This presentation was made at the Panel Discussion on The Digital Public Sphere: Books in the Age of New Media, Oct. 15, 2009, Iowa City Public Library as part of the 2009 Obermann Humanities Symposium PLATFORMS FOR PUBLIC SCHOLARS. Professor Teresa Mangum at the Department of English, University of Iowa invited me to this, and [...]
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See and smile
Posted in blogging, tagged internet, personal, searches on July 14, 2008 | 7 Comments »
In case this was not explanatory enough. These are the top ten searches that have got people to this blog. : )
I return to the net after such a long while, and I have so much to say
Posted in PhD, blogging, friends, personal, work, tagged academics, gender, gossip, internet, interview, periyar, research, rumour, saree, teaching, translation on July 8, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I missed the internet and my blog like crazy. But I discovered just how wonderful it was to research. (I can imagine all of you laughing at me. All these days how I polambified to you!) I never took people seriously when they told me to express my social concerns in academic terms, but hell [...]
Curiousity kills !?!
Posted in blogging, tagged curiousity, internet, personal, privacy on June 27, 2008 | 10 Comments »
I don’t know whether I ought to be flattered, or scared. But as of now I am not really bothered. I had sort of reconciled myself to the fact that people (or may be it is just one person ) really google for “my name” + boyfriend with an alarming regularity. But over time it’s [...]
Celebrate on my behalf
Posted in Chennai, activism, blogging, india, media, work, writing, tagged activism, AICUF, alternative media, internet, workshop on May 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
My doctoral committee meeting went like a breeze. i was little scared by the formal atmosphere, but yet, it was nothing like I dreaded. So, the change of topic has been (shall we say) ratified.
On June 2 and 3, I will be conducting a two-day workshop on alternative media, with a focus on using the [...]
Campus Wi-fi
Posted in work, tagged anna university, internet on April 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A few things I discovered about the firewall on my campus wi-fi
Facebook isn’t blocked, Orkut is.
Kumudam Web TV (with all our politicians and cinestars) isn’t blocked, YouTube is.
Dinakaran.com isn’t blocked, Dinamalar and Dinathanthi are.
Yahoo Messenger is blocked, so is MSN Messenger, but Google Talk and Skype work just fine.
Go figure…
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