Diana Internet Internet, security 0
Being the 2-factor security person that I am, I know many of you have probably read about Facebook, GMail, and Twitter passwords being hacked. Though you can’t do much about that (other than not have accounts with those services of course), there are steps you can take to keep those accounts secure even if someone […]
Diana Internet, politics censorship, Internet, politics 0
Censorship Quotes by Literary Authors “I am against censorship. In all forms. Not just for the right of masterpieces — high art — to be scandalous. But what about pornography (commercial)?Find the wider context:notion of voluptuousness à la Bataille?But what about children? Not even for them? Horror comics, etc.Why forbid them comics when they can […]
Diana research censorship, dissertation, phd, research 0
“Communist authorities equally understood Elvis’s subversive manner, even as an Army private.When it was announced that Presley was bound for the U.S. base at Friedberg, the East German Communist Party accused the United States of plotting to undermine the morals of Red youth,’ Karal Ann Marling relates. ‘To show that this act of provocation would […]
Diana research authority, censorship, gaming, government, research, self-regulation, society 0
“Rather than simply forbidding young people to listen to certain forms of music, read certain books, or see certain movies, many families have abdicated this responsibility to civic action groups and the government. Such a relinquishment of authority over individual lives has led to denunciations of various media forms, calls for self-regulation of individual mediums, […]
Diana information science, research books, dissertation, phd, procrastination, writing 0
Well, being a PhD candidate means one thing and one thing only – now I have to write a dissertation. While yes I knew this was the next stage in the journey, I am not sure I am adequately prepared. I know that seems silly, I mean I have written a Master’s thesis and all. […]
Diana research Fedora, papers, research 0
You can now cite my Fedora research using this APA citation Harrelson Hubbard, D. (2013, July). An Exploration of Fedora’s Online Open Source Development Community. Paper presented at the Free Software Workshop, FISL14, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Retrieved from http://softwarelivre.org/wsl/blog/wsl-2013-schedule You can view it on Scribd.
Diana research Fedora, foss, papers, presentation 0
Hi everyone! Just a quick update to inform those who follow me due to my work on Fedora. A version of my masters thesis will be presented in Brazil (via video) on July 5th at the International Free Software Workshop. You can find more information here: http://softwarelivre.org/wsl I’m in Session 4. You can find my […]
Diana random phd, self reflection 0
Well, this year has been a busy year! I completed my qualification exams (you can read all about that here) in April after preparing for them all semester and since then I have been preparing to move to Hawaii! I officially cleared out of El Paso Friday and will be hanging out in Dallas for […]
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Diana Uncategorized Academics, Grad School, phd 1
Since becoming a PhD candidate* mid-April (hence the long hiatus on this blog) I have been asked multiple times why is it that I am not specifically going into an academic career. I would like to take a moment to respond to this and to address what I believe to be the more pressing issue […]
Diana information science dissertation, hawaii, phd, phd candidate, qualification exams, research, writing 0
Well, it’s a go! My committee likes me, they really like me! /silly Yep! I passed. All that hard work paid off. I have two different dissertation ideas they were happy with. I’ll try running with the first one, if that doesn’t work I’m glad I have a fall back. This summer I’ll be doing […]
Diana grad school gaming, phd, qualification exams, research, writing 0
I was told during my oral defense that my papers were a pleasure to read and that my research proposal would fill an obvious gap in gaming research today!
Diana grad school masochism, phd, qualification exams, research, writing 0
I have just submitted my #Phd qualification exam answers. It has been one roller coaster of a week involving many outside distractions and though I have been up about 24 hours now (which included a 10 hour road trip with infants from west Texas to north Texas to visit family for the holiday), the feeling […]
Diana grad school phd, qualification exams, research, writing 0
Eyes burning, red, and twitching. I of course ended up going off in a totally new and previously unresearched by me direction for one of my qual exam questions which, while it has been exciting to do, has me also doing brand new research to write a paper that is due at 10am the day […]
Diana grad school phd, qualification exams, research, writing 0
Alright, well I have 1 question and a little over 2 days left to answer it as well as go back and edit all of them for grammar, citations, and content. Trying to decide if my page lengths are the result of me being just that bad ass that I can answer them as concisely […]
Diana grad school phd, qualification exams, research, writing 0
Well, I have two questions completed and I’m about half way through the third. I’m getting to that place mentally where I just keep rearranging the text on the page, so that probably means at this point it’s just best if I step away and look at it with fresh eyes tomorrow. My hope is […]
Diana grad school phd, qualification exams, research, writing 0
I finished most of Q4, the second question of my exams that I chose to tackle, yesterday. I just had to do some reassessment and rewriting of it today. I’m starting my third question (Q2) tonight with hopes that I can finish it by tomorrow and then the last question I hope to finish by […]