• The tailor fixed the zipper on my leather jacket. He does absolutely amazing work. #
• I am 66% addicted to Twitter http://su.pr/1b72Ly from the magical @oatmeal #
• I just tried Facebook's new Email Reply feature; like it. #
• I am new to Twibes http://bit.ly/cQCwcw; what value does it add that Twitter Lists does not? #
• The zipper head fell off the zipper on my leather jacket. Need to get it replaced ASAP. #

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I have completed the transcriptions for my research (a bit later than I hoped, but it is moving forward), and am beginning to analyze it. Some of the transcripts for the 8 interviews I conducted still need to be sent to the research participants for member checking, but all that is underway.

My initial review of the interviews is wonderful; I believe I have a lot of rich stories that may reveal some very interesting things about the experience of Public Transformations.

However, I have to fight against the anxiety of feeling I am very behind where I hoped to be (my paper is due in another week). In some ways, I wish I had the luxury of being able to research without any other work, but it is a fact of my life that there are a lot of things happening. Regardless, I still expect to have the draft of this paper submitted by February 8, when it is due. Hey, what else is there to focus on at this time of the winter?!

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• The contractors have left, so now time to clean clean clean. #
• The 3 installers are still working on the shelves. I am getting tired watching them. #
• RT @jimgroom: RT @oldaily WordPress. http://www.downes.ca/post/51506 A good argument for a domain of one's own. (thanks @psychmedia) #
• Staying home today to manage a furniture delivery and installation. #

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• Exchanged La Boheme tickets at lunch today. #
• Worked on test and instrument design all morning. #
• 2 new comments on "Sarah's Musings" and more http://bt.io/EHYm #

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• RT @adambateson: I Pad eh? sounds like an assertive tampax commercial to me. // The talk of the Twitterverse. #
• Off to present some #CIQ results. #
• 3 new comments on "Sarah's Musings" and more http://bt.io/EGPh #
• Caught up on reading / commenting on blogs during lunch. Glad to see my friends and colleagues have not stood still (as I seemingly have). #
• Anybody else out there planning to attend the Networked Learning Conference http://bit.ly/22Loj7 #NLC2010 ? #
• I just blogged about my paper that was accepted for the Networked Learning conference #NLC2010 http://bit.ly/cnOoWr #

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I am thrilled to share the news that my paper, Autoethnographer Communities of Practice, has just been accepted to present to the 7th International Conference on Networked Learning NLC2010! This conference is at the beginning of May in Aalborg, Denmark. It will be the second time I have presented in Europe, and the first time I am presenting there as the single author / researcher on a paper.

I am really looking forward to finally meeting some of the people whose work has helped my own thinking in the Technology Eenhanced Learning (TEL) / Networked Learning field, including Etienne Wenger (one of the keynotes), David McConnell, and Chris Jones. I am also excited to share some of my research findings about studying those who engage in autoethnography, as this is something that does not seem to be frequently used in the networked learning research community.

I will speak more about this as the conference date approaches. Hope to meet some of the other networked learners I speak to online and have never met F2F.

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• Fortune cookie from dinner – "Half of being smart is knowing what you are dumb about." Better words I have not heard today. #
• Shoe lace is breaking; so decided to get my shoes oiled while getting the new pair put on. #
• Having the apartment painted, so can not access a bunch of my stuff. Makes research with/ on/ using social media a challenge. #
• Off to the Post Office. #

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• Had to duck the rain drops (not) to grab a salad and coffee across from the office today. Lots of rain still. #
• Need lunch. Need coffee. #

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• One of the local roads was so icy , the snowplow backed itself down the hill since it needed its own sand so as not to slide. #
• Drove through a horrible ice storm this afternoon. The interstate was closed at one point. #
• I am trying to squeeze in one more interview for my research project, but the number is just not going through, #

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