Social media is a pretty hot topic of late. In addition to the popular press and blogosphere take on the phenomenon, there’s a whole MSI degree specialization in social computing over at SI, so it seems that social media has already become something of an institution in a rather short time.
I’m not sure where I […]
Social Media
Dynamic Social Network Analysis with Taverna
This semester’s research practicum has been focusing extending some prior work on dynamic social network analysis of Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) development teams. In practical terms, this means that we’re analyzing the patterns of communication in email lists for a selection of FLOSS projects. The long-term goal is to scale it up to […]
Living the Dream
My schoolwork has invaded my dreams. Several mornings this week, I found myself struggling not to wake from my dreams when the alarm went off - I was trying to finish my to-do list before waking up. If only it worked that way! As it is, I think I’m keeping on top of things […]
Flickring in Ann Arbor
The local Flickr user community in Ann Arbor has been a wonderful part of the last year I’ve spent here. Besides the obvious benefits of friendship and expertise networks, I’ve really rediscovered the joy of photography as a result of association with other photo geeks exploring the social life of photographers.
The Ann Arbor Flickr […]
I appear to be an early adopter of some social networks and not others; I set up a Facebook account just last week. After considering it useless to me for two years as a student, I find it considerably more useful as an alumna. In terms of keeping up with college pals, there’s […]