• Progress

    Oct 31 2008

    I discuss the progress I’ve made on my book project.

  • The myth of the ideal

    Oct 30 2008

    The differences between the life of the mythical ideal researcher and my own cause me much worry. I want to free myself from comparisons to that myth.

  • Open source communities

    Oct 28 2008

    von Krogh and von Hippel (2006) propose a model of open source communities which seems right to me.

  • Broader perspectives

    Oct 27 2008

    I had a rare chance to pull back and see the 50,000 foot view of my life.

  • Open source software as public good

    Oct 22 2008

    Open source software differs from commercial software in that it is a public good in two senses: as product and as intellectual property.

  • Procrastinating the hard way

    Oct 19 2008

    Procrastinating is at least more productive for me now than it used to be.

  • The “why” of open source software research

    Oct 19 2008

    I’ve created a domain map in which I’ve tried to record where I think the major research areas are in open source software (OSS) research.

  • Overachiever

    Oct 14 2008

    I’m thinking of abandoning my book project and just focusing on the presentation, to save myself some time and effort so that I can spend it on studying for my screening exam in Jan.

  • Summary: The cognitive style of PowerPoint

    Oct 11 2008

    Discussion of Tufte, E. R. (2003). Cognitive style of PowerPoint. Cheshire, CT: Graphic Press.

  • Revisiting the past

    Oct 09 2008

    I feel that a lot of my ideas from my past work will inform whatever I system I make to help people navigate power networks.