thisisnotbeatrice asked: Meaghan,
I got one of your mass e-mail thanking all of your backers from Kickstarter a few weeks ago and I meant to comment on the "Hey lady, are you still on Tumblr??" question but I never got around to it, so here it is. I have "Ask"-ed, therefore I am. And since we're on the subject of meaning to do things but never getting around to them until now, I also wanted to let you know/update you about "The Revolution That Is Tumblr."
I attend the University of California, Berkeley as an anthropology/media studies double major (kill me now) and I'm currently taking a class on anthropological film which, lo and behold, requires each of its students to create their own Tumblr account as a personal journal chronicling the progress they're making with regards to their film. I thought it brilliant and interesting just because (1) it's innovative (in its whole embracing-this-new-media-platform-for-education angle) and (2) I love blogging and I already do it on a daily basis SOWHATTHEHECKI'MTOTALLYACINGTHISCLASSRIGHT. Being the stalker that I am, I decided to check out the Tumblr blog of my graduate student instructor (the demigod in charge of handing out our grades for the class; oh the politics of academia!) which then links to her "more serious blog" which is, alas, Wordpress. Imagine my surprise when, while scrolling down through the comments in one of her entries (i.e. http://middlesavagery.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/tumblr-in-the-classroom/#comments), I find a comment from YOU (or someone posing as you) about the wonders of utilizing Tumblr in the classroom (which is exactly what I thought, but like everything wonderful in this world, you get to it first). Anyway, I sat there for a moment thinking about how small this world is when it comes to the internet and Tumblr and OMGIT'SFRIGGINMEAGHANOCOMMENTINGONMYGSI'SBLOG.
After a bit of fangirling, I got over it. Brushed it off. I thought to myself, "Well, my GSI's getting a short comment from her, but I'M getting LONGER mass e-mails. I totes win."
Anyway, I look forward to your book.
Always,
Beatrice
Ha! THAT WAS NOT A MASS EMAIL I ACTUALLY EMAILED EVERYONE THANKYOU.
But thank you and YES tumblr-in-the-classroom seems like a big duh awesome thing! And of COURSE I commented on that thing because I know the entire internet, doye. it’s in the job descrip.
In all seriousness I would love to hear from anybody about it, from questions to stories to feature requests to ways we can help support you in your academic internet adventures.
