No maps for these territories

Despite my totally depressing last post, things are going pretty well work- and life-wise, and the holidays are putting me in a shockingly cheerful mood. I’ll be in the middle of the country visiting family almost two weeks this year, starting on the 24th.
I’m helping run two secret santa gift exchanges in two online [...]

A friend of mine’s mom died last night, after a long illness. I am sad for her, and I sympathize.
My own mother died thirteen years and three weeks ago. It still feels recent some days. I wish I could somehow impart everything I’ve learned about grief to my friend, but that’s a long, lonely [...]

I spent a few days in October at WikiSym (short for “the International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration“) — an academic symposium that focuses on all aspects of wikis and how they work. Topics include research into how large wikis such as Wikipedia work, the technical aspects of wiki software, how wikis could be [...]