepreneurs
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