home cooked theory

Domestic journalism

Yesterday I made my first film for the You Decide 2007 website. It was very time consuming, so I might not make too many more, but it was a good way to appreciate how much work is involved in trying to do something even this tiny. I’m not computer illiterate, but I don’t veer too [...]

Weird

A bit spooked today! After a very odd morning of accidents and inconveniences, I was working on a document for Crazy John’s mobile phone company this afternoon only to hear that Crazy John himself died suddenly of an assumed heart-attack this morning. So tragic: he was taking a morning walk, he’d given up the fags [...]

The kids are all right

Only five weeks to go…

Working from home – recruitment begins

This past week Nadia and I have been busy recruiting participants for the interview stage of my APD project, “Working from home: New media technology, workplace culture and the changing nature of domesticity.” The study will follow the technology use of 30 workers across Brisbane for the next three years, focusing on those in the [...]

What’s happened to the Eleanor Schonell bridge?

In December it will be a year since the Dutton Park ferry service was decommissioned to make way for the $55 million pedestrian, cyclist and Brisbane City Council bus-serviced “Green Bridge”. Officially named the Eleanor Schonell Bridge, perhaps because someone noticed hubby Fred already had his own theatre and road leading into St Lucia’s UQ [...]

Ryan candidate forum, UQ Thursday

As part of the lead up to the election the NTEU UQ branch has organized a candidates forum at St Lucia campus for the seat of Ryan featuring Ross Daniels, ALP, Jim Page, Democrats, Evan Jones, Greens, Charles Worringham, Independent, and Michael Johnson, Liberal (to be confirmed). Qld Senate candidates have also been invited.
When: 12pm [...]

Self-branding

Some thoughts leading in to tomorrow’s MACS session, in light of the last few days of reading and worrying (and subsequent spring cleaning… you can tell there’s something going on in my life when I start moving furniture).
A key aspect of my online identity that I’ve been made aware of this week is the [...]

Rolling with the punches

Just as I was thinking about formalising a paper I’ve been working on about research blogging, I read a pretty personal if pseudonymous attack on a colleague’s blog. It’s not only made me quite angry but has me thinking more about what’s at stake in having an online presence. I won’t link to the post [...]

On things maturing… maybe

You may have noticed that my response to the blogging conference was to avoid my blog for a while! This has as much to do with pressing projects than my experience on the day. Greg and I have been busy sending feedback to our contributors for The Affect Reader, and I had a birthday to [...]