One of the things I like about the US – at least the US I meet – is the strength of individuals and their drive and conviction. I just talked to the waitress at the bar I am “using” for writing (combined with eating/drinking) and it turns out that she is hoping to do an [...]

I have had a fairly productive today. 3 hours solid writing in the morning and a few hours this afternoon. I am currently in a hotel bar – or rather a sports bar – trying to get a bit of work done. Earlier there were quite a few laptop people here, but fewer now. The [...]

I have spent the morning working in one my favorite cafes in Berkeley. It is now 10:50 am on a Sunday morning, and the café is almost completely full with mostly students doing work and socializing (mainly the former). Nice coffee and nice setting. I have some HUMlab things to take care off, but this evening I will start to focus on my [...]

It is nice to be back. Fall colors, crisp air, and still not really cold. I had a reasonably productive day today and I hope to do some emailing concerned my upcoming November trip this evening as well as some seminar planning. I have a feeling I will not get too much time for my own [...]

It is a really nice fall Saturday in Umeå, and I am taking it easy. While walking and being social have been part of taking it easy, I have also been trying to get a sense of what is going on in digital humanities currently. My next writing project – more or less – is [...]

Yesterday I submitted the book manuscript to my publisher. I got a two-day extension from my publisher – which helped a great deal. The provisional title is Language education in a digital world: Information technology, Communication and Learning (although in Swedish). I have spent most of my not-doing-other-work (i.e. evenings) working on the book lately, [...]

I just finished the final revised-corrected version of Chapter 6. Ready to be sent to the publisher. Only seven chapters to go.  Chapter 2 also finished now. Six chapters to go.

Earlier today I finished a new version of the digital presentation chapter of my book, and I am quite happy about it. It has taken quite some work to rework and update it. Hopefully my primary reader will also like it. I just finished reading through the two remaining chapters, and I am very happy [...]

I am working hard to get the language education and information technology book together by Monday (publisher’s deadline). This is normally evening work, and this evening I have tried to rework a somewhat odd chapter on digital/computer-enhanced presentations. It is partly rather practical and partly about critical perspectives and current/future technology. I include a critical discussion of [...]

After a quick jog and a compensatory kebab, I am now going through my book manuscript at my favorite café. At this point here are only two more people here – enough to support to sense of an open café (although I think some staff around is probably enough). I am trying not too do too major [...]