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Submitted by billhd.
on 2006-05-18 02:08 AM.
On Wednesday the 17th, my second Wednesday here in Århus, I had a chance to present some of the modeling knowledge work research from a number of specific projects to a group of ASB students and faculty.
I want to thank the students for attending during a busy time of the semester for them - they are either taking or preparing for exams, so I am grateful for their time. I also want to thank the students for the excellent questions they asked which raised and/or deepened many issues related to the ways that the modeling technique(s) might eventually become useful for writers.
Many of the questions got me thinking about how the folksonomy/tagging dynamics we are exploring in some of our other WIDE projects might pertain to a logging and visualizing tool such as the design for Lester (the proposed system that allows users to collect data and build the Communicate event models and which Clay, Mark, and I are interested in further developing to include Genre Ecology Models and other visualization formats). The students were asking about issues that intersect with Josh Porter's excellent summary of The Del.icio.us Lesson: how can this help me, personally? and how can what I do get shared in ways that build social value without eroding personal value?
I also had a nice chunk of writing time in the morning and I managed to get a bunch of my SIGDOC paper drafted and the rest planned...looks I can make the deadline on that one. Whew!
Jeff & Peter and I grabbed a quick dinner and had a nice talk about future projects, including an article that we might all work on together that tilts productively at "knowledge management." We agreed to talk some more about this in the next few days and decide on a timeline and a venue so we can get to work writing something. Our meal was wonderful too! Jeff and I sampled some Aqvavit.
And Jeff seemed to be happy to be off the plane and in Denmark.
Thursday is the first day of the 360 Conference Encompassing the Instructional Text. I'm up at 13:30, then the rest of the conference I can be a listener. I like that. Jeff talks about Grassroots on Friday.
looks fun
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martine
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2006-05-18 07:29 AM
- Bill - great fabulous pictures. The lighting is really good in these pictures of you and Jeff
- that red sea food type animal jeff (mini-lobster, crawfish???) is about to eat looks especially delicious, and I've received comments on your descriptions of food bill -- perhaps you could squeeze in food critic along with juggler and scholarly university-professor-type researcher into your professional persona?
Each time I read your descriptions of f-o-o-o-d, I have to go find something similar to eat, hum, Mike has some lobster tails in the freezer and it is almost lunch . . .
I am going to repurpose some of this posting for a news item, should have thought of it sooner!!
Look forward to hearing how the 360 degree conference goes. We are having beautiful weather here but it has rained a lot and there are various pools of standing water. The Red Cedar is running pretty high and fast but the ducks are quacky and happy.
Thanks, Bill, for the new posting and pictures. Looks like the good life to me--good food and not one, but TWO glasses of liquid refreshment on the table.
I LOVE this blog. Thanks for keeping everyone up-to-date.
Pat