~Monday~ It was cold and rainy today, and I caught the city bus in. Most of my day was consumed finishing up a website project for one of my colleagues, and at the end of the day, I checked on whether I still had to do a project that was going to potentially take 3 … Read more
~Saturday~ I had a great day today attending the SpeedCon Communications Unconference at NC State, hosted jointly by the Carolina chapter of STC and the student chapter of SIGDOC. I did two presentations, both of which were well-received (that’s my story and I’m sticking to it, at least until I see the official feedback forms … Read more
~Thursday~ On the Wolfline #9 bus home, I checked my work email and there was a note from a colleague asking me why the background on one of his Web pages was pink, and I devised a quick reply to him, which he greatly appreciated. When I got off the bus, it was dark, and … Read more
~Wednesday~ Facilitated by Jen Riehle and John Martin at Mitch's Tavern from 7:00 – 9:00 PM. Faculty sponsor: Sarah Egan-Warren Welcome Thank you for being here. Intent: To discuss “real-life” technical communication issues. Introductions Your name John Your status in the Tech Comm program I started the program in January of 2004 and graduated in … Read more
Salon XXV Agenda Sunday, October 16, 2011, 6:30 -10:30 Anna’s Home Dissecting our individual relationships with time. Inspired by a series on an NPR blog that kicked off with the provocative title, The Tyranny of Modern Time. [Anna] My relationship with time can be deduced by the fact that I use phrases like, “It’s about 8:28,” … Read more
I want to capture the sentiments of my family's cards for posterity: From mom and dad: Son, you don't hear this as often as you should, but hope you know what a great son you are… …someone to love, someone to respect, someone to be grateful for. Happy Birthday with Love Handwritten: John, So many … Read more
~Saturday~ Do you like to think? Of course you do. Do you like to laugh? Of course you do. Do you have existential angst? Of course you do, or you have in the past, or it's time you do. I absolutely loved Manbites Dog Theater's current run of Will Eno's Middletown, and would have loved … Read more
~Wednesday~ I was on Facebook when I saw the first status update about it. Having really only joined the Apple “family” a few months ago with the purchase of my MacBook Air, I was surprised that I felt extra grateful today for the user experience I’ve enjoyed on it, albeit for such a short time. … Read more
~Tuesday~ Two-and-a-half months ago, I bought tickets to the October 8, 2011 Adele concert at the Durham Performing Arts Center in a frantic twenty or thirty minutes at her UK website and on and off the phone with the fraud department of both my credit card and my debit card. I was so looking forward … Read more