Belated happy new year everyone. I’ve had good intentions to blog more often, but all of my writing energy is going toward new songs, editing research papers for publication, and trying to land a letter in Penthouse Forum. Here is a bunch of things I’ve been reading/digging/thinking about over the last month, culled from my [...]
Also tagged too many to listNY’s Mercy College offers 1-on-1 mentoring for incoming frosh. Our students frequently complain to me about advising. http://bit.ly/23MfAo # Minnesota’s AD: Big 10 about business, MAC about educating. I feel the same way about research vs. teaching schools. http://bit.ly/16HO2L # GOP parents teach their kids an early lesson about partisan hatred. Nice work. NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/cutwL [...]
Also taggedLong, interesting article about the unusual world of Craigslist (the business). http://bit.ly/ofMbl # RT @Shelia_Cotten @sidneyeveSurvey: The new digital divide is Internet-access speed: high-speeds vs. the slow-pokes” http://is.gd/2xPFn # Just switched from Seesmic to Tweetdeck. So far, so good. # RT @timwiseman: Great article today on the ‘Made in Akron’ store in Highland Square http://tr.im/x3Nt [...]
Also taggedRT @eszter sociologists marginalize lots of work w/real-world apps RT @craigjcalhoun Why do sociologists marginalize communications research # Nate Silver @ FiveThirtyEight: “ample reason for Democrats to be worried — perhaps deeply so — about 2010.” http://bit.ly/10D8UK # Free e-book: GIS in the Social Sciences – http://bit.ly/2bmiYs (via @ssresearchnews @meoneogeo) #sociology # This seems to [...]
Also tagged Election 2010, GIS, Google, health care, sociology* Was in the jury pool for a high-profile trial, but got excused because I can’t be here for all of it. Here it is: http://tinyurl.com/pp7eyx * Good Atlantic article on evaluating the performance of CEOs. A handful of sociological studies are cited. http://tinyurl.com/qtgz9u * Shane McGowan has new teeth! http://tinyurl.com/pghzhb (Via Erin P.) * [...]
Also tagged corporations, Gladwell, jury duty, music, race, sports* Very funny LeBron commercial. “Akron, Ohio, baby!” http://bit.ly/3x7EBB * WSJ: White House Czar Calls for End to War on Drugs. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124225891527617397.html * Malcolm Gladwell doesn’t know crap about hoops. He uses Pitino to make an argument, but ignores his Boston fail. http://tinyurl.com/dyzs2p * New live David Byrne EP to benefit Amnesty Int’l: http://tinyurl.com/p4o3l3 * [...]
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