Links
In this issue: update & links
Web site recommendations: conferences/IT/politics/misc
Welcome back to E-LIST. No promises as to how often I will distribute new issues, but I do get positive feedback every time I do so I definitely want to continue. In the Fall I was super busy with tons of travel. Our Winter quarter will be over soon and I will resume heavy travel. You can see a list of upcoming destinations on my Web site: http://www.eszter.com (I will likely spend a few days in Paris after the trip to Zurich.) In the meantime, I am enjoying teaching my first undergrad class. I am also happy to be getting quite a bit of research done. In addition to continuing work on Web-use skills and digital literacy (still working on old data, but have some new data as well!), I also have projects on political blogs and how college students sample cultural products new to them. It’s all a lot of fun.
I have started posting links to interesting sites and services on my blog so if you are missing E-LIST, you should feel free to surf on over to my blog occasionally: http://www.esztersblog.com .
I have a lot of GMail invitations to give out, let me know if you’d like one. Also, see below for a link to a little program that lets you use a GMail account as a network drive for additional storage. Very nifty!
Now on to links: some conference deadlines coming up, some of my recent work, a few political pointers (fewer than usual) plus lots of fun (and useful!) stuff. If you see something others would enjoy or find helpful, please send it along. Readers Chris and Drago take the award for most contributions recently, thanks!
** Conferences with upcoming submission deadlines
National Communication Association (Boston in Nov)
Call for papers due Feb 16th
http://www.natcom.org
Association of Internet Researcher (Chicago in Oct)
Call for papers due Feb 21st
http://conferences.aoir.org/callforpapers.php?cf=3
The First Euro Conference on Mobile Government (Brighton in July)
Call for papers due Feb 25th
http://www.icmg.mgovernment.org/Cfp.html
Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (Budapest in July)
Call for papers due March 1st
http://www.sase.org/homepage.html
** Eszter’s recent work-related goings on
I’m editing a special issue of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication on The Social, Political, Economic and Cultural Dimensions of Search Engines
See details here, please send me a note with any questions/submission ideas
http://webuse.org/searchengines06/
My undergrad “Internet and Society” course syllabus
http://www.eszter.com/teaching/is05.html ..
& my students’ blogs (right-hand menu)
http://www.therockblog.com/
.. if the layout is messy, try http://www.nublogs.com
Research page with copies of most of my publications (I recently updated this page with new material and new layout/organization)
http://www.eszter.com/research/
** Political (just a few this time)
Dubya Movie (Don Knotts is Dubya)
http://www.dubyamovie.com
An Easy Path for Terrorists
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2004/08/24/an_easy_path_for_terrorists/
Spain’s Government Approves Gay Marriage Bill
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2004-12-30-spain-gay-marriage_x.htm?csp=34
Web site exploring issues raised in Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 movie
http://www.newsaic.com/f911index.html
Teacher arrested at airport for carrying bookmark (with lead weights, supposed weapon)
http://www.sptimes.com/2004/09/17/Hillsborough/Tourist_s_crime_Totin.shtml
** Cool and useful sites and services
Tons of IT-related links by categories compiled by expert comm prof
http://www.comm.ucsb.edu/faculty/rrice/ricelink.htm
The front pages of newspapers from around the world
http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/
(I may have recommended this before, but it’s worth another pointer.)
Lifehacker “Don’t live to geek; geek to live”
http://www.lifehacker.com
This is a new site that I check out every day now (except weekends when they don’t update). I repost my favorite finds from it on my blog.
New browser alternative (super easy to install, imports settings from your existing browser)
http://www.getfirefox.com
(I should note that I’ve run into some problems with viewing PDFs and running Java scripts, but I still recommend it. Just don’t uninstall your
other browser.)
& fun theme/skin for Firefox
http://home.student.uu.se/dana3949/doodle/ ..
& note by its creator re quality concerns (there shouldn’t be any)
http://www.esztersblog.com/index.php?p=77 (see comments)
A little program that lets you use a GMail account as a networked drive for additional storage
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/E-mail/Mail-Utilities/GMail-Drive-shell-extension.shtml
Newest Google service: Google Maps http://maps.google.com
Nice, but still needs work, my brief comments on some shortcomings:
http://www.esztersblog.com/index.php?p=85
The power of Google through text messaging on your phone
http://www.google.com/sms/
Ask Jeeves now responds to some queries without having to click through to a page for the information
http://www.ask.com
I wrote up some thoughts on this here:
http://www.esztersblog.com/index.php?p=79
For home/office decorating (very cool!)
http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator/
For no reason, just because it’s neat (do check it out!)
http://www.humanclock.com ..
& What time is it? (not quite as neat, but fun for a few seconds)
http://www.lares.dti.ne.jp/%7Eyugo/storage/monocrafts_ver3/03/index.html
Fun puzzle
http://www.setgame.com/set/puzzle_frame.htm
The popularity of names over time in the US, neat visual representation
http://babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html
[requires Java]
Hottest zip codes for property value increases in the US
http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/topzipcodes/index.html
Salary calculator (gives subcategories after initial category choice)
http://salary.money.cnn.com/
Environment-friendly gift-wrapping alternatives
http://eartheasy.com/gift_wrapping.htm
Very cool Honda ad (definitely worth watching!)
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/honda-ad.html
[requires Quicktime or possibly other viewer]
Tales from the Techs - technical support stories
http://www.techtales.com/tftechs.html
All sorts of information & stats about the world’s nations - some great visualizations, should be helpful in teaching
http://www.nationmaster.com
Thousands of free images from across the world
http://sxc.hu
Today’s quote:
“The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.” — H. L. Mencken