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		<title>So, you want an assistantship?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve written before my advice on how to be a successful graduate student. But to even get to be a graduate student in the first place, you may need a graduate teaching or research assistantship &#8211; especially if you&#8217;re an international student not eligible for loans in the U.S. I get it, I understand how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colbert vs. Google</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you didn&#8217;t catch Colbert taking on Google last night, this is a must. Funny, of course, but he is making a lot of valid points: . The Colbert Report Mon &#8211; Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c The Word &#8211; Control-Self-Delete www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes 2010 Election Fox News]]></description>
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		<title>We will ALL be out of jobs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sorry, this video cannot be embedded, so you have to click over to watch it (but remember to come back!). It&#8217;s yet another story of a person (this time, a teacher) losing her job over some comments she made on Facebook. SOON, WE WILL ALL BE OUT OF JOBS. If things continue to go this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TMI: Compulsion to share?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re building a culture of sharing, powered by social media. Most of it is beautiful: Sharing an experience with others helps us enjoy it more, and feel we&#8217;re enjoying it together with&#8230; (with whom, that&#8217;s another question). It&#8217;s like that piece of chocolate cake that tastes so much better when shared with a loved one. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Imagine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A student forwarded me this article, via our diversity officer. It is an excellent exercise that not only helps put current events into perspective (would you allow others the freedoms you take for granted?), but also forces the reader to reflect on the meaning of &#8220;normal, mainstream Americans&#8221; &#8211; a very restricted meaning, unfortunately. From [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another take on attention</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Attention is one of the main themes of this blog, something I like to think and teach about &#8211; and what I see as the scarcest, and therefore most precious resource in our connected lifestyle. I came across a view of attention in a book about Ayurveda, a system of traditional medicine from India: &#8220;Ayurveda [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Research Project &#8211; Help, Please!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Update 2/26/2010: Thank you to all who have participated in this research. The survey is now closed. I’m working on a new research project about how people manage identities across social networks, and I need your help! If you are over 18, live &#38; work in the U.S. and use Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://prconnections.net/new-research-project-help-please/</link>
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		<title>Stay safe on Facebook</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick (and cute) reminder to stay safe on Facebook, and to keep in mind that information in your profile is (duh!) shared with your Facebook friends: I don&#8217;t have too much personal information in my profile (no home address), but most users share dates of birth and email addresses, which could be used [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://prconnections.net/stay-safe-on-facebook/</link>
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		<title>Spring 2010 course: Social Media in the Workplace</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is info about one of the courses I&#8217;m teaching in the Spring semester. The other one is Qualitative Research Methods for Technology Studies, TECH 621. CGT 581: Social Media in the Workplace Social media such as blogs, Twitter, Facebook, wikis, and podcasts are radically changing several aspects of contemporary culture and society. But what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coming up: Total chaos?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In one of my previous posts I tried to explain how one&#8217;s sense of self emerges through interaction with other people. The direct consequence of this dynamic is the idea of the relational self: The relational self is the self in relationships. We are different selves to different (groups of) people. This is not wrong, [...]]]></description>
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