I couldn’t help but come out of thesis “sabbatical” to share this article about sharing printed in today’s The New York Times.
Image from Studio at ME/AT
August 18, 2009
The Declaration of Indeblogdence
When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one woman to dissolve temporarily the project which has connected her to the blogosphere and to assume the powers of a successful thesis project completion, a decent respect to the opinions of readers requires that she should declare the causes which impels her into separation.
I hold these truths to be self-evident, that all graduate students are created equal, that they are endowed by their University with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty , and the pursuit of a graduate degree-holding status. That to secure these rights, Blogs are instituted among Men (and women!), deriving their just powers from the consent of the writer,–That whenever any Form of Blog upkeep becomes destructive to these ends, it is the Right of the Student to alter or to abolish it (temporarily), and to institute a new Advanced Communications Thesis Project, laying its foundation on such principals and organizing its powers in such form, as to her shall seem most likely to effect her Safely and master’s degree completion…
Thanks for reading everyone. I’ll be back eventually, I promise. And a special shout out to Amanda for her encouragement to stay on top of things. I sure do miss her!
June 25, 2009
Donation Round Up
I need to follow up on something—my pledge from the first post when I began this blog for my digital networking class in spring 2009.
I promised to donate to Reading is Fundamental for every comment posted through April 29. The number of comments within that parameter is 31, but I’ll count May, too, for a total of 32.
This equates to $8. I opted to round up just a bit. Isn’t this a nice confirmation screen by the way?
Dear Christine Pill,
Thank you for your thoughtful donation of $10.00. Your support of RIF will help us build a literate nation in which every child has access to books and an opportunity to succeed.
We hope you found your visit to the RIF site informative. Be sure to visit us again to learn how RIF is touching the lives of millions of children and families across the country.
Sincerely,
Carol H. Rasco
President & CEO
So, the next time I make promise like this, let’s go wild. Let’s aim for the stars.
Until then, enjoy my previous posts as I consider a brief hiatus from blogging to tackle my thesis project. Here are my top ten favorites, in chronological order:
