[Air-l] cfp; disagree with James Whyte (and who?)

[Michael Zimmer]

I didn't read anything in Prof. Wellman's comment that would indicate  
one doesn't have a "voice" if not in Google Scholar - just that he  
couldn't discern any identifiable information from that source from  
which to contextualize your contributions.

-mz


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Michael T. Zimmer
  Doctoral Candidate, Culture and Communication, New York University
  Student Fellow, Information Law Institute, NYU Law School
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On May 8, 2007, at 12:44 PM, James Whyte wrote:

> My  comment about this subject was not an opinion nor a proposal,  
> it was simply an observation. I also agreed with you on the result  
> of greater participation. I don't know how a person can disagree  
> with an observation or agreement. In fact I think I gave homage to
>
>   You will not likely find me In any "scholarly" publication  
> because I was an IT practitioner for 35 years and retired. In my  
> world I had no need to publish and was, in fact, discouraged from  
> doing so. My experience is more akin to information architecture  
> than the social pursuits of this community. To that end my comments  
> can only be considered as speculations
>
>   Am I to understand that if you do not appear in Gogle Scholar you  
> have no voice in this list?
>
>   If my agreement offended I apologize. If it is inappropriate to  
> comment I will lurk.
>
>   I think I made my intent in joining the list clear to the moderator.
>
>   I do appreciate the capital of this culture.
>
>   James
>
>
>   I disagree strongly with James Whyte, that we should segregate calls
> for proposals, conferences, etc from this list. I daresay that it  
> is the
> lifeblood of this list for many scholars and important for most of the
> rest. Indeed, as this is AoiResearchers, calls for publishing such
> research is part of what distinguishes us from uninformed talkers.
>
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