[Air-l] Re: Air-l digest, Vol 1 #167 - 10 msgs

[Ronald E. Rice]

Thanks to the Air-I digest, I know have a person to share a hotel room with
for the Air conference.  So, no need to contact me about this any more.
Thanks!

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Ronald E. Rice
Professor, Chair of Department of Communication
School of Communication, Information & Library Studies
Rutgers University
4 Huntington St., New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1071
w: 732-932-7500, ext 8122; f: 732-932-6916; e: rrice at scils.rutgers.edu
home page: http://scils.rutgers.edu/~rrice
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Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 12:01 PM
Subject: Air-l digest, Vol 1 #167 - 10 msgs


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> Today's Topics:
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>    1. looking to share hotel room at AoIR conference (Ronald E. Rice)
>    2. network analysis (Ronald E. Rice)
>    3. RE: Conference Hotel - please consider sharing a room (Logie)
>    4. Re: Conference Hotel - please consider sharing a room (jeremy
hunsinger)
>    5. RE: Conference Hotel - please consider sharing a room (Dean
Rehberger)
>    6. visualizing weblinks (Frank Schaap)
>    7. Religious Encounters in Digital Networks (Morten Thomsen Hojsgaard)
>    8. 10 MORE ROOMS at the RADISSON for IR 2.0 (Logie)
>    9. Re: visualizing weblinks (Steve Jones)
>   10. Re: visualizing weblinks (Zunt at aol.com)
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> Message: 1
> From: "Ronald E. Rice" <rrice at scils.rutgers.edu>
> To: <air-l at aoir.org>
> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 12:44:03 -0400
> Subject: [Air-l] looking to share hotel room at AoIR conference
> Reply-To: air-l at aoir.org
>
> I too would like to find a roommate (nonsmoking male) for the conference.
I
> already have a reservation at the conference hotel.  I posted this on the
> AoIR web page for such things, but got no responses.  Possibly this will
> work better.  Possibly this will only help people to better avoid
> interacting with me!
>
> ============================================================
> Ronald E. Rice
> Professor, Chair of Department of Communication
> School of Communication, Information & Library Studies
> Rutgers University
> 4 Huntington St., New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1071
> w: 732-932-7500, ext. 8122; f: 732-932-6916
> e: rrice at scils.rutgers.edu; http://scils.rutgers.edu/~rrice
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> Message: 2
> From: "Ronald E. Rice" <rrice at scils.rutgers.edu>
> To: <air-l at aoir.org>
> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 12:45:06 -0400
> Subject: [Air-l] network analysis
> Reply-To: air-l at aoir.org
>
> I will be attending the AoIR conference, and have plenty of experience
using
> and teaching network analysis.  I'd be happy to have an informal
discussion
> about network programs, measures and applications, perhaps over lunch or
> something.
>
> ============================================================
> Ronald E. Rice
> Professor, Chair of Department of Communication
> School of Communication, Information & Library Studies
> Rutgers University
> 4 Huntington St., New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1071
> w: 732-932-7500, ext. 8122; f: 732-932-6916
> e: rrice at scils.rutgers.edu; http://scils.rutgers.edu/~rrice
> ============================================================
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 12:23:28 -0500
> To: air-l at aoir.org
> From: Logie <logie at tc.umn.edu>
> Subject: RE: [Air-l] Conference Hotel - please consider sharing a room
> Reply-To: air-l at aoir.org
>
> >It seems the Radisson Hotel Metrodome is chock full.  The site does not
list
> >other hotels that would work in area--does anyone know what might be good
> >and/or close?
>
>
> Hi -
>
> John Logie, your Conference Coordinator here. Suffice it to say
> demand for hotel rooms is very strong in the Twin Cities, as we
> happen to be up against the University of Minnesota Football Team's
> homecoming weekend. (Of course, given a few more Gopher losses, the
> current demand may yet evaporate.) We booked a LOT of rooms at the
> Radisson -- enough that we were nervous about meeting our obligation
> -- but now find there are more bodies than rooms.
>
> We'll be working on posting (at least) advice for those now seeking
> lodging to the local info pages, but I would like to ask that those
> who HAVE Radisson rooms and would be amenable to sharing them please
> proceed to the roommate finder (http://aoir.org/2001/roomate/ ) and
> make their willingness to share known. If half the people now booked
> for single occupancy were to do this, our housing concern would
> likely be eliminated.
>
> This conference's theme in INTERconnections. Please consider making a
> connection by sharing a room with a colleague.
>
> Failing that, my short-term recommendation, which I'm circulating to
> this list (so that AoIR members will have an opportunity to pounce)
> is the Holiday Inn Metrodome which is 9/10 of a mile away from the
> conference site.
>
> As of noon today (Thursday) there was still some availability, though
> it will be more expensive than the Radisson. You can check out
> prices, etc, by proceeding to
>
http://www.sixcontinentshotels.com/holiday-inn?_template=chkavail.html&_innC
ode=MSPMD
> or by navigating your way through the Holiday Inn site.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Best,
>
> John Logie
> Conference Coordinator
> Internet Research 2.0
> Department of Rhetoric
> University of Minnesota
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 13:30:47 -0400
> From: jeremy hunsinger <jhuns at vt.edu>
> Organization: Virginia Tech
> To: air-l at aoir.org
> Subject: Re: [Air-l] Conference Hotel - please consider sharing a room
> Reply-To: air-l at aoir.org
>
> Logie wrote:
>
> >> It seems the Radisson Hotel Metrodome is chock full.  The site does
> >> not list
> >> other hotels that would work in area--does anyone know what might be
> >> good
> >> and/or close?
> >
> Len had some problems with this last week, it turned out that if he
> didn't match the dates to the conference they told him that there were
> no rooms, but when he went from the 10th -14th they said they had rooms.
>  I'm not sure that this will work anymore, but it worked once.
>
>
> --
> Jeremy hunsinger http://www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy
> CDDC/political science http://www.cddc.vt.edu
> 526 major williams hall 0130
> virginia tech
> blacksburg, va 24061
> 540-231-7614
>
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> Message: 5
> From: "Dean Rehberger" <rehberger at mail.matrix.msu.edu>
> To: <air-l at aoir.org>
> Subject: RE: [Air-l] Conference Hotel - please consider sharing a room
> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 22:20:27 -0400
> Reply-To: air-l at aoir.org
>
> Hi all
>
> A bit of online value.  I called the Holiday Inn Metrodome and found that
> rooms were 169.  I went online through their priority club and made an
> online reservation for 50$ less.
>
> Dean Rehberger
> Associate Director of Matrix
> Associate Professor
> Michigan State University
> 310 Auditorium
> East Lansing, MI 48824-1120
> rehberger at mail.matrix.msu.edu
> matrix.msu.edu/rehberger
> wk: (517) 355-9300
> fax: (517) 355-8363
> hm: (517) 347-7372
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: air-l-admin at aoir.org [mailto:air-l-admin at aoir.org]On Behalf Of
> Logie
> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 1:23 PM
> To: air-l at aoir.org
> Subject: RE: [Air-l] Conference Hotel - please consider sharing a room
>
>
> >It seems the Radisson Hotel Metrodome is chock full.  The site does not
> list
> >other hotels that would work in area--does anyone know what might be good
> >and/or close?
>
>
> Hi -
>
> John Logie, your Conference Coordinator here. Suffice it to say
> demand for hotel rooms is very strong in the Twin Cities, as we
> happen to be up against the University of Minnesota Football Team's
> homecoming weekend. (Of course, given a few more Gopher losses, the
> current demand may yet evaporate.) We booked a LOT of rooms at the
> Radisson -- enough that we were nervous about meeting our obligation
> -- but now find there are more bodies than rooms.
>
> We'll be working on posting (at least) advice for those now seeking
> lodging to the local info pages, but I would like to ask that those
> who HAVE Radisson rooms and would be amenable to sharing them please
> proceed to the roommate finder (http://aoir.org/2001/roomate/ ) and
> make their willingness to share known. If half the people now booked
> for single occupancy were to do this, our housing concern would
> likely be eliminated.
>
> This conference's theme in INTERconnections. Please consider making a
> connection by sharing a room with a colleague.
>
> Failing that, my short-term recommendation, which I'm circulating to
> this list (so that AoIR members will have an opportunity to pounce)
> is the Holiday Inn Metrodome which is 9/10 of a mile away from the
> conference site.
>
> As of noon today (Thursday) there was still some availability, though
> it will be more expensive than the Radisson. You can check out
> prices, etc, by proceeding to
>
http://www.sixcontinentshotels.com/holiday-inn?_template=chkavail.html&_innC
> ode=MSPMD
> or by navigating your way through the Holiday Inn site.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Best,
>
> John Logie
> Conference Coordinator
> Internet Research 2.0
> Department of Rhetoric
> University of Minnesota
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 08:13:00 +0200
> From: Frank Schaap <architext at fragment.nl>
> To: air-l at aoir.org
> Subject: [Air-l] visualizing weblinks
> Reply-To: air-l at aoir.org
>
> Hi all,
>
> this question probably has been asked and answered before in this forum,
but
> my search skills fail me and I can't seem to find the right answer to my
> question:
>
> I'm looking for software that will let me visualize weblinks going out
(and in
> again preferably) of a certain website.
>
> I imagine there must be a program that accepts an URL and a certain number
of
> hops, that then will create (for instance) a little network with nodes and
> links, so that you can _see_ which nodes are highly connected, which ones
are
> 'dead ends,' etc.
>
> Preferably this program would be freeware and immediately downloadable
(I've
> seen some commercial and not quite what I need programs on the
Cybergeography
> site), but all tips and pointers are welcome.
>
> tia :)
>
>
> Frank.
>
> --
> The Cyberculture, Identity and Gender Resources
> ==> http://fragment.nl/resources/
>
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 7
> From: "Morten Thomsen Hojsgaard" <hojs at hum.ku.dk>
> To: <air-l at aoir.org>
> Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 12:30:00 +0200
> Subject: [Air-l] Religious Encounters in Digital Networks
> Reply-To: air-l at aoir.org
>
> RELIGIOUS ENCOUNTERS IN DIGITAL NETWORKS
> Religion and Computer-Mediated Communication
>
> Conference
> 1-3 November
> University of Copenhagen, Denmark
>
> Scope
> The emergence of the Internet has provided
> a new context for interaction between
> religious groupings and individuals in
> modern society. Religious encounters can
> now take place in digital settings that
> apparently transcend a number of conventional
> boundaries such as organisational structures,
> time zones, geographic borders, religious
> traditions, and cultural divisions. This
> Conference seeks a deeper understanding of
> this expanding field of religious
> communication on the Internet.
>
> Keynote Speakers
> -Lorne L. Dawson, Associate Professor, University of Waterloo
> -Massimo Introvigne, Managing Director, CESNUR, Torino
> -Stephen D. O'Leary, Associate Professor, University of Southern
California
>
> Programme
> The Conference programme is available online at
> http://www.staff.hum.ku.dk/hojs/encounters/programme.html
>
> Registration
> The deadline for registration is 19 October 2001.
> An online registration form is available at
> http://www.staff.hum.ku.dk/hojs/encounters/registration.html
>
> Further Information
> See, http://www.staff.hum.ku.dk/hojs/encounters
>
> Organizing Committee
> Margit Warburg, Head of Department, Associate Professor
> Morten Thomsen Højsgaard, Ph.D. Student
> Department of History of Religions
> University of Copenhagen
> Artillerivej 86
> DK-2300 Copenhagen S
> Denmark
> Phone: (+45) 35 32 89 66
> Fax: (45) 35 32 89 56
> E-mail: encounters at dk2net.dk
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 8
> Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 05:54:51 -0500
> To: air-l at aoir.org
> From: Logie <john at logie.net>
> Subject: [Air-l] 10 MORE ROOMS at the RADISSON for IR 2.0
> Reply-To: air-l at aoir.org
>
> Hello all,
>
> I made a call and got the Radisson Hotel Metrodome to open up 10 more
> rooms for conference presenters/attendees, but you can NOT get these
> rooms through the online registration system. These rooms are being
> made available through the local hotel's reservation desk only. All
> other avenues will likely report that the hotel is sold out.
>
> So, if you want to stay in the Radisson from AT LEAST the evening of
> October 10 (Wednesday), departing on the 14th (Sunday) or later,
> please CALL 612-379-8888 and make a reservation specifying that it is
> for the Association of Internet Researchers Conference (in order to
> secure our discounted rate).
>
> This is, effectively, "last call" for rooms at the Radisson. Those
> interested in alternative accommodation can use a service like
> http://www.travelocity.com which has an "Advanced Search" function
> for lodgings which allows visitors to input a particular address and
> identify options within a certain radius. The Radisson's address is:
> 615 Washington Avenue SE Minneapolis Minnesota 55414, and it is
> nearly adjacent to the Gateway/MacNamara Alumni Center, where most of
> the conference sessions will be held, so I recommend using the
> hotel's address address as a "home base" for such searches.
>
> You'll see that the pickings in the immediate vicinity are getting pretty
slim.
>
> To avoid disappointment, please book expeditiously.
>
> Best,
>
>
>
> --
> John Logie
> Internet Research 2.0 Conference Coordinator
> Department of Rhetoric
> University of Minnesota
>
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 08:09:58 -0500
> To: air-l at aoir.org
> From: Steve Jones <sjones at uic.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Air-l] visualizing weblinks
> Reply-To: air-l at aoir.org
>
> I've collected these bits from previous e-mails (from Martin Dodge
> and Richard Rogers):
>
> Internet Cartographer http://www.inventix.com/
>
> Astra SiteManager
>
http://tryandbuy.mercuryinteractive.com/cgi-bin/portal/trynbuy/asm.jsp?prod=
8023
>
> Site Manager http://www.sgi.com/software/sitemgr.html
>
> http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/web_sites.html
> http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/surf.html
>
> R Rogers, ed., 2000,  Preferred Placement - Knowledge Politics on the Web,
> Maastricht: Jan van Eyck. (Martin Dodge has a piece in this as well.)
>
> R Rogers and N Marres, "Landscaping Climate Change: A mapping technique
for
> understanding science and technology debates on the World Wide Web,"
Public
> Understanding of Science, April 2000, http://www.iop.org/Journals/pu
>
> I'd also recommend I/O/D's Web Stalker at http://www.backspace.org/iod/
>
> I hope that helps.
>
> sj
>
> >Hi all,
> >
> >this question probably has been asked and answered before in this forum,
but
> >my search skills fail me and I can't seem to find the right answer to my
> >question:
> >
> >I'm looking for software that will let me visualize weblinks going out
(and in
> >again preferably) of a certain website.
> >
> >I imagine there must be a program that accepts an URL and a certain
number of
> >hops, that then will create (for instance) a little network with nodes
and
> >links, so that you can _see_ which nodes are highly connected, which ones
are
> >'dead ends,' etc.
> >
> >Preferably this program would be freeware and immediately downloadable
(I've
> >seen some commercial and not quite what I need programs on the
Cybergeography
> >site), but all tips and pointers are welcome.
> >
> >tia :)
> >
> >
> >Frank.
> >
> >--
> >The Cyberculture, Identity and Gender Resources
> >==> http://fragment.nl/resources/
> >
> >
> >
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> Message: 10
> From: Zunt at aol.com
> Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 10:58:38 EDT
> Subject: Re: [Air-l] visualizing weblinks
> To: air-l at aoir.org
> Reply-To: air-l at aoir.org
>
> In a message dated 9/28/2001 9:15:09 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
sjones at uic.edu
> writes, in part:
>
> > Site Manager http://www.sgi.com/software/sitemgr.html
>
> If I understand Frank's question, what he is looking for is software that
> does this (lifted from the above page):
>
> "Visualize your Web site in 3D--Site Manager offers a unique and powerful
> visualization tool in the Link View. Here, you can see the entire
hyperlink
> structure of your Web site in a three-dimensional sphere. You can easily
> rotate the sphere's structure and "zoom in" on a point of interest to more
> closely examine a specific document's link hierarchy and still see how
this
> "close-up" fits into the entire Web site. The Link View can also animate
the
> statistics from your access logs so you can see a graphical representation
of
> visitors' paths through a site. "
>
> BUT, rather than do that looking at one's own site, the idea is to do that
> while looking at someone else's site from afar.  Frank, do speak up if
I've
> misunderstod.  Sounds to me as though one would have to have a spider
> function of some sort built into the browser.  If such a critter exists,
I'd
> also like to know about it.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bob Briggs
> Westport, MA
>
>
>
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