I just got back from my second trip to California in one month. This time I was presenting a paper at the iConference in Los Angeles; the paper is a leaner, cleaner version of my thesis research on hiring in the iSchools. To my delight, I got my first citation during the first paper in […]
iConference 2008 in LA
NSF Workshop on Free/Open Source Software Repositories and Research Infrastructures
I attended my first NSF workshop earlier this week at UC Irvine; the hospitality and sunshine were delightful. The workshop was a great opportunity to meet others who are interested in similar research questions and who deal with the same challenges in dealing with FLOSS data. It was also a nice chance to put some […]
Just Write It
I’m doing a lot more writing lately. In fact, much more writing than I think I had ever expected, had I ever stopped working long enough to set expectations. I’ve been a coauthor on three conference paper submissions this month, and submitted an accepted full paper as well. My classes this semester […]
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 […]