Monday, August 17, 2009

Coming term goals

I've been reviewing tasks ahead of me for the coming term and have shown my tendency to plan heavy workloads.

4 classws
STC fundraising chair
Datagogy book research process
Complexity & Usability research
Converting papers into articles
PT daily
10# weight loss
Endurance increase
Diss committee developmen
CC training workshop
Agamben reading group
Foucault reading group
Bioinformatics reading group

Of course many of these will drop & mutate, but it is still fun looking. Plus I will need to continuously read & write.

Goals motivate me unlike anything else. Working towards the goal brings me greater value than landing @ the goal. Cheesy but true!
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Two days left

Dear TTU,

Thank you for the fellowship, excitement, and great colleagues. However, I am not in Lubbock yet and would like part of mylife to not be centered on you. Thus, Will you please keep out of my dreams for at least a week?

Thanks!
GZ

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Sunday, August 16, 2009

Peek impressions

I have owned my Peek Pronto for about 48 hours now. Here are some initial impressions:
The vibration intensity is perfect
Backlit keyboard is great
Perfect columns & rows of letters is a bit annoying
I lose signal regularly but I also live rurally; I don't know how big this is as a factor
Customer service was quick
I am still unsure on how quick or effective the message/email retrieval is
Learning is pretty intuitive
Lack of Twitter interface is annoying because twittermail can be slow
I have not tried doing FBook yet
Blogging @ Blogger is a snap
Taking notes on texts or reflecting ontologically with Peek 2 write forces efficiency in prose
Space bar is too small
patience with Peek has always been rewarded w/good results
Peek is a good intro to thumbing text
Ifeel like I can leave the puter, read, and check my email and tweet w/out distraction of reading tweets or surfing web
Peek is perfect to @spinuzzi wherever u r--including ur own bus
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Saturday, August 15, 2009

Boas notes pt 2

24 art is the compression of 1 man's view/experience of an event, person, or even theology and an attmept to communicate it to another--the object stimulates states & emotions in the mind of observer based upon their prior total experience

22 words do mot simply name. They provide or are "emotional baths"

16-17 As life in industr rev became more uniform & reliable, demand for variety & individualism icreased--opposite of demand 4 unity when life/survival was uncertain

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Friday, August 14, 2009

Training &writing

As I watch coach steer I am reminded that I still have not found an adequate form of writing taining & warm-up.

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Test peek 2

This is another test of how well this might work for taling notes. My thumb typing speed is very limited. oh well and oops.

I am starting to think that bioinformatics is a good focus for joyce's class on tech. That would be good prep for bioresearch and establish foundations for a tentative diss w disability and technolony. Personally. It could be lots of fun. That is why I picked up texts on genetics & science writing--I want to explore those connections even more.

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Test

Just a test of my new peek

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