tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236798.comments2023-08-07T05:30:42.119-04:00Odds and EndsNick Carbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13965878135277592695noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236798.post-83541451345731251342017-03-24T13:31:16.007-04:002017-03-24T13:31:16.007-04:00Thank you so much for compiling this!Thank you so much for compiling this!Ben Villarrealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06988256305990891816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236798.post-53607634905167059572016-02-09T11:02:01.157-05:002016-02-09T11:02:01.157-05:00What a lovely tribute to your grandmother. She was...What a lovely tribute to your grandmother. She was a courageous young woman, and I am sad for her to have not been reunited with her father. Blessings to your family.Chris Bergeronhttp://www.link-systems.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236798.post-15984154069111820192015-07-15T15:15:03.904-04:002015-07-15T15:15:03.904-04:00Good point, Leslie.
Margaret Price posted a link ...Good point, Leslie.<br /><br />Margaret Price posted a link to blog entry by danah boyd on the same topic and approach, one I hadn't seen until after posting this: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20130604194415-79695780-taking-a-vacation-this-summer-take-an-email-sabbatical<br /><br />boyd's variation is more deliberate than my impromptu -- letting key people know in advance, having alternative contacts people can go to for immediate help, that kind of thing. <br />Nick Carbonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13965878135277592695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236798.post-43347926027639170412015-07-14T16:35:46.251-04:002015-07-14T16:35:46.251-04:00I wonder if Anonymous's concerns could be addr...I wonder if Anonymous's concerns could be addressed by simply including something like, "If you feel you have a true emergency that requires an immediate response, please contact fooboss@foo.com."Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01023687663013240053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236798.post-38542157179106284602015-07-14T14:04:08.175-04:002015-07-14T14:04:08.175-04:00Ed,
I've tried writing rules that sort messa...Ed, <br /><br />I've tried writing rules that sort messages while I'm away into folders -- messages where I am on the to: line go into one folder, where I'm part of a group (All Editors) into another, from particular people into another. It got to be too manual and too hard.<br /><br />But when I looked at what I did on return -- massive deletions of things that have passed -- I found that really only a handful of things ever really, really needed a response from me. So that's where I'd spend time eventually, after clearing out the stuff that I didn't need to respond to.<br /><br />So I really wanted to try something simple, that didn't require writing lots of inbox rules and then undoing them later. Nick Carbonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13965878135277592695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236798.post-57328886485789719162015-07-14T13:59:31.902-04:002015-07-14T13:59:31.902-04:00dkeppy,
I suppose if auto-deleting messages whil...dkeppy, <br /><br />I suppose if auto-deleting messages while away were to become common enough practice, someone might write a program that makes messages undeletable. But then, it would be something the IT department would take up, beyond my ken as a humble user doing what I can with the tools Outlook allows me.<br /><br />Usually when I get back from being away and have 2,000 or more messages, the only ones that need my immediate attention are ones where for some reason I am the only person who can answer something. And so asking people who have those kinds of questions or needs to wait til I get back or to resend so that I'll find it better seems a kindness, really. It makes it much clearer and surer how best to get what attention is needed, without guessing on whether I've caught up or found their email in the accumulating storm of messages. At least that's the hope.<br /><br />What would make me most happy to see, thrill me, would be requests to help with thinking through an issue -- product design, new technology feature, how to use something existing -- through the lens of teaching and learning. Nick Carbonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13965878135277592695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236798.post-42504051650217784892015-07-14T13:47:39.603-04:002015-07-14T13:47:39.603-04:00This leaves me contemplating a DDOS maneuver like ...This leaves me contemplating a DDOS maneuver like a rule that sends a response to your auto response, creating a dueling servers situation whereby, ultimately, I can send you an email from another machine which your system hasn't the the wherewithal to delete.<br /><br />I am currently stymied by just one detail: what could be important enough to warrants its being there, to your surprise and admiration, in your inbox, at 12:01 AM, July 28?dkeppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08167446811540892602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236798.post-52255787286692521802015-07-14T10:23:00.829-04:002015-07-14T10:23:00.829-04:00OK, so this puts us back to the same situation we ...OK, so this puts us back to the same situation we were in 25 years ago before anyone had access to their e-mail on the go. Back then, I always felt under so much pressure before leaving (everyone had to know what they were supposed to do while I was away; if anyone might need to contact me, I would have to pro-actively contact them before I left) and returning (I wonder how many days it's going to take me to catch up; did anyone make an important decision while I was away that I might have wanted to influence?). When I began to be able to take a laptop with me, I felt such a sense of relief. Yes, I have sometimes turned on a vacation processor to tell people I might not respond. I have set a lot of stuff aside for when I returned. But the ability to keep in touch and know that nothing important will elude me makes it so much easier to relax. And I can use that data plan on my cellphone to find things to do, places to visit, and download audio tours.<br /><br />There may in fact be a way to filter mail so that distractions are kept to a minimum. Leave it to Google (or someone) to write an app for that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13977516028489007686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236798.post-92096764755205921532015-07-14T09:48:36.066-04:002015-07-14T09:48:36.066-04:00Our consumer drivin business at my university woul...Our consumer drivin business at my university would never allow this. If a student or worse a parent reported that message a lot would be said, and one or it nice! I hope it works for you. Neither option about vacation e-mail if good. Leaving it until you are back is overwhelming and reading it while you are gone is intrusive. Enjoy the unplugged vacation!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236798.post-14767375532217490192015-07-01T11:45:55.014-04:002015-07-01T11:45:55.014-04:00Good points, dkeppy.
Your post reminds me of what...Good points, dkeppy.<br /><br />Your post reminds me of what I've heard history teachers say when I talk to them about their teaching. They don't expect students to see themselves as historians per se, but they do want them in the course, and in writing assignments they give, to be able to "think historically," to ask the kinds of questions and do the kinds of analysis and reasoning historians use. <br /><br />It's a slight shift, but an important one. Nick Carbonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13965878135277592695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236798.post-8743137874561992312015-07-01T11:40:28.289-04:002015-07-01T11:40:28.289-04:00It might be helpful to attempt an analogy that fra...It might be helpful to attempt an analogy that frame an opinion on this issue. In my case, I would look to mathematics and the teaching of calculus for a comparison. Students have long since convinced me that saying "Everyone is a mathematician. Period." contributes minimally to the productivity of calculus classes. If this were a valid analogy, I would be with Toor all the way. Perhaps the rejection of a like imagined analogy is the basis for Toor's response.<br /><br />The problem is that <i>being a writer</i> is an altogether different thing from <i>being a mathematician</i>, and not a translation of existential essences. Or even epiphenomenal categories. One cannot help but think in a language, a language susceptible to being written, and a language the writing of which can and, upon occasion, will be used by everyone mastering it to consciously convey ideas or feelings. Even for long articles and blog entries. And hence, everyone is...a <i>writer</i> of the sort that Toor probably expects. There is no counterpart to this in mathematics. Brain structure etc., etc. notwithstanding, <i>number</i>, <i>set</i>, and other mathematical entities are not part of the natural medium of thought. They are concepts acquired much later by in human development than are words. Thought does not depend upon quantification in the way it does upon verbalization.<br /><br />Consequently, calling students writers is more a less a call to self-actualization; calling students mathematicians voices only instructors' kind wishes. Toor may be thinking that <i>some</i> students, those who have earned it, benefit from calling themselves writers (maybe graduate students in creative writing?), where others do not. My guess, however, is that calling oneself a writer and being called a writer is relevant and motivating in any writing course. By extension, in any Writing Center. By synechdoche, on a poster hanging in a Writing Center.<br /><br />Calling most calculus students even <i>aspiring mathematicians</i> seems a bit affected. The analogy I attempted is, I am afraid, quite imaginary. And Hemingway's quip is a jibe at "writing officialdom" whereas, if Euclid had said "Everyone is a mathematician. Period."...well, he didn't. See, however, <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S089396590800253X" rel="nofollow">this</a> for what everyone is, vis-a-vis mathematics.dkeppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08167446811540892602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236798.post-57598456259834701012015-06-25T12:57:01.472-04:002015-06-25T12:57:01.472-04:00Thanks, Susan, for the kind words and the catch on...Thanks, Susan, for the kind words and the catch on the link. I've made the edit.Nick Carbonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13965878135277592695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236798.post-87991315391150855792015-06-25T12:18:05.989-04:002015-06-25T12:18:05.989-04:00What a beautiful remembrance, Nick.
The link to t...What a beautiful remembrance, Nick.<br /><br />The link to the online profile is wonky: I think you want http://northamptondaily.ma.newsmemory.com/publink.php?shareid=5b5b0b8f5susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000470374101306070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236798.post-79896382011856216672015-02-13T05:37:12.290-05:002015-02-13T05:37:12.290-05:00Off course, this the best writing assignment revie...Off course, this the best writing assignment review tools. Mostly students get online help from tutor and try to find cheap resources for their assignment <a href="http://www.studentlance.com/solution" rel="nofollow">solution</a>. This smart tool provides you quality assurance which help to you for getting better grades in result.Isabellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733655788527114862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236798.post-4407504162777404762014-12-19T12:29:01.727-05:002014-12-19T12:29:01.727-05:00You might just get more e-mail this way, because p...You might just get more e-mail this way, because people will want to see your auto-response du jour.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236798.post-80104601036053891162014-12-15T12:07:28.883-05:002014-12-15T12:07:28.883-05:00Thanks to you both for the nice words. DRogers, dr...Thanks to you both for the nice words. DRogers, drafting some just for students would be fun. Maybe I'll give it a go.Nick Carbonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13965878135277592695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236798.post-30467592387998102682014-12-15T11:25:19.122-05:002014-12-15T11:25:19.122-05:00Those are very funny, Nick. I wish I could write s...Those are very funny, Nick. I wish I could write some that would go only to my students. Maybe you could suggest a few of those? DRogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06280856082856088856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236798.post-18998647191761820952014-12-12T10:51:13.533-05:002014-12-12T10:51:13.533-05:00I love these!I love these!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236798.post-66591362750897660582014-12-10T08:48:22.126-05:002014-12-10T08:48:22.126-05:00Russ, I agree. The student worked over two years a...Russ, I agree. The student worked over two years and several attempts at the writing test to get her GED, and the GED was the thing she wanted, the test being a hurdle.<br /><br />Which takes me to Pam's concern. Pam, any student who can work that hard and that long to find a way past this test so she could get on with her life and get her cosmetology degree, that person will succeed. <br /><br />I would also hazard that as she comes to need to write for more authentic purposes in her life, she'll find a way to do that. The thing about the test she passed, in the end, is that it's so baseline and simple, it doesn't really measure, let alone prepare her, for future writing. <br /><br /><a href="https://www.ioe.ac.uk/GHillockspaper1.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.ioe.ac.uk/GHillockspaper1.pdf</a> leads to "Reconceptualizing Writing Curricula: What We Know and Can Use" by George Hillocks. It opens with a description of the kind of test the GED likely was, how those are scored, and how narrow and artificial the writing type is. <br /><br />If a test can be passed by memorizing a form, and three vague things to say about whatever topic is given, then the test is a disservice.Nick Carbonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13965878135277592695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236798.post-65258427558125160082014-12-09T16:11:01.354-05:002014-12-09T16:11:01.354-05:00I guess my question concerns the future of writing...I guess my question concerns the future of writing for the student who memorized the essay. How will this person be successful in a college classroom or in a career?Pam Sawyerhttp://www.pamelasawyer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236798.post-74115778652127931692014-12-09T08:47:44.672-05:002014-12-09T08:47:44.672-05:00Yes, yes, yes. But . . . that writing we need to &...Yes, yes, yes. But . . . that writing we need to "let them do" has to be about something and serve some authentic purpose beyond passing a test (even if it's the test of our reading as teacher as examiner). It has to function. Like infants learning to talk, the utterer needs to be doing something she wants to do.Russ Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05720677477964266661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236798.post-87088889585227308862014-12-07T02:16:48.846-05:002014-12-07T02:16:48.846-05:00Thanks!Thanks!http://www.sacredhypnogoddess.com/40-days-of-inner-power/https://www.blogger.com/profile/14496654331352618082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236798.post-22184033132658753702014-11-25T10:13:33.007-05:002014-11-25T10:13:33.007-05:00Thanks for the note. What might be fun, would be t...Thanks for the note. What might be fun, would be to make a grammar game from the perspective a reformed grammar cop. I don't know if it could work . . . maybe themed around "You might be a grammar cop" in the spirit of Foxworthy's "you might be a redneck." But get your A first in the course of the prof who recommended the visit to my blog.Nick Carbonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13965878135277592695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236798.post-90301688176471176922014-11-24T16:39:13.725-05:002014-11-24T16:39:13.725-05:00I'm a new fan. One of my professors just sent ...I'm a new fan. One of my professors just sent the students in our master's program (Professional and Technical Writing) a link to one of your blog posts. I noticed this title and was intrigued because I am a notorious taker of grammar quizzes on Facebook. I will say that my first semester of grad school is turning me into a "reformed grammar cop." I enjoyed your insight into these quizzes. I will stay away from grammar quizzes, but I still want to know which Muppet I am.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236798.post-39536386909658529532014-11-24T15:52:02.267-05:002014-11-24T15:52:02.267-05:00A true post -- editing is absolutely about love an...A true post -- editing is absolutely about love and passion and pedagogy -- and a beautiful tribute to Joan upon her retirement. Thanks for writing this, Nick.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06179347483312679226noreply@blogger.com