Uncitedness. Here's an interesting article from a decade ago with (perhaps) surprising figures on the uncitedness of academic articles by discipline. It seems disheartening to observe that much published research doesn't seem to be of use to other researchers – at least not enough to warrant a citation. I wonder how things have evolved since. […]

social construction of technology. In class today, we were introduced to the Social Construction of Technology (SCOT) framework/methodology. I am certainly not an expert… [zephoria] ——- I'm not a big fan of SCOT finding epistemological and methodological problems with the paradigmaticity of technics in most of that work, but many people find it very useful.

Adjunct College. Well, now that I've got a handle on this blogging thing, I think I'm finally ready to get with the programme. I've had done with such old-fashioned notions as the history profession as guild, academic work as quasi-sacred calling, the… [Invisible Adjunct] ——- this is the beginning of the end of something, though […]

Sleep Well, Warren. Warren Zevon died. [Electric Venom] this is too bad, he was an interesting character.

Virginia Tech is the nickname of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. there is no Virginia Tech University. Read the style guide for guidance.

i get these types of spams, they look real enough, but i'm not interested as i'm not a spammer, and actually i really dislike spam immensely so i thought i'd share.

Susannah Breslin has apparently removed her blog reverse cowgirl, closed her email and moved on from this arena and no one seems to know why. She had the blog that garnered much of my attention to cool and interesting art, things like the hello kitty .45 1911 variant target pistol, and the pub1c ha1r grooming […]

This is a nice essay/article that explains to some extent what might be going on in the relationship between software patents and investing. I think overall it might be extended by other people, but as it stands it fits quite well into the Braudel-De Landa Anti-Market conceptionality of patents.

this looks like it will be an interesting course.. syllabus is here http://stage.itp.tsoa.nyu.edu/~amt3/mt/archives/000007.html

On August 23 the Public Knowledge Project released …. On August 23 the Public Knowledge Project released version 1.1.5 of Open Journal Systems, its open-source software for journal management. This upgrade lets editors choose among different management models and gives them more control over the Research Support Tool, which accompanies each published article. For more […]