Yes, I know; BIG news. But really, it's important and someone is studying the problem.
The Women in IT Education project at RIT has received an NSF grant to study women's attrition from Computer Science classes (via Misbehaving.net)
Also interesting: CISE project at NSF.
So I leave blogchangebot up a lot when I'm working, mostly so that I can see who's looking at the blog. More and more, I see people from the office and from other offices in the building checking it out.
Like Ernie, I find myself wondering about those co-workers peering into Weeblog (Ernie, btw, WHERE are your lovely archives?).
Why do they visit? What do they think of it? Apparently they're shy because they NEVER comment.
Woe!
My thesis advisor is temporarily unavailable due to health concerns, and I'm panicking a bit. I'm having a hard time getting my thesis proposal in order, and I'd promised myself that I'd have it by December.
How does one write a thesis proposal? I can't even find a whole lot of data on it. If you have an idea...let me know.
In addition to their other important lessons about fiscal responsibility comes this little gem. As a part of the Enron's litigation process, the full catalogue of employee email is available via database search. Years of Enron employee's personal emails are publically-available for consumption in the comfort of anyone's home or office. (via NPR)
Do you as a writer need to consider the fact that ALL of your writing, whether intended for one person or many, might someday be public or might be made public at some time? Can you be comfortable enough with your words to let them go, and ONLY say what you mean, regardless of context?
The all-important moral, in my opinion: Expect that ALL of your writing, whether intended for one person or many, is public or might be made public at some time. Be comfortable enough with your words to let them go, and ONLY say what you mean.