Friday will be held on Wednesday this week. Got that?

Just a note to let you guys know that I'll be holding the office hours I normally hold on Friday on Wednesday. So, I'll be in my office from 10-12 on Wednesday, Oct. 28, rather than Friday.

Hi, everyone,

I'm back from the Feminisms and Rhetorics conference, where I gave my paper on Frances Power Cobbe, Harriet Martineau, and Maud Gonne, all women writers commenting on the Irish Question within the Victorian periodical press. Michigan was very lovely, with all the fall colors, and I left even more convinced that I want to get back to the upper-Midwest as soon as possible.

Highlights of the conference were panels on feminism and writing program administration, and visual rhetorics in the Victorian press, two topics very close to my heart. Not a lot of big names this year, but the event featured a lot more diversity.

I highly recommend the Feminisms and Rhetorics conference to anyone interested in women and communication: one needn't be a composition and rhetoric scholar to fit in with this crowd. And it's a very friendly atmosphere, not at all agonistic. I got good advice about the job hunt just by striking up conversations with people at lunch, in the airport shuttle, etc. The next conference will be held in 2011 at Minnesota State University Mankato. (Hopefully, by then, I will be close enough to drive ;)

Oh, and to somewhat make up for my absence last week, I'm holding office hours today. I'll be here until 11, and then back from 1-2.

Hey everyone,

Just a reminder that I'll be out of the office starting Wednesday and for the rest of the week due to the Fems and Rhets conference in Michigan. I'm looking forward to some authentic fall weather, not this 80-degree faux autumn business we get down here. I hope I don't get snowed in though; in Michigan, that could definitely happen.

Have a great fall break!

The next step in digital

It seems to be generally acknowledged (if not embraced) that digital media are worth some mention in the comp/rhet classroom. The next question then is "What about the rhetorics of wearable technology?"

"sixth sense" wearable tech

I don't buy the slogan of this micro-computer as a 6th sense. (I'm holding out for being able to see dead people.) But this video clip is an interesting comment on where things may be headed.

Unclutterer

Do you all know about the website Unclutterer? If you don't and you have any organizational issues, time management issues, or, ahem, problems motivating yourself to work on comps or your dissertation, you'll want to check it out. This past week in particular addresses the latter issues and has some advice you likely already know but might find it useful to be reminded of (I feel ending a sentence with a preposition in a blog is just fine, thank you very much).

Instead of a Powerpoint...

...I dare you to assign this as the presentation tool:

http://www.vuvox.com/


Fun stuff. But is it sustained rational discourse...?

No one likes me

Hey, guys (or y'all),

Just a reminder that your friendly Assistant to the Director of Composition has office hours in Reed 309 A from 10-2 M,T, and H, and from 10-12 on F if you have questions or just want to chat. I'm very, very nice, most of the time.