Onward and upward

September 4th, 2009
by jodi

Today is my last day at Appalachian State University.

Monday I begin a new adventure as community organizer, helping launch Acawiki, a “wiki for academic research”. The brainchild of Neeru Paharia, Acawiki strives to make research papers easier to access and understand. Go write your own summary!

The next month will find me living in Massachusetts, my adult home, while preparing for a move to Ireland!

In October, I’ll be joining the Social Software Unit at DERI for a fellowship. The group does fascinating work on social software and the semantic web. This is a 3(or 4)-year Ph.D. project, where I’ll be working on modeling online discussions/arguments. More about that soon!

I’m looking for practical advice of all sorts—about community organizing, about moving to Ireland and living abroad, about success in Ph.D. studies. Consider this your personal solicitation for tips, tricks, and advice!

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Posted in computer science, higher education, library and information science, random thoughts | Comments (6)

  • Mike G. says:
    September 4, 2009 at 4:24 pm

    Wow, that’s quite a change! Best of luck to you, Jodi, in your new adventures. Very exciting. I selfishly hope you’ll stay in touch with your code4lib colleagues. :)

  • admin says:
    September 4, 2009 at 4:31 pm

    Thanks, Mike! I’m still on the planning committee for Code4Lib 2010 in Asheville, so I’ll be in touch for some time to come.

  • Ed Summers says:
    September 5, 2009 at 8:27 am

    Congrats Jodi! Best of luck w/ the new work and studies. I look forward to following your work at DERI. I’ve never been to Galway, but it has always sounded like a lovely place to live and learn.

  • Eric H says:
    September 6, 2009 at 1:03 pm

    That sounds like just the thing for you, Jodi–congratulations! I’ll look forward to hearing more about it as things progress. Have fun!!

  • ranti says:
    September 6, 2009 at 9:55 pm

    Funny, I found the acawiki yesterday through other means. It’s good to know that you’re involved in it.

    Good luck for your new work and studies!

  • Christine Schwartz says:
    October 11, 2009 at 4:16 pm

    Hi Jodi,
    Best wishes for your new adventures/projects! Three of my grandparents were born in Ireland and I was there on a walking tour 11 years ago. It’s a beautiful country.