Can I pick just one?

by Diana on July 27, 2011

So, as you can tell I took a break from blogging for a bit. Several things lead to this including some side work I was doing researching mobile developers, finishing my spring semester, living in South Korea for a month, (…)

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Applying Lean Startup Methodology toward PhD Studies

by Diana on March 13, 2011

So, while staying up late to do a paper for class (yes it is spring break, PhD students never rest!), I got this wild brainstorm of how to apply both my development training (I work in an agile development environment (…)

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What the heck is Cyber Anthropology?

by Diana on March 3, 2011

An interview with me at last years SXSWi. It explains a bit about what my take on Cyber Anthro is, how I do it, why I do it, and how I got here. Hope to see a few of you (…)

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Ok, I’ll admit it – I have a Cyber Husband

by Diana on February 14, 2011

This shouldn’t be too much of a surprise, I am a cyber anthropologist after all and I do pretty much LIVE online, but perhaps I should explain. My husband is in the US Army currently stationed in Uijeongbu, South Korea. (…)

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SXSW Bound – Looking for Thought Leaders in Tech

by Diana on February 13, 2011

Well, it looks like I’m SXSW bound yet again this year. Still trying to find a hotel as they are all sold out and I was late to sign up – but that’s another story entirely! While at SXSW this (…)

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FUDCon Tempe 2011

by Diana on January 29, 2011

Thank you to all of you who attended my talk this morning at FUDCon in Tempe! For those interested in the community report on my research can be found here. If you have questions, or just want to chat please (…)

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Defining Virtual Ethnography

by Diana on January 11, 2011

Virtual Ethnography is a highly interactive process that provides the ability to make observations of and participate in computer/device mediated cultures through a multitude of non face-to-face methods. It is used to better understand the behaviors and knowledge of participants (…)

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Open Letter…

by Diana on December 10, 2010

Dear James Paul Gee – gamer and published author on gaming, Thank you so much for writing on gaming and in particular for writing on WoW. This allows me to write about what I know with “published scholarly references”. I (…)

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Earning the title of Gamer

by Diana on October 21, 2010

Do you play Farmville or any of the other what seem like thousands of passive games on Facebook? Do you enjoy it? Get something out of it? If so, you probably don’t want to read any further. Head back to (…)

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Book List: Seminar in Information Science

by Diana on September 9, 2010

I thought some of you may find this interesting. It’s my book list for one of my intro PhD courses. Which would you pick? What would you add based on what you see here? Berners-Lee, T., Fischetti, M., & Dertouzos, (…)

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