by Jenae Cohn | Feb 28, 2014 | Digital Literacy, Personal, Professionalization, Web Culture Musings
It’s no news that decision-making in academia is slow. Journals, conferences, edited collections, new haircuts – all of these things seem to take a while to happen in academic settings. So far, I’ve had the most experiences with waiting for...
by Jenae Cohn | Jul 21, 2012 | Digital Literacy, Personal
I am an emoticon abuser. Whenever the situation is appropriate for a smiley face, you bet that I’ll go ahead and include one. This is not something of which I am particularly proud. Granted, the New York Times has justified the existence of our smiling keyboard...
by Jenae Cohn | Jul 14, 2012 | Pedagogy, Personal
For the first time in my life, I have a punch card. That’s right: my hours inside an office are tracked. Punch in. Punch out. Present. Absent. Working. Not working. Shifting from a life of complete flexibility and fluidity to one with rules and set hours is...
by Jenae Cohn | Feb 27, 2012 | UWP 270, Web Culture Musings
Scroll it, click it, surf it… Sounds a little bit like the process I was working through this weekend. I made the leap and purchased my own domain to download the WordPress software for my webtext project. I can completely understand why “novice”...
by Jenae Cohn | Feb 21, 2012 | Digital Literacy, Web Culture Musings
Most digital natives have likely had an experience like I had this weekend: helping mom with the computer. I’m not sure why she entrusts me with this task. I probably don’t know that much more than she does (though, of course, I have to adopt the bravado...
