Some binaries I still believe in

Now I’m in Leeds where there are slightly more clouds in the sky but fewer people in the streets and that’s probably a combination I prefer. Yesterday I tested out my new HK running shoes and added another introduction to the book chapter I’m working on, precipitated by a range of conversations I’ve been having [...]

Mobile work case study

Now I’m in London I’m trying to get back to writing. I’ve recently put a book proposal together for the Working From Home project and set myself a fairly strict writing regime to try to get it done with or without a publisher. Hotel rooms in expensive cities are good for these kinds of crazy [...]

Downturns

Don’t believe Dopplr, I’m actually in Brisbane this week. It’s a nice change to be back in the humidity and the neighbourhood without the obligation of going in to the office I feel able to relax a bit and enjoy looking at things with a slightly less local lens. This is the final year of [...]

Cultural work and creative biographies symposium

Wednesday April 1st 2009 The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA Michael Young Rooms: 1, 2, 3 & 4 Organisers Rosalind Gill, Centre for Citizenship Identities and Governance (CCIG), The Open University Mark Banks, Department of Sociology/CRESC, The Open University Stephanie Taylor, Department of Psychology/CCIG, The Open University The last decade has seen [...]

Work on TV

This time next week I’ll be in Melbourne speaking at Monash University’s Film and Television series, Under Construction. Loyal Home Cooked Theory reader and brilliant film scholar Adrian Martin has generously invited me to share some of the thinking behind one of my current projects, “Work on TV.” This will be an early version of [...]

Always on: the take homes

Last week I gave a paper in the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies’ regular Tuesday seminar series. It introduced a number of the themes emerging from two rounds of interviews for my research fellowship. Presence bleed: Because a lot of previous studies of home-working focus on ‘teleworkers’ or ‘remote workers’ I introduced the term [...]

Always on: the seminar

CENTRE FOR CRITICAL AND CULTURAL STUDIES PUBLIC SEMINAR SERIES for 2008 Tuesday 9th September 2.00-3.30pm Dr Melissa Gregg Always On: Coping with Constant Connectivity Social Sciences and Humanities Library Conference Room Level 1 Duhig Building (Bldg 2) St Lucia Campus [See Map] Abstract: While expensive advertising campaigns continue to promote the benefits of new media [...]

Anticipatory affects in the workplace

There’s a separate symposium I’m speaking at in Melbourne called “Affect and the Human/ Machine Interface” which is being organised by Fiona Brideoake and the Minds, Bodies, Machines ARC Linkage Project. The event features Ian Horswill as plenary speaker on Tuesday afternoon, as well as a bunch of other very interesting looking sessions. I’m presenting [...]

Teaching or research?

My unfortunate lack of blogging lately is partly due to travel and the impact this has on other deadlines: I have three articles/chapters due this month and more presentations in Melbourne and Brisbane, as well as a graduate course to convene and an engagement party to organise! This workload was partly designed to fill in [...]

Uncreative workplaces

Below is the text from my talk at last week’s cci conference, “Creating Value: Between Commerce and Commons”. Thanks to the participants of my study for allowing me to publish this. Given the overall tone of the event, and the upbeat nature of many presentations in the Workplace Futures stream, I think it’s important for [...]

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