\nThere have been many things on my mind lately, and I've not had the \nOn the personal side:\n<\/p>\n \nAs I jumped in wondering what I should actually write about, I felt \nThe absence of activity on my electronic presences belies the churn of \nThe situations are certainly not parallel. First, I've never been the \nOn the work side:\n<\/p>\n \nThere is a huge amount of change afoot in my workplace and in my own There have been many things on my mind lately, and I’ve not had the discipline in place to make them flow together coherently. The “bookmarks” I have saved on my del.icio.us account gives some indication of what I’ve been pondering, … Continue reading
\ndiscipline in place to make them flow together coherently. The
\n\"bookmarks\" I have saved on my del.icio.us account<\/a>
\ngives some indication of what I've been pondering, but by no means, a
\ncomplete picture. One thing is for sure: all this distraction has
\npushed my blogging to the side. Today, I will get back on my blogging
\npodiums to write about both the personal side and the work side of what
\nI've been up to. <\/p>\n
\ninstantly pulled in too many directions. Fortunately, I was reminded of
\nthe central lessons of the last weeks: that I should start in a place
\nof great stillness, which also happens to be a place of great depth. As
\nI hold myself still, I am able to accept that I am a little human being
\nliving in a world with outsized needs, including my own. I remember the
\npledge I had made to pray for Darfur, and I pause to do so. We put up a
\ndisplay to raise awareness about Darfur at First Pres Berkeley<\/a> and will host a postcard writing event for A Million Voices for Darfur<\/a>
\nin early April. I am relieved that spring break is coming up, primarily
\nbecause it gives my students and me some breathing room for the course.\n<\/p>\n
\nwords on my computer. Having just read about super-prolific Stephen
\nDowne's recently announced hiatus from blogging<\/a>
\nto take time to stop and reflect made me wonder whether I'm going in
\nthe wrong direction by trying to get back into blogging. <\/p>\n
\nregular and prolific blogger that Stephen was. I have had lots of time
\nto reflect, though I can stand for more in this time of change,
\nchallenge, and opportunity. Most importantly, I believe that regular
\nweblogging would be an excellent discipline for me since it would force
\nme to work in smaller chunks, to begin and to complete manageable
\npieces of work on a regular basis. Without forcing myself to write
\ncoherent sentences and paragraphs, I will generate monstrous lists of
\nsuggestive phrases. Writers understand the seductiveness of such lists,
\nwhich seem to contain more content than they actually do. <\/p>\n
\nprofessional career. Although it would be inappropriate for me to write
\nabout some of these matters, I can certainly write openly about my
\npersonal vision for information technology at UC Berkeley and beyond.
\nThis is an opportune moment to rethink every aspect of my professional
\nwork as I look at the field at large and the challenges, opportunities,
\nand risks before me specifically. The product of my (over?) cogitation
\nhas been long EccoPro<\/a>
\noutlines with phrases such as remix, interoperability,
\ngather\/create\/share, grids, bibliographic metadata, knowledge
\nrepository, seamlessness. My job now is to write these outlines in
\nlittle essays that make sense to others. time to step back to ponder
\nwhat we do to best serve the academic and research needs of the campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"