I'm done! Finished! The defense was yesterday, a fantastic day. I'm a doctor! There's stories, pictures, poems.
Memories.
But later. Now,...
In 24 hours, my defense will be over
This is different. Apple's holiday store has the title line in the middle of the page, like a ribbon. Like titles...
Networked writing is bound to have an impact, even on how my lecture is created.
It's not the quality of the clip art images that make people use them. It's just better with a clip art picture than no picture.
A thought: do you think my opponents are reading this blog?
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Manuscripts of all kinds use images freely. But after Gutenberg, they were rarely published this way.
The University has set up an info page on my defense, including a press release. It's in Norwegian.
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If not, it may be hard to see why educational institutions need to change at all.
Be the first one on your block to comment my blog!
Universities face a special obstacle in turning to a multimodal literacy, as the written text is the very basis of scientific...
In Literacy in the New Media Age, Gunther Kress reminds us (p.1) that the writing élite will oppose a transition to...
Anyone can become a publisher.
It's global.
It has links.
You can search it.
It's live.
It's an archive.
It's editable....
What do they mean by this?
Dr. Jill has written a long, bright story about her disputation and the following party.
My test lecture is on Web literacy and education. Suggestions are welcome!
Jill has defended, and renamed her blog.
Apple has removed Mail and Web from the Internet Prefs panel. This is not user friendly.
When the trees are heavy with snow, I listen to Vivaldi.
Before I allow myself to blog, I have to start writing my thesis presentation.
http://fagerjord.no/blog/surftrail.rss
Blogger has published its official stance on "what to do if mom discovers your blog."
My paper "Four Axes of Rhetorical Convergence" is in the latest issue of Dichtung Digital.
It's done. 186 typos in the thesis identified, corrected, and documented. The long, horrible list is delivered in quadruplcate to the...
the committee finds the dissertation worthy to be defended in public at a disputation
Two months later, I still receive comments.
I'm finished reading through the thesis.
Mark has noted the pleasure of the iPod's weight and surface feel. Doug Miller continues the thread: "Texture, 'feel,' appearance, and...
He tapped an electric part, and presto! The car started.
Würth has opened a gallery, showing a Picasso exhibit
Doug Miller's redesigned blog resembles this one, only better.
Ragnhild has finished her thesis
My thesis is accepted for defense!
I'm back, but my computer is still acting up.
I've written an online course (In Norwegian) on Web design
What's wrong with APA, Chicago or MLA?
Blogs are like TV. When it's gone, it's gone.
Rune Johansen photographs ordinary people in faraway places.
To organize screenshots, I simply use Finder
I am finalizing a paper for an anthology Lisbeth is co-editing, and stuck with an excellent question Lisbeth (I think) wrote...
To me, organizing a Web site is more like organizing a grocery store.
A new version of Office is out. I'm unimpressed.
Norwegian physicians never fail to disappoint me. I can remember more than twenty doctors I've seen, and every single one of...
Oh, this is just awesome. The puppet tool by LeCielEstBleu. It's an animation engine. Choose a photograph of an animal (including...
The whale doesn't care if its fish or mammal. The only trouble is with our precious categories.
It was freezing last night. This morning, I had to scrape the ice of the windows of my car before...
My faulty blog design slows down the blogging process, which is to kill it.
I replaced my old homepage with a menu where you have to choose one of the three template created homepages
Bill Seitz says Wiki Engines can create a blog like mine
Several people have mailed me nice comments on my new blog design; some have even linked to it. Thank you!...
Adrian aptly demonstrates how writing may be contained within a movie.
My airport base station just stopped working.
Apple's strategies to keep a hold of the users aren't much more innocent than Microsoft's
With each blog post on a separate page, I can make it good old-fashioned hypertext.
Typography matters. When each post is a separate page, I can vary the typography.
In case you haven't noticed, this blog has moved to another URI. The old address will redirect to this place, fagerjord.no/blog.
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I've got a fan. Whenever I post something, I immediately get an ecstatic comment.
Two Jehova's Witnesses just arrived at our door. Two women this time, in identical beige trenchcoats, with leather shoulderbags. Luckily, Mona...
I just deleted the whole blog.
As each note now is a separate page, some people may not want to call this a blog anymore. Fine with me, I don't care.
Please excuse variations in look and feel the next few days.
In October, I will repeat my yearly "Visual Web Design" lecture for the beginning Media Studies Bachelor students. In just two...
I want to collect fine examples of blogging. Not good writing this time, but fine layout and features
TypePad's specifications list is an inventory of a standard blog these days.
It went well! I don't think I could have played better than I did at Espen and Susanne's wedding ceremony....
Things keep disappearing from my Tinderbox document. I had to reenter the four posts below by cutting and pasting from the...
As I am moving into my new computer, I make discoveries. Safari is my browser of choice, as it can do...
When leaving for our summer house at Hvaler, I googled for some nice pictures to decorate the "summer edition" of this...
I just can't believe it. Two good friends asked me earlier this week to play tuba solo at their wedding reception...
First day at the office after my summer vacation I found that an angel had landed on my desk, carrying...
I'm on summer vacation at the Hvaler archipelago. No updates until I'm back. Have a nice summer!...
I just took a quick peek on the free preview of Scott McCloud's new Flash comic The Right Number (via Mark)....
Jakob Nielsen believes that "sticky sites" is a thing of the past. Google and broadband makes people faster on the Web....
Bach's cello suites are the perfect summer music for me. Probably because of some extra-musical fantasies of mine, but still. Several...
Today is the real start of my project under the larger "small media" research umbrella at our department. I will focus...