[Update 3 Nov 2008: Just uploaded a revised PPT with updated Notes which are much closer to what I spoke from. Although, they clearly are not what I said verbatim.]
ASIS&T is going well. I arrived late Saturday afternoon in Columbus (OH) and am getting along fine with my roommate whom I met over the Internet by posting to my blog.
Our panel* went well yesterday and I am far happier with my portion than I thought I’d be. I have received some nice comments since, including one from a “luminary.” I was asked if I’d be posting my slides and I said I would. I still need to make an explicit entry on my “Writings” page but here are the links for now.
http://marklindner.info/presentations/ASIST2008/mrlASIST2008.pdf [This is large! 6.2 MB PDF]
http://marklindner.info/presentations/ASIST2008/mrlASIST2008.ppt [3.1 MB Powerpoint]
My friend, Christina, blogged the panel I was on here. She is also blogging many other sessions at her blog, Christina’s LIS Rant. She also told me that what I said was more important than my slides. While there are notes in the PPT they aren’t the final ones I used. Perhaps I’ll post those at some point. Of course, they aren’t exactly or entirely what I said either.
Socializing is going well. I’ve seen several interesting posters and a few good sessions. And tomorrow night I’ll get to see my “baby girl.” That is, the one who turns 25 on Election Day.
* “Tagging as a Communication Device: does every tag cloud have a silver lining.” My portion was a suggestion that tagging researchers make an explicit commitment to a theory of language and communication. If you were to guess that I even had one to suggest—Integrationism—you’d be right.
Thus, I tried to give a very, very basic intro to Integrationism, show how community fits into/is described by the macrosocial (within the theory), and how tagging (as a user behavior) can be explained by Integrationism. As I said above, I have gotten some nice feedback and interested a couple people in Harris and Integrationism. That, my friends, was the entirety of my scheme. Mission accomplished. 
2 responses so far ↓
1 jennimi // Nov 14, 2008 at 11:50 am
“Integrationism” – I absolutely love that!!!! Congrats on your panel, published work to go along, luminous responses, and another banner ASIST year. Damn, I wanna go back.
2 Mark // Nov 15, 2008 at 9:54 am
Thanks, jennimi! It’d be great to have you back, and simply to see you.
Had a few nice chats with, and hugs from, June. We both miss you greatly. Please take care. Me, I’m trying.
Fully grounded some days and fully lost others. And some days they both are true. But what’s a boy to do?
Have immersed myself in poetry and a few other forms of not non-fiction for a while now. Still taking some photos but really need to learn even more about my camera. The poetry is especially useful for the grounded/groundlessness thing; sometimes all at once.
::hugs::