On being a Blogademic
As promised, here’s the article I recently published that we were discussing earlier (and if you’re a Thought & Action reader just joining us, welcome). I am not unaware of the irony of an article about the internet age having to be scanned from paper and converted into a .pdf in order to appear online. But such is the life lived in the transition between paper and pixels, I suppose, and since a version of that inbetweenness is one main point of the article, perhaps this copier flecked, whopperjawed, low-tech scan is not just ironic, but a little fitting.
Anyway, the usual disclaimers about tuning your ear to the academic frequency and remembering that we get paid by the syllable etc all apply. I always try to pass along copies of my articles to people who show up in the acknowledgments, and this case, that means you. Thanks again. And Happy New Year.
Update: Here’s a much cleaner copy of the essay that’s now available on the journal’s website.
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Wade wrote:
Great Read… pretty fun to watch some one pull their pants down in a crowd!!!
Posted 30 Dec 2008 at 10:22 pm ¶
Kyle wrote:
I’m not gonna write it, but here’s a hook for an up-and-coming songwriter….
“From stone tabs to papyrus, His word brought before us/The Bible will live on, from paper to pixels”
Posted 31 Dec 2008 at 12:49 am ¶
RF wrote:
Fantastic read in a publication I know well. Congratulations. Being a life member of the NEA, I’m pleased.
Posted 31 Dec 2008 at 1:09 am ¶
Revpaul wrote:
I guess in academia “having to be scanned from paper and converted into a .pdf” is the equivalent to “so just listen to the words, y’all pray for me.”
Posted 31 Dec 2008 at 9:20 am ¶
SG Obzerver wrote:
Which brings me to my next point…If religion is the opiate of the masses then Southern Gospel is the Red Bull of the handfull.
Posted 31 Dec 2008 at 10:23 am ¶
CVH wrote:
Gee, and I was hoping for some reference to Harry Peters.
Well done. Self-revealing and honestly questioning yet with a sense of self assurance and certainty in what you do. Nice job.
Posted 31 Dec 2008 at 4:39 pm ¶