Submitted by Jim Brown on Nov 28, 2008, 10:13 AM

I have had Cathy Davidson's "Collaboration by Difference" blog post bookmarked for a few days now because it offered me so much to think about.

Submitted by Jim Brown on Nov 15, 2008, 01:54 PM

Reading Greg Ulmer's recent ruminations on the Internet Accident, I was reminded of Volkswagen's extremely disturbing car accident commercials.  Ulmer's discussion of the accident draws on Paul Virilio's work:

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Submitted by Jim Brown on Oct 17, 2008, 01:17 PM

The CWRL, the Lab I work and teach in, is collecting new media assignments from instructors in an effort to share all the innovative stuff happening in our classrooms.  I thought I'd share my assignment: "Mapping Home."  It uses Google Maps (a tool that is easy to access and easy to use) to get students thinking about borders, landmarks, and cartography.

Submitted by Jim Brown on Oct 05, 2008, 10:26 AM

A new e-journal/magazine has popped up on a couple of listservs, as I thought some HASTAC-ers would be interesting.  It's called Harlot. Here's a description:

"Harlot is a digital magazine and web forum dedica

Submitted by Jim Brown on Sep 28, 2008, 07:55 PM

Last week, on a different blog, I mused about how teachers and critics can/should deal with speed.  By speed, I mean this: given a cultural moment where texts move instantaneously, how are we to deal with nuance and recontextualization

Submitted by Jim Brown on Sep 15, 2008, 05:41 PM
Previously, on one of my other blogs, I wrote about Rivers Cuomo's collaborative song writing project, and I thought HASTAC scholars would be interested in how this project taps into the collaborative ethic of the Web.

Submitted by Jim Brown on Sep 08, 2008, 06:48 PM
Following up on Cathy's course description, I thought I'd post information about the courses I'm teaching this semester and next.