CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head><script type="text/javascript" src="https://web-static.archive.org/_static/js/bundle-playback.js?v=7YQSqjSh" charset="utf-8"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web-static.archive.org/_static/js/wombat.js?v=txqj7nKC" charset="utf-8"></script> <script>window.RufflePlayer=window.RufflePlayer||{};window.RufflePlayer.config={"autoplay":"on","unmuteOverlay":"hidden"};</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web-static.archive.org/_static/js/ruffle/ruffle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> __wm.init("https://web.archive.org/web"); __wm.wombat("http://mamamusings.net:80/archives/2006/03/08/spring_travel_plans.php","20060524062240","https://web.archive.org/","web","https://web-static.archive.org/_static/", "1148451760"); </script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://web-static.archive.org/_static/css/banner-styles.css?v=p7PEIJWi" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://web-static.archive.org/_static/css/iconochive.css?v=3PDvdIFv" />  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/> <meta name="generator" content="http://www.movabletype.org/"/> <title>mamamusings: spring travel plans</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240cs_/http://mamamusings.net/styles-site.css" type="text/css"/> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://mamamusings.net/index.rdf"/> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Atom" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://mamamusings.net/atom.xml"/> <link rel="start" href="http://mamamusings.net/" title="Home"/> <link rel="prev" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://mamamusings.net/archives/2006/03/06/from_catalysis_to_creation.php" title="from catalysis to creation"/> <link rel="next" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://mamamusings.net/archives/2006/03/10/predawn_packing.php" title="pre-dawn packing"/> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">  </script>   </head> <body> <div id="background"></div> <div id="banner"></div> <div id="bannertext"><h1 class="name">mamamusings</h1> <h2 class="name">elizabeth lane lawley's thoughts on technology, academia, family, and tangential topics</h2></div> <div id="blog"> <div id="menu"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://mamamusings.net/archives/2006/03/06/from_catalysis_to_creation.php">« from catalysis to creation</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://mamamusings.net/">Main</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://mamamusings.net/archives/2006/03/10/predawn_packing.php">pre-dawn packing »</a> </div> <h2 class="date">Wednesday, 8 March 2006</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">spring travel plans</h3> <p>Every year I seem to have two "crunch" times for back-to-back travel commitments--early spring, and late fall. This year is shaping up to be no exception. On the books for the next two months:</p> <ul> <li><span class="caps">SXSW</span>/Interactive in Austin, March 10-14. I love Austin, and I love <span class="caps">SXSW, </span>so this should be fun. Speaking on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://2006.sxsw.com/interactive/programming/panels/?action=show&id=IAP060074">one panel</a> on Saturday morning, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://2006.sxsw.com/interactive/programming/panels/?action=show&id=IAP060088">moderating another</a>...and then I get to just relax and enjoy the rest of the event</li> <li>Back to Rochester for a week, March 22-28, along with the kids. Visiting family and friends, meeting with colleagues, and participating in a friend's dissertation defense (I'm her outside committee member). Oh--and celebrating <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://weez.oyzon.com/index.php?/weezblogtemplates/the_good_news/">Weez's wonderful news</a>!</li> <li><span class="caps">NSF ITWF</span> PI conference (transation: National Science Foundation's "Information Technology WorkForce" program meeting for Principal Investigators) in Durham April 2-4</li> <li><span class="caps">NSF </span>site visit of the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://www.ncwit.org/">National Center for Women & Information Technology</a> in Boulder, <span class="caps">CO,</span> April 5</li> </ul> <p>I was also supposed to attend an event in Santa Barbara, but it conflicts with the PI meeting. :( And I'm cancelling a commitment to speak at a KM conference in DC in April, because the travel is just too hard on all of us here in the Lawley household. And because I'm hosting this year's Social Computing symposium here at <span class="caps">MSR, </span>and the planning will probably be taking up a good bit of time at that point.</p> <p>Not as bad as some spring travel stints I've had, but busy enough that I'll be glad when it's over.</p> <a name="more"></a><p></p> <div class="posted">Posted at 01:53 PM in: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_conferences.php">conferences</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_research.php">research</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_travel.php">travel</a><br/></div> <div class="comments-head"><a id="trackbacks"></a>Trackbacks</div> <p style="font-size: xx-small; font-style: italic;">TrackBack URL for this entry: http://mamamusings.net/mt/mt-tb.cgi/1181</p> <div class="comments-head"> <a id="comments"></a>Comments</div> <div class="comments-body"> <span class="comments-post">Comment from <b><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://geekymom.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Laura</a></b> on March 8, 2006 07:02 PM (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://mamamusings.net/archives/2006/03/08/spring_travel_plans.php#15574">Permalink to Comment</a>)</span><br/> <a name="15574"></a><p>I'll see you at the panel you're moderating--looks really interesting!</p> </div> <br/> <div class="comments-body"> <span class="comments-post">Comment from <b><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://weez.oyzon.com/" rel="nofollow">weez</a></b> on March 9, 2006 09:54 AM (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://mamamusings.net/archives/2006/03/08/spring_travel_plans.php#15675">Permalink to Comment</a>)</span><br/> <a name="15675"></a><p>Oh, yes. We must celebrate.</p> <p>Not only are plans to look HOT in April proceding, the secondary plan of total world domination is also making headway...Did I type that out loud?</p> </div> <br/> <div class="comments-body"> <span class="comments-post">Comment from <b><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://staff.washington.edu/oren/" rel="nofollow">Oren Sreebny</a></b> on March 13, 2006 01:09 PM (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://mamamusings.net/archives/2006/03/08/spring_travel_plans.php#16113">Permalink to Comment</a>)</span><br/> <a name="16113"></a><p>Liz - was sorry to not see you at Etech, as I was looking forward to meeting you f2f. I won't be at sxsw, though it always sounds intriguing and fun.</p> <p>Have fun on your travels, and I'd still like to chat sometime about getting you over to speak here at UW before the end of the academic year (which for us isn't till mid-June).</p> <p>And I'd love a chance to attend the MS social computing symposium - it's a topic I'm more and more enmeshed in here at UW and inter-institutionally.</p> <p> </p> </div> <br/> <div class="comments-head">Post a comment</div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240js_/http://mamamusings.net/mt/mt-comments.cgi?__mode=cmtr_name_js"></script> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">  </script> <form method="post" action="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://mamamusings.net/mt/mt-comments.cgi" name="comments_form" onsubmit="if (this.bakecookie[0].checked) rememberMe(this)"> <input type="hidden" name="static" value="1"/> <input type="hidden" name="entry_id" value="1217"/> <div id="name_email"> <p><label for="author">Name:</label><br/> <input tabindex="1" id="author" name="author"/></p> <p><label for="email">Email Address:</label><br/> <input tabindex="2" id="email" name="email"/></p> </div> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">  </script> <p><label for="url">URL:</label><br/> <input tabindex="3" type="text" name="url" id="url"/> Remember Me? <input type="radio" id="remember" onclick="rememberMe(this.form)" name="bakecookie"/><label for="remember">Yes</label><input type="radio" id="forget" name="bakecookie" onclick="forgetMe(this.form)" value="Forget Info" style="margin-left: 15px;"/><label for="forget">No</label><br style="clear: both;"/> </p> <p><label for="text">Comments:</label> (you may use HTML tags for style)<br/> <textarea tabindex="4" id="text" name="text" rows="10" cols="50"></textarea></p> <div align="center"> <input type="submit" name="preview" tabindex="5" value="聽Preview聽"/> <input style="font-weight: bold;" type="submit" name="post" tabindex="6" value="聽Post聽"/> </div> </form> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">  </script> </div> </div> <div style="position: absolute; top: 135px; left: 125px; z-index: 4"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240im_/http://mamamusings.net/images/tinycafe.jpg" alt="Liz sipping melange at Cafe Central in Vienna" border="0" width="80" height="96"/></div> <div id="links"> <div class="side"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://www.it.rit.edu/~ell/">Work Page</a></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://www.flickr.com/photos/liz/">Flickr Photos</a></p> </div> <div class="sidetitle"> Archives </div> <div class="side"> <form action="#"> <select onchange="javascript:document.location=options[selectedIndex].value;" class="archivemenu"> <option value="">Select Category...</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_academia.php">academia (8)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_big_ideas.php">big ideas (35)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_books.php">books (3)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_conferences.php">conferences (95)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_courseware.php">courseware (11)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_curmudgeonly.php">curmudgeonly (53)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_events.php">events (6)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_family.php">family (69)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_food.php">food (7)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_friends.php">friends (45)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_games.php">games (1)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_gender.php">gender (23)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_health.php">health (15)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_humor.php">humor (44)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_idle_thoughts.php">idle thoughts (68)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_japanese.php">japanese (3)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_kids.php">kids (44)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_librarianship.php">librarianship (14)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_microsoft.php">microsoft (28)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_movies.php">movies (4)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_music.php">music (9)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_news.php">news (21)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_on_blogging.php">on blogging (109)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_politics.php">politics (21)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_productivity.php">productivity (8)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_recovery.php">recovery (13)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_research.php">research (60)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_rochester.php">Rochester (34)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_sabbatical.php">sabbatical (13)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_search.php">search (8)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_seattle.php">Seattle (3)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_seattle.php">seattle (1)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_social_software.php">social software (49)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_sponsored.php">sponsored (13)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_supernova.php">supernova (2)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_teaching.php">teaching (80)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_technology.php">technology (176)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_travel.php">travel (87)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_unclassifiable.php">unclassifiable (49)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/cat_unlocking_the_clubhouse.php">unlocking the clubhouse (5)</option> </select> </form> Or... <form action="#"> <select onchange="javascript:document.location=options[selectedIndex].value;" class="archivemenu"> <option value="">Select Month...</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2006/05/">May 2006 (7)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2006/04/">April 2006 (28)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2006/03/">March 2006 (8)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2006/02/">February 2006 (8)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2006/01/">January 2006 (6)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2005/12/">December 2005 (15)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2005/11/">November 2005 (20)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2005/10/">October 2005 (31)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2005/09/">September 2005 (9)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2005/08/">August 2005 (7)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2005/07/">July 2005 (13)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2005/06/">June 2005 (13)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2005/05/">May 2005 (10)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2005/04/">April 2005 (21)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2005/03/">March 2005 (21)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2005/02/">February 2005 (21)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2005/01/">January 2005 (23)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2004/12/">December 2004 (29)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2004/11/">November 2004 (24)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2004/10/">October 2004 (27)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2004/09/">September 2004 (22)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2004/08/">August 2004 (11)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2004/07/">July 2004 (19)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2004/06/">June 2004 (18)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2004/05/">May 2004 (16)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2004/04/">April 2004 (19)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2004/03/">March 2004 (23)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2004/02/">February 2004 (13)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2004/01/">January 2004 (33)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2003/12/">December 2003 (30)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2003/11/">November 2003 (36)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2003/10/">October 2003 (34)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2003/09/">September 2003 (31)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2003/08/">August 2003 (34)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2003/07/">July 2003 (34)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2003/06/">June 2003 (25)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2003/05/">May 2003 (21)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2003/04/">April 2003 (31)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2003/03/">March 2003 (35)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2003/02/">February 2003 (35)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2003/01/">January 2003 (27)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2002/12/">December 2002 (38)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2002/11/">November 2002 (72)</option> <option value="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2002/10/">October 2002 (22)</option> </select> </form> <form method="get" action="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://www.google.com/search"> <input type="hidden" name="ie" value="utf-8"/> <input type="hidden" name="oe" value="utf-8"/> <input type="text" name="q" size="20" maxlength="255" value=""/> <input type="submit" name="btnG" value="Search"/> <input type="hidden" name="domains" value="mamamusings.net"/> <input type="hidden" name="sitesearch" value="mamamusings.net"/> </form> </div> <script type="text/javascript">  </script> <div class="sidetitle"> <a href="javascript:toggle('item1')" title="Recent Comments" onmouseover="(window.status='Recent Comments'); return true">Recent Comments</a></div> <div id="dl_item1" class="closed"> Kevin McCarthy on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://mamamusings.net/archives/2006/04/18/directvs_malicious_billing.php#28546">directv's malicious billing</a> (22 May, 01:27 PM) <br/> Maryam on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://mamamusings.net/archives/2006/05/18/on_sabbatical2.php#28487">(on sabbatical)^2</a> (22 May, 10:46 AM) <br/> Nancy White on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://mamamusings.net/archives/2006/05/18/on_sabbatical2.php#28020">(on sabbatical)^2</a> (20 May, 11:41 AM) <br/> Helen, school teacher on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://mamamusings.net/archives/2006/04/25/milken_conference_changing_postsecondary_education_to_meet_the_needs_of_a_global_economy.php#27925">milken conference: "changing post-secondary education to meet the needs of a global economy"</a> (20 May, 02:19 AM) <br/> Leslie Hassett on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://mamamusings.net/archives/2006/05/18/on_sabbatical2.php#27847">(on sabbatical)^2</a> (19 May, 03:47 PM) <br/> david silver on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://mamamusings.net/archives/2006/05/18/on_sabbatical2.php#27783">(on sabbatical)^2</a> (19 May, 12:11 PM) <br/> </div> <div class="sidetitle"><a href="javascript:toggle('item2')" title="Recent Trackbacks" onmouseover="(window.status='Recent Trackbacks'); return true">Recent Trackbacks</a></div> <div id="dl_item2" class="closed"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://ookles.wordpress.com/2006/02/01/q-when-are-ones-and-zeros-better-than-real-life/" rel="nofollow">Q: When are ones and zeros better than real life?</a> from Ookles Blog (19 May, 12:11 PM) <br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://blogs.msdn.com/alexbarn/archive/2006/02/01/522004.aspx" rel="nofollow">How many feeds do you subscribe to?</a> from Alex Barnett blog (19 May, 12:11 PM) <br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://blogher.org/node/1196" rel="nofollow">The BlogHer Conference '06 Advisory Board</a> from BlogHer [beta] (19 May, 12:11 PM) <br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://www.nerdystuff.com/?p=8" rel="nofollow">Becoming an Edge Case</a> from Nerdy Stuff (19 May, 12:11 PM) <br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://russell.supersized.org/archives/248-Scoble-is-a-edge-case..html" rel="nofollow">Scoble is a edge case.</a> from Russell's Ramblings (19 May, 12:11 PM) <br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://www.2020hindsight.org/?p=4461" rel="nofollow">2005: The year in cities</a> from 2020 Hindsight (19 May, 12:11 PM) <br/> </div> <div class="sidetitle"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://mamamusings.net/blogroll.php">Sites I Read</div> <div class="sidetitle">Recent Photos</div> <div class="side"> <script type="text/javascript">  </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240js_/http://www.flickr.com/badge_code.gne?nsid=30281826058@N01&count=5&display=latest&name=0&size=square"></script> </div> <div class="sidetitle"> Content Licensing </div> <div class="side"> This weblog is licensed under a <br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0/" style="border: none;"><img alt="Creative Commons License" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240im_/http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights"/><br/> Creative Commons License</a>. </div> <div class="sidetitle"> Syndication Feeds </div> <div class="side"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://mamamusings.net/atom.xml">Atom Full-Text</a><br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://mamamusings.net/index-full.xml">RSS 2.0 Full-Text + Comments</a><br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://mamamusings.net/index.xml">RSS 2.0 Excerpts</a><br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://mamamusings.net/comments.xml">RSS 2.0 Comments Only</a><br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://mamamusings.net/index.rdf">RSS 1.0</a> </div> <div class="sidetitle"> Technorati </div> <div class="side"> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240js_/http://technorati.com/embed/623rkmcbs3.js"> </script> </div> <div class="sidetitle"> Powered By </div> <div class="side"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060524062240/http://www.movabletype.org/">Movable Type 3.2</a><br/> </div> </div> <br clear="all"/> </body> </html>