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@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

But I'd rather this not be a "so, are you going to sue me then?" kind of "could probably post"...

7:27PM Sun, February 10

In reply to: " .@mark_carrigan What is the journal policy on self-archiving of pre-prints and post-prints? Surely you can post a pdf on your website? " -Asked by @adamgdunn

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

Read the contract properly earlier when signing and it definitely says I don't have any copyright claim. Will check link though.

10:46AM Sun, February 10

In reply to: " .@mark_carrigan What is the journal policy on self-archiving of pre-prints and post-prints? Surely you can post a pdf on your website? " -Asked by @adamgdunn

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

I don't think so in this case, going to explore further though. I don't even have access to the journal itself!

3:09AM Sun, February 10

In reply to: " .@mark_carrigan What is the journal policy on self-archiving of pre-prints and post-prints? Surely you can post a pdf on your website? " -Asked by @adamgdunn

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

nope, will have a check thanks

11:33AM Tue, February 05

In reply to: " Does anyone know of any multi-author blogs that deal with themes around social history & transmission of memory? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

Perfect, thanks!

3:20AM Wed, January 09

In reply to: " Dear academic hive mind: I'm looking for someone who does research on the probation service - any ideas? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

cool, thanks - if @harryrobbins is ok with me sending a few questions along then will e-mail him soon :-)

4:58AM Tue, December 18

In reply to: " Does anyone have any experience of contracting someone to write an iPhone app? If so could I possibly have a quick chat with you? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

excellent, cheers!

11:29AM Mon, December 17

In reply to: " Does anyone have any experience of contracting someone to write an iPhone app? If so could I possibly have a quick chat with you? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

Thanks for intro - if @dagmarfraser could DM me an e-mail address I'd love to get in touch.

11:12AM Mon, December 17

In reply to: " Does anyone have any experience of contracting someone to write an iPhone app? If so could I possibly have a quick chat with you? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

Thanks - I've got what I think is a workable and not enormous idea, just unsure about the practicalities of going forward...

11:03AM Mon, December 17

In reply to: " Does anyone have any experience of contracting someone to write an iPhone app? If so could I possibly have a quick chat with you? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

What the process tends to entail, where's a good place to look, what's a going rate etc? All fairly quick practical stuff.

7:09AM Mon, December 17

In reply to: " Does anyone have any experience of contracting someone to write an iPhone app? If so could I possibly have a quick chat with you? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

every time I get to this point I commit to clearing it daily but never sustain it. though emptied them both again this morning

4:27AM Mon, December 17

In reply to: " Inbox zero in account #2. Now all I need to do is resist the urge to put the auto responders back on and never come back to them... " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

lovely thanks, will e-mail tomorrow :-)

4:55PM Tue, November 27

In reply to: " Does anyone know any twitter feeds or lists for A level #sociology or #politics teachers? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

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@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

@qmsocsci ace - would you be up for a quick chat via email? Your input on project I'm planning would be really valuable

3:53PM Tue, November 27

In reply to: " Does anyone know any twitter feeds or lists for A level #sociology or #politics teachers? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

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@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

So very very slow <taps foot and waits for e-mail to load>

3:18AM Sun, November 18 2012

In reply to: " Why is LSE e-mail so painfully slow when outside of London? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

I quite like life outside of london though, contrary to what i inevitably say after a few drinks when in london...

3:13AM Sun, November 18 2012

In reply to: " Why is LSE e-mail so painfully slow when outside of London? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

I live in Coventry! Completely take your point though...

3:08AM Sun, November 18 2012

In reply to: " Why is LSE e-mail so painfully slow when outside of London? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

@JoVanEvery thanks :) this would explain why i was having such trouble! think i've got it sorted now.

11:50AM Sun, November 04 2012

In reply to: " I'm trying to use cPanel to change the two nameservers for a domain. But I can't find where to do this. Any pointers? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

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@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

@nathanbriggs lovely cheers, i'm utterly baffled & nothing i can find on google is helping

9:08AM Sun, November 04 2012

In reply to: " I'm trying to use cPanel to change the two nameservers for a domain. But I can't find where to do this. Any pointers? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

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@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

In a cafe near my house :p suspect it will be everywhere before long. It's not tapioca like at all...

9:32AM Sun, October 14 2012

In reply to: " Does anyone know if it's possible to upgrade an off peak return ticket for peak time travel? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

It is AMAZING http://t.co/VOIHm6gv

9:16AM Sun, October 14 2012

In reply to: " Does anyone know if it's possible to upgrade an off peak return ticket for peak time travel? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

I'm not yet! Starting an online economics course before I move onto that :-) SPSS is weirdly intuitive once you get past fear.

9:06AM Sun, October 14 2012

In reply to: " Does anyone know if it's possible to upgrade an off peak return ticket for peak time travel? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

and you were correct in your pessimism :-(

7:06AM Sun, October 14 2012

In reply to: " Does anyone know if it's possible to upgrade an off peak return ticket for peak time travel? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

I'm hopeful if it's possible it's going to be less than the £70 a new ticket will be :-/

9:52AM Sat, October 13 2012

In reply to: " Does anyone know if it's possible to upgrade an off peak return ticket for peak time travel? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

yes the fee was a given! just not sure if it's possible full stop...

8:53AM Sat, October 13 2012

In reply to: " Does anyone know if it's possible to upgrade an off peak return ticket for peak time travel? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

searching - i'm fairly keen to avoid paying £70 for a new ticket when I already have one :-/

8:53AM Sat, October 13 2012

In reply to: " Does anyone know if it's possible to upgrade an off peak return ticket for peak time travel? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

nope. still sitting there online. taunting us.

9:36AM Thu, October 11 2012

In reply to: " Does anyone know how to get access to a facebook page if the account it was originally tied to has been deleted? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

no :-(

6:58PM Wed, September 26 2012

In reply to: " Inbox zero " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

nope i want a 2nd bar! :)

6:06PM Tue, September 18 2012

In reply to: " Can anyone recommend a good mac app that will let me having an equivalent of the bar at the bottom on the side of my screen? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

you are not the first person to say that :p i know you can do that, my unclearly worded question was about getting 2nd dock

4:50PM Tue, September 18 2012

In reply to: " Can anyone recommend a good mac app that will let me having an equivalent of the bar at the bottom on the side of my screen? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

me neither!

4:31PM Tue, September 18 2012

In reply to: " Can anyone recommend a good mac app that will let me having an equivalent of the bar at the bottom on the side of my screen? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

yeah good plan. am ambivalent about life hacker. love 30/40% of it, the rest just confuses the hell out of me

4:30PM Tue, September 18 2012

In reply to: " Can anyone recommend a good mac app that will let me having an equivalent of the bar at the bottom on the side of my screen? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

no, i realise this, i want 2 docks, i could have been more explicit in original tweet...

4:28PM Tue, September 18 2012

In reply to: " Can anyone recommend a good mac app that will let me having an equivalent of the bar at the bottom on the side of my screen? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

no i mean i want two docks! [that was the word i was searching for...]

4:22PM Tue, September 18 2012

In reply to: " Can anyone recommend a good mac app that will let me having an equivalent of the bar at the bottom on the side of my screen? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

no no i'm after a programme/task launcher! though that does sound cool...

4:18PM Tue, September 18 2012

In reply to: " Can anyone recommend a good mac app that will let me having an equivalent of the bar at the bottom on the side of my screen? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

nah I want an (ideally smaller) bar as well. it just occurred to me how useful i would find it to separate the two up

4:16PM Tue, September 18 2012

In reply to: " Can anyone recommend a good mac app that will let me having an equivalent of the bar at the bottom on the side of my screen? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

@bonstewart @ernestopriego You do, I'm not denying that, just saying that the inferences that relies on are often wrong.

8:50AM Fri, September 07 2012

In reply to: " Are there any studies about people's attitudes towards engaging in productive collaboration with strangers on social media? #lazyweb " -Asked by @ernestopriego

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

@salma_patel produced at level of networks but exists at level of persons. Anyway will cease my methodological pedantry now

8:18AM Fri, September 07 2012

In reply to: " Are there any studies about people's attitudes towards engaging in productive collaboration with strangers on social media? #lazyweb " -Asked by @ernestopriego

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

@salma_patel but I don't think distrust of strangers is anything other than a characteristic of individual persons. May be

8:18AM Fri, September 07 2012

In reply to: " Are there any studies about people's attitudes towards engaging in productive collaboration with strangers on social media? #lazyweb " -Asked by @ernestopriego

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

@ernestopriego @salma_patel true, just saying we have to be cautious about what we infer from that data. easy to lose the person

8:16AM Fri, September 07 2012

In reply to: " Are there any studies about people's attitudes towards engaging in productive collaboration with strangers on social media? #lazyweb " -Asked by @ernestopriego

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

@bonstewart @salma_patel yes I wasn't reply to your initial question!

8:14AM Fri, September 07 2012

In reply to: " Are there any studies about people's attitudes towards engaging in productive collaboration with strangers on social media? #lazyweb " -Asked by @ernestopriego

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

@salma_patel but you were saying that online behaviour can make a broader characteristic of a person transparent...

8:13AM Fri, September 07 2012

In reply to: " Are there any studies about people's attitudes towards engaging in productive collaboration with strangers on social media? #lazyweb " -Asked by @ernestopriego

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

@ernestopriego @salma_patel yep definitely - as with every else though, we fill in blanks and there are a LOT of blanks online

8:11AM Fri, September 07 2012

In reply to: " Are there any studies about people's attitudes towards engaging in productive collaboration with strangers on social media? #lazyweb " -Asked by @ernestopriego

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

@salma_patel by character I mean things like distrust to strangers (or however you phrased it) - habitual ways of being

8:09AM Fri, September 07 2012

In reply to: " Are there any studies about people's attitudes towards engaging in productive collaboration with strangers on social media? #lazyweb " -Asked by @ernestopriego

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

@ernestopriego @salma_patel because a vast amount of the information we usually work on isn't present.

8:08AM Fri, September 07 2012

In reply to: " Are there any studies about people's attitudes towards engaging in productive collaboration with strangers on social media? #lazyweb " -Asked by @ernestopriego

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

@salma_patel I'm sceptical that you can ever read personality/character from online presentation of self - just too variable

8:03AM Fri, September 07 2012

In reply to: " Are there any studies about people's attitudes towards engaging in productive collaboration with strangers on social media? #lazyweb " -Asked by @ernestopriego

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

excellent idea! already found it via an old invoice though :)

4:18PM Mon, September 03 2012

In reply to: " Argh a wordpress site has been hacked & I can't find the phone number of web host. Any ideas how to take it offline ASAP? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

point in having privately hosted site that I can't actually control in meaningful way :-/ offline now thanks to plug in though

2:13PM Mon, September 03 2012

In reply to: " Argh a wordpress site has been hacked & I can't find the phone number of web host. Any ideas how to take it offline ASAP? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

Nope and this experience has made me think I either need to host sites myself or just use http://t.co/XITRyu9D - there's no

2:13PM Mon, September 03 2012

In reply to: " Argh a wordpress site has been hacked & I can't find the phone number of web host. Any ideas how to take it offline ASAP? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

Apparently it requested the money on behalf of West Yorkshire police!!!

2:11PM Mon, September 03 2012

In reply to: " Argh a wordpress site has been hacked & I can't find the phone number of web host. Any ideas how to take it offline ASAP? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

in this case a locked computer and a demand to deposit £100 in a bank account for the pc to start working again...

1:57PM Mon, September 03 2012

In reply to: " Argh a wordpress site has been hacked & I can't find the phone number of web host. Any ideas how to take it offline ASAP? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

see DM in a sec

1:47PM Mon, September 03 2012

In reply to: " Argh a wordpress site has been hacked & I can't find the phone number of web host. Any ideas how to take it offline ASAP? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

Installed & active - unfortunately now I don't actually want to look at the site to check that it's offline. Hmm.

1:44PM Mon, September 03 2012

In reply to: " Argh a wordpress site has been hacked & I can't find the phone number of web host. Any ideas how to take it offline ASAP? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

yeah inside the control panel now but homepage is seemingly source of problem, looking now thanks

1:43PM Mon, September 03 2012

In reply to: " Argh a wordpress site has been hacked & I can't find the phone number of web host. Any ideas how to take it offline ASAP? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

yep looks v interesting

9:25AM Mon, August 27 2012

In reply to: " Does anyone know of any cases of Kickstarter (or similar crowd sourced funding) being used to fund social research? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

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@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

For some reason I can't get the page to load but from title & twitter preview looks exactly what I'm after thanks :)

3:09PM Sun, August 26 2012

In reply to: " Does anyone know of any cases of Kickstarter (or similar crowd sourced funding) being used to fund social research? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

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@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

cheers if you could send along when you get chance that would be great :)

3:07PM Sun, August 26 2012

In reply to: " Does anyone know of any cases of Kickstarter (or similar crowd sourced funding) being used to fund social research? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

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@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

thanks, have put it on my list :)

8:03AM Thu, July 19 2012

In reply to: " Does anyone know of any interesting forthcoming social research methods/methodology books? #curatingstuff " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

that does sound interesting! cheers, i was compiling list of internal specialists first but might as well start external list

5:06AM Thu, July 19 2012

In reply to: " Does anyone at @warwickuni have suggestions about people outside of @sociowarwick who specialise in particular social research methods? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

ah I meant at Warwick! sorry confusing tweet. but thanks for introductions to interesting looking people :)

5:06AM Thu, July 19 2012

In reply to: " Does anyone at @warwickuni have suggestions about people outside of @sociowarwick who specialise in particular social research methods? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

@drmelmarshall you are kierkegaard for the digital generation <salutes>

7:06PM Tue, July 10 2012

In reply to: " Does anyone else get the "we came across your site and thought you might interested in promoting X" e-mails? How to make them go away...? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

sorry I should have added the #thesepeopledisgustme hashtag :-)

6:00PM Tue, July 10 2012

In reply to: " HOW is David Laws on this programme, patronising like a Sforza in his pomp? #newsnight " -Asked by @langtry_girl

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@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

i think it might be easier if i just grow up & delete these messages or add to spam filter rather than compulsively responding

4:51PM Tue, July 10 2012

In reply to: " Does anyone else get the "we came across your site and thought you might interested in promoting X" e-mails? How to make them go away...? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

hmm, i rather like my new address having finally successfully transitioned from warwick's crappy outlook server.

4:51PM Tue, July 10 2012

In reply to: " Does anyone else get the "we came across your site and thought you might interested in promoting X" e-mails? How to make them go away...? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

I've become ever so abusive as I've gradually got more and more irritated by these. But I never get a reply :-(

4:15PM Tue, July 10 2012

In reply to: " Does anyone else get the "we came across your site and thought you might interested in promoting X" e-mails? How to make them go away...? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

I'm assuming so - although it's never through feedback forms, always to my actual address. Does it work via DNS perhaps?

4:15PM Tue, July 10 2012

In reply to: " Does anyone else get the "we came across your site and thought you might interested in promoting X" e-mails? How to make them go away...? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

apparently so, see link I just retweeted...

9:44AM Tue, July 10 2012

In reply to: " Does anyone know if the new EU law about cookies has any impact on #wordpress? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

Ah excellent, thanks!

8:49AM Tue, July 10 2012

In reply to: " Does anyone know if the new EU law about cookies has any impact on #wordpress? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

indeed otherwise one might fall short of being john lydon in middle age and the prospect of such failure is quite depressing.

6:59PM Thu, July 05 2012

In reply to: " Sigh, does anyone else suspect they'll be getting irritated by prime minister mensch a decade from now? :( #bbcqt " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

It never for a second occurred you were suggesting we might consume it ourselves. Now I shall look at you askance Ms Burton...

6:54PM Thu, July 05 2012

In reply to: " Sigh, does anyone else suspect they'll be getting irritated by prime minister mensch a decade from now? :( #bbcqt " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

I assumed you meant we should stockpile it so that we might incriminate her and halt her inevitable rise to power...

6:53PM Thu, July 05 2012

In reply to: " Sigh, does anyone else suspect they'll be getting irritated by prime minister mensch a decade from now? :( #bbcqt " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

My "self-censorship is unnecessary on social media' shtick notwithstanding, there are a few chats I'm not having on twitter :D

6:50PM Thu, July 05 2012

In reply to: " Sigh, does anyone else suspect they'll be getting irritated by prime minister mensch a decade from now? :( #bbcqt " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

<crosses fingers>

6:44PM Thu, July 05 2012

In reply to: " Sigh, does anyone else suspect they'll be getting irritated by prime minister mensch a decade from now? :( #bbcqt " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

excellent thanks, i've added to the list of blogging for researchers resources i'm compiling here http://t.co/GxD4UBuY

1:34PM Fri, June 22 2012

In reply to: " How does blogging help you as a researcher? #phdchat I'm preparing for a workshop on Monday and would love to include some answers to this. " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

in a similar area. so perhaps i should try and do this more then feedback would be more reliably informative...

1:31PM Fri, June 22 2012

In reply to: " How does blogging help you as a researcher? #phdchat I'm preparing for a workshop on Monday and would love to include some answers to this. " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

that rings much less true to my own experience but i was wondering recently if i've not connected with enough people who work

1:31PM Fri, June 22 2012

In reply to: " How does blogging help you as a researcher? #phdchat I'm preparing for a workshop on Monday and would love to include some answers to this. " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

lovely, thankyou :)

11:44AM Fri, June 22 2012

In reply to: " How does blogging help you as a researcher? #phdchat I'm preparing for a workshop on Monday and would love to include some answers to this. " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

oh I LIKE that answer. blogging as a technology of the self? thanks, have added to my list

11:41AM Fri, June 22 2012

In reply to: " How does blogging help you as a researcher? #phdchat I'm preparing for a workshop on Monday and would love to include some answers to this. " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

good point. reckon it's a good thing on balance

3:01PM Mon, May 28 2012

In reply to: " How do I say 'using servers and staff time we already have' in administrator language? "Using existing ICT infrastructure"? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

yep that works :)

3:00PM Mon, May 28 2012

In reply to: " How do I say 'using servers and staff time we already have' in administrator language? "Using existing ICT infrastructure"? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

thanks

9:00AM Mon, May 28 2012

In reply to: " How do I say 'using servers and staff time we already have' in administrator language? "Using existing ICT infrastructure"? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

cheers

9:00AM Mon, May 28 2012

In reply to: " How do I say 'using servers and staff time we already have' in administrator language? "Using existing ICT infrastructure"? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

yes :) I guess what I'm trying to write is "we already have the stuff we need to make this work"

9:00AM Mon, May 28 2012

In reply to: " How do I say 'using servers and staff time we already have' in administrator language? "Using existing ICT infrastructure"? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

cheers

8:59AM Mon, May 28 2012

In reply to: " How do I say 'using servers and staff time we already have' in administrator language? "Using existing ICT infrastructure"? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

cheers, i always get a bit self-conscious about my choice of words when doing formal writing which isn't research related

8:59AM Mon, May 28 2012

In reply to: " How do I say 'using servers and staff time we already have' in administrator language? "Using existing ICT infrastructure"? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

i don't think the categories are mutually exclusive, very useful in conjunction e.g weak/local vs strong/local ties

9:22AM Sun, May 20 2012

In reply to: " The strong/weak ties analogy isn't working for me. Does anyone have any links to research on close/remote ties? #phdchat " -Asked by @JaneDavis13

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

methodology classes

6:01PM Mon, April 30 2012

In reply to: " Existence seems to be based on faulty logic drawn from imperfect data collection. How do we fix this? " -Asked by @kaygeeuk

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@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

cheers, i've put that on the list :)

4:43PM Tue, April 24 2012

In reply to: " I'm compiling resources about applying for post-doc funding for @warwicksocsci does anyone have any suggestions? #phdchat #warwickecr " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

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@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

Sigh, my attempts to get people using the hashtag are failingly utterly...

4:53AM Mon, April 02 2012

In reply to: " Who is going to #britsoc12 next week? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

Sorry I mean 'reflexivity' in different sense. Always make me confusing on this issue to people outside that body of work...

6:16AM Sat, March 31 2012

In reply to: " Reflexively within the constraints of those circumstances is property of the person not the situation. so why is it so rarely fully active? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

Excellent! Big part of the appeal of sociology in mind, helping sensitise us to what we are and aren't capable of doing...

6:15AM Sat, March 31 2012

In reply to: " Reflexively within the constraints of those circumstances is property of the person not the situation. so why is it so rarely fully active? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

True! And it's rarely successful because we habitually overestimate extent of our agency. Many don't even try though...

6:07AM Sat, March 31 2012

In reply to: " Reflexively within the constraints of those circumstances is property of the person not the situation. so why is it so rarely fully active? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

brilliant cheers, both of those fit perfectly. Quite tempted to propose 4 panels instead of 3 now...

4:45AM Thu, February 09 2012

In reply to: " Any ideas for a topic for a third discussion panel? Or ideas about potential speakers? If proposal gets approved, should have travel money " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

Oh yeah, sorry, academic profiles (though grad students fine). Doing workshop & want to demonstrate good practice briefly.

6:19AM Wed, February 01 2012

In reply to: " Can anyone suggest any examples of particularly well-constructed Twitter profiles? #phdchat " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

Nope, assume this is one of those things where the university makes the lives of PhD students who teach unnecessarily difficult

5:56AM Mon, January 16 2012

In reply to: " #WarwickPhD @warwickuni Does anyone know of any way to look up a name from student number? Student put a number rather than name on essay " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

thanks, will ask her when i go in later. didn't want to have to carry the essay around till next seminar on friday...

5:32AM Mon, January 16 2012

In reply to: " #WarwickPhD @warwickuni Does anyone know of any way to look up a name from student number? Student put a number rather than name on essay " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

yes! cartoon-minimalistic-realistic

4:50AM Thu, January 12 2012

In reply to: " Does the consistency with which Simon draws his cat's anus make anyone else uncomfortable? Or is it just me? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

completely. i think that people in your area (en masse!) are able to determine quality of edited volumes better than publishers

7:00PM Wed, January 11 2012

In reply to: " "So the question then is what is the aim of academic publishing? Is it to be as widely read as possible or to generate items for your CV?" " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

or i might wait till tomorrow and then call you at 6am

6:10AM Mon, January 02 2012

In reply to: " Another plea: is there anyone who understands how to link up wordpress and iTunes? This is driving me mad " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

will do mate!

6:10AM Mon, January 02 2012

In reply to: " Another plea: is there anyone who understands how to link up wordpress and iTunes? This is driving me mad " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

shit just realised how long it's been since i last spoke to you. you still in france? if not will give you a bell in a bit

5:59AM Mon, January 02 2012

In reply to: " Another plea: is there anyone who understands how to link up wordpress and iTunes? This is driving me mad " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

yep :-( let me know if any ideas occur!

5:58AM Mon, January 02 2012

In reply to: " Another plea: is there anyone who understands how to link up wordpress and iTunes? This is driving me mad " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

at the moment it just looks like this: http://t.co/7alPRldK

5:47AM Mon, January 02 2012

In reply to: " Another plea: is there anyone who understands how to link up wordpress and iTunes? This is driving me mad " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

it seems that if i delete the feed to replace it with something made with feedburner, i'll have problems reregistering...

5:47AM Mon, January 02 2012

In reply to: " Another plea: is there anyone who understands how to link up wordpress and iTunes? This is driving me mad " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

I've got it in iTunes, I just don't how to add meta data from a standard http://t.co/XITW64ax install and unfortunately

5:47AM Mon, January 02 2012

In reply to: " Another plea: is there anyone who understands how to link up wordpress and iTunes? This is driving me mad " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

Very difficult for PhDs / early career scholars for a whole host of reasons though...

12:45PM Sun, December 11 2011

In reply to: " Q2: What are the five things that you think that other scholars should do to help challenge the status quo wrt scholarly publishing? " -Asked by @zephoria

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@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

Audacity won't do do it unfortunately but it hadn't occurred to try iMovie, will give that a go now :)

5:14AM Mon, November 14 2011

In reply to: " Does anyone know of free apps for mac which convert .mov to .mp3? Struggling to find one I don't have to pay for #phdchat " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

thanks :) will give it a shot if i can't get something installed at home

5:13AM Mon, November 14 2011

In reply to: " Does anyone know of free apps for mac which convert .mov to .mp3? Struggling to find one I don't have to pay for #phdchat " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

cheers, will give this a go :-)

5:13AM Mon, November 14 2011

In reply to: " Does anyone know of free apps for mac which convert .mov to .mp3? Struggling to find one I don't have to pay for #phdchat " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

thanks :) tried though, my iTunes seems weirdly setup. i couldn't map what the instructions were saying on to my iTunes...

5:12AM Mon, November 14 2011

In reply to: " Does anyone know of free apps for mac which convert .mov to .mp3? Struggling to find one I don't have to pay for #phdchat " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

oh sorry it's just for audio. i accidentally recorded an audio interview as a .mov and now need to convert it to mp3

7:52AM Sun, November 13 2011

In reply to: " Does anyone know of free apps for mac which convert .mov to .mp3? Struggling to find one I don't have to pay for #phdchat " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

how bad was the quality?

7:42AM Sun, November 13 2011

In reply to: " Does anyone know of free apps for mac which convert .mov to .mp3? Struggling to find one I don't have to pay for #phdchat " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

ah i can't actually find any free ones full stop. quality is probably an issue though, as it's converting skype interviews

7:42AM Sun, November 13 2011

In reply to: " Does anyone know of free apps for mac which convert .mov to .mp3? Struggling to find one I don't have to pay for #phdchat " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

oh, that doesn't bode well for me :-/ good to know it wasn't just me failing at internet searching then!!

7:30AM Sun, November 13 2011

In reply to: " Does anyone know of free apps for mac which convert .mov to .mp3? Struggling to find one I don't have to pay for #phdchat " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

yeah can't hurt anything i guess, worth a shot. thanks for the idea, much appreciated :-)

5:23AM Wed, November 02 2011

In reply to: " Does the fact that an academic publisher has taken to spamming details about new books mean they have no idea how to communicate online? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

what, actually just contact them back and offer to explain more effective ways of doing it?

5:06AM Wed, November 02 2011

In reply to: " Does the fact that an academic publisher has taken to spamming details about new books mean they have no idea how to communicate online? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

yeah i'll choose to look at it that way :) rather than just thinking company in question has no clue how to communicate online

4:45AM Wed, November 02 2011

In reply to: " Does the fact that an academic publisher has taken to spamming details about new books mean they have no idea how to communicate online? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

Completely unsolicited but personalised though? This is first one I'd seen and curious about how widespread it is

4:41AM Wed, November 02 2011

In reply to: " Does the fact that an academic publisher has taken to spamming details about new books mean they have no idea how to communicate online? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

yes cheers! need to do it in Pages but can take this as a guide for my search :-)

4:59AM Tue, November 01 2011

In reply to: " Does anyone have an idea how to produce the number of different entries within a given range on a spreadsheet? There must be a way #phdchat " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

@deevybee all good guides very welcome for resource i'm compiling :-)

1:20PM Sun, October 30 2011

In reply to: " Writing a step-by-step guide to twitter for academics. Anyone got ideas about how to introduce hashtags in clear + unconfusing way? #phdchat " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

even a technocratic agency, acting efficiently because of no alternative is gone from the picture.

6:32AM Sun, October 30 2011

In reply to: " was there a marketing meeting somewhere about how to brand structural adjustment programmes to engender acceptance in western democracies? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

agree. austerity disavows agency even more than structural adjustment. austerity becomes a mood, a changing of the seasons

6:31AM Sun, October 30 2011

In reply to: " was there a marketing meeting somewhere about how to brand structural adjustment programmes to engender acceptance in western democracies? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

a balancing act rather than a problem that can be definitively solved i guess....

6:30AM Sun, October 30 2011

In reply to: " Writing a step-by-step guide to twitter for academics. Anyone got ideas about how to introduce hashtags in clear + unconfusing way? #phdchat " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

yep had forgotten about this, will include as a resource thanks :-)

6:30AM Sun, October 30 2011

In reply to: " Writing a step-by-step guide to twitter for academics. Anyone got ideas about how to introduce hashtags in clear + unconfusing way? #phdchat " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

me too! currently writing about the help twitter gave in preparing the twitter guide. i think convincing argument!!

6:29AM Sun, October 30 2011

In reply to: " Writing a step-by-step guide to twitter for academics. Anyone got ideas about how to introduce hashtags in clear + unconfusing way? #phdchat " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

thanks, excellent idea. i think those are 3 ways in which hash tags can be used which aren't distinguished clearly enough.

6:26AM Sun, October 30 2011

In reply to: " Writing a step-by-step guide to twitter for academics. Anyone got ideas about how to introduce hashtags in clear + unconfusing way? #phdchat " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

depressingly true. but if i can't explain hashtags well then i can't explain why i think #digitalwarwick is a cool idea!

6:08AM Sun, October 30 2011

In reply to: " Writing a step-by-step guide to twitter for academics. Anyone got ideas about how to introduce hashtags in clear + unconfusing way? #phdchat " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

agree! i just find it disorientating once i start scanning for any signs of assumed knowledge, becomes quite tricky...

6:07AM Sun, October 30 2011

In reply to: " Writing a step-by-step guide to twitter for academics. Anyone got ideas about how to introduce hashtags in clear + unconfusing way? #phdchat " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

and the cycles of binging + purging (linked to consumption of all sorts) in the british psyche...

5:42AM Sun, October 30 2011

In reply to: " was there a marketing meeting somewhere about how to brand structural adjustment programmes to engender acceptance in western democracies? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

e.g. we maxed out the nation's credit card / the money's run out. hadn't realised how much further this goes though...

5:34AM Sun, October 30 2011

In reply to: " was there a marketing meeting somewhere about how to brand structural adjustment programmes to engender acceptance in western democracies? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

had a go cheers! nothing i could find though. tried on a pc as well. want to save up & buy my own camera to avoid issue

8:35PM Fri, October 21 2011

In reply to: " Last attempt before sleep: anyone got any ideas why #iMovie won't recognise my #Panasonic flip cam to let me import? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

be methodologically creative? why have only a single uniform indicator for it?

2:05PM Tue, October 18 2011

In reply to: " If happiness is more intrinsic than extrinsic, what is the logic of trying to measure and quantify such a soft concept? #LSEHappiness " -Asked by @3become1

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

just because something is not quantifiable in a narrowly quantitative sense doesn't mean it's not 'measurable' #lsehappiness

1:59PM Tue, October 18 2011

In reply to: " If happiness is more intrinsic than extrinsic, what is the logic of trying to measure and quantify such a soft concept? #LSEHappiness " -Asked by @3become1

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

no worries, thanks for trying! :)

2:36PM Thu, October 06 2011

In reply to: " Does anyone know where I can download WIndows XP? Been trawling the Microsoft site but had no luck #phdchat " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

ah (long story) but this is actually to install it on my mac. i still have the pc in question though, just not disk...

10:10AM Thu, October 06 2011

In reply to: " Does anyone know where I can download WIndows XP? Been trawling the Microsoft site but had no luck #phdchat " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

yeah steering clear of torrents these days for various reasons. will check out the manufacturer site though cheers!

10:05AM Thu, October 06 2011

In reply to: " Does anyone know where I can download WIndows XP? Been trawling the Microsoft site but had no luck #phdchat " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

unfortunately can't afford to buy a new copy (probably wouldn't anyway tbh though) and can't access phd data till i do :-/

7:33AM Thu, October 06 2011

In reply to: " Does anyone know where I can download WIndows XP? Been trawling the Microsoft site but had no luck #phdchat " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

i have a key code for it, just lost the CD quite some time ago

7:29AM Thu, October 06 2011

In reply to: " Does anyone know where I can download WIndows XP? Been trawling the Microsoft site but had no luck #phdchat " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

end in sight yet?

2:20PM Thu, September 29 2011

In reply to: " Does anyone else think 'ambient axiology' is a really cool term i've just coined or have i been working on this chapter for too long? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

productive but dull! spent the afternoon threading fragments together into something approximating a coherent whole

2:16PM Thu, September 29 2011

In reply to: " Does anyone else think 'ambient axiology' is a really cool term i've just coined or have i been working on this chapter for too long? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

no, no, that's ok, feel free to spoil the obvious joy i was salvaging from this in an otherwise tedious writing session :p

2:12PM Thu, September 29 2011

In reply to: " Does anyone else think 'ambient axiology' is a really cool term i've just coined or have i been working on this chapter for too long? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

#axiologicallols doesn't have quite the same ring to it

2:11PM Thu, September 29 2011

In reply to: " Does anyone else think 'ambient axiology' is a really cool term i've just coined or have i been working on this chapter for too long? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

relational network, the contradictory/complementary relations between and how it all stands in relation to our own values

2:10PM Thu, September 29 2011

In reply to: " Does anyone else think 'ambient axiology' is a really cool term i've just coined or have i been working on this chapter for too long? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

nope, meant it in sense of background practical and/or discursive sense of the norms endorsed+enforced within our ...

2:09PM Thu, September 29 2011

In reply to: " Does anyone else think 'ambient axiology' is a really cool term i've just coined or have i been working on this chapter for too long? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

i had to look that up :o

2:06PM Thu, September 29 2011

In reply to: " Does anyone else think 'ambient axiology' is a really cool term i've just coined or have i been working on this chapter for too long? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

@idlEthnographer ruined it :( http://t.co/PDkGrWAL

2:04PM Thu, September 29 2011

In reply to: " Does anyone else think 'ambient axiology' is a really cool term i've just coined or have i been working on this chapter for too long? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

you ruined it :-/

2:03PM Thu, September 29 2011

In reply to: " Does anyone else think 'ambient axiology' is a really cool term i've just coined or have i been working on this chapter for too long? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

@Outstandingdave excellent cheers, will almost certainly have to do this in near future so glad it doesn't sound too tricky

4:11AM Fri, September 16 2011

In reply to: " Does anyone know if its difficult to move a wordpress site from a private host to a wordpress.com hosting? #phdchat " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

got it sorter cheers :)

6:59PM Sat, September 03 2011

In reply to: " Does anyone know how to cut the last 2 pages off a PDF file? #phdchat " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

Sorted cheers! Never ceases to amaze me how pleasant and helpful #phdchat people are :-) @jemimasandhu @katypearce

3:19PM Sat, September 03 2011

In reply to: " Can do in Adobe Acrobat. Send if you wish! RT @mark_carrigan: Does anyone know how to cut the last 2 pages off a PDF file? #phdchat " -Asked by @aeratcliffe

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@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

cheers!

3:05PM Sat, September 03 2011

In reply to: " Does anyone know how to cut the last 2 pages off a PDF file? #phdchat " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

which I guess is a crucial issue to include in a workshop on departmental social media use!

5:05PM Thu, September 01 2011

In reply to: " Compiling a list of active departmental level blogs for a workshop. Can anyone suggest examples? Thus far only have 2... #phdchat " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

ah, found it, seems to have died though :( i wonder how many department blogs have ended up like this...

5:04PM Thu, September 01 2011

In reply to: " Compiling a list of active departmental level blogs for a workshop. Can anyone suggest examples? Thus far only have 2... #phdchat " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

cheers for the pointers! my list is now much longer :)

5:03PM Thu, September 01 2011

In reply to: " Compiling a list of active departmental level blogs for a workshop. Can anyone suggest examples? Thus far only have 2... #phdchat " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

yep that was first on the list! :) presentation by person running it got me interested in idea of department blogs initially

5:03PM Thu, September 01 2011

In reply to: " Compiling a list of active departmental level blogs for a workshop. Can anyone suggest examples? Thus far only have 2... #phdchat " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

cheers! twitter is fantastic...

4:58PM Thu, September 01 2011

In reply to: " Compiling a list of active departmental level blogs for a workshop. Can anyone suggest examples? Thus far only have 2... #phdchat " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

cheers!

4:58PM Thu, September 01 2011

In reply to: " Compiling a list of active departmental level blogs for a workshop. Can anyone suggest examples? Thus far only have 2... #phdchat " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

no worries! had a wander round all the spots mentioned on twitter and genuinely no sign of any trouble whatsoever :-)

8:57PM Mon, August 08 2011

In reply to: " Guys can someone please tell me if there's anything going on in coventry? :( I have family there " -Asked by @NiallsAccent

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

there's absolutely no evidence whatsoever of anything going on in #coventry. spent 30 mins walking round city centre earlier

8:54PM Mon, August 08 2011

In reply to: " Guys can someone please tell me if there's anything going on in coventry? :( I have family there " -Asked by @NiallsAccent

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

agree was just wondering the same thing. assume he's on holiday too!

3:53PM Mon, August 08 2011

In reply to: " Cameron having a mare, but why doesn't Ed M take the impetus and show some leadership on it? Missing an opportunity here #LondonRiots " -Asked by @TomFlynn67

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

ah, can see y they might want to disassociate themselves from him. as soon as i prise myself away from news will send blog draft

1:52PM Mon, August 08 2011

In reply to: " Does anyone know what Jody Mcintyre's comments about #LondonRiots were that got him sacked? I'm intrigued " -Asked by @mark_carrigan

@mark_carrigan Coventry, UK

cheers! Confusion resolved :) having a think about article...

6:20AM Fri, July 22 2011

In reply to: " Every device I own has a different time (17 mins between them!). Er how do I find out conclusively what time it is? " -Asked by @mark_carrigan