[Air-l] community and technology conference

[Charles Steinfield]

Thank you, Barry!   It was great fun and I think a lot of excellent  
social networking to boot.

Chip



On Jul 2, 2007, at 2:16 PM, Barry Wellman wrote:

> I'm just back from the Communities & Technologies conference (in  
> beautiful
> East Lansing MI), and I want to congratulate Chip Steinfield and  
> his posse
> for running what I think is the best Internet-Society conference  
> I've ever
> attended.
>
> Almost all of the papers were good. Well-prepared, and had systematic
> evidence, qual, quant, or (even better, often) both.
>
> Mediating on why it was good:
> 1. Somewhat of a focused theme, altho "community" has at least 57  
> meanings
> (and many of them were used).
> 2. Papers prepared ahead of time.
> 3. Pretty tight refereeing.
>
> My only complaint: Michigan State Uni's catering couldn't get the  
> concept
> of providing alternatives to ultra hi carb breakfasts.
>
> And others may rightly point out the inadequacies of American airline
> service, 24-36 hours after a storm. (The Toronto/London Ont folks  
> drove,
> and just had a chance to compare/contrast US immigration -- [hyper  
> macho]
> and Cdn immigration [sweet].
>
> I'm looking forward to the next one, 6/09, in beautiful Penn State Uni
>
> Happy Canada Day!
>  Barry Wellman
>   
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