My Week in Review

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The template that I use to write this “week in review” makes a lot of sense when the week is “normal.” But even when it’s not normal – when my time is spent doing something other than writing, researching, and speaking, when my mind and my body are elsewhere – I can still make it appear as though it’s all business-as-usual. It’s a performance of transparency that easily hides more than it reveals (something that should always give us pause about those who tout transparency and “openness” without really scrutinizing how these gestures can be so easily manipulated).

There are lots of reasons I write this weekly post – mostly I do it to help keep track of what I’ve worked on, something that helps in turn when it’s time to update my CV or write my year-end reviews or find a link to an article I’ve written or appeared in. It keeps friends and family informed of what I’m up to. (A special shout-out here to those who pour through my online life, looking for reasons to condemn, mock, dismiss, harass, sue me.)

Things weren’t “normal” this week. They haven’t been “normal” for a while now, to be honest. But this week’s abnormalities felt unusually out-of-sorts. Things are shifting. But as Deadwood's Al Swearengen once said, “Everything changes. Don’t be afraid.”

Travel


  • Reno and Hermosa Beach
  • Upcoming week: Hermosa Beach and Dublin

Hack Education


Writing Elsewhere


Speaking


  • Nope

Other Projects


  • Kin and I recorded Episode 5 of our new podcast
  • I also recorded an episode of the Re:Learning podcast with Jeffrey Young of The Chronicle of Higher Education
  • I chatted with George Siemens about a possible project – more info TBA
  • I worked on a new website/project – more info TBA
  • I worked on the keynote I’ll deliver Thursday in Dublin
  • I hiked
  • I voted

Tweet of the Week


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