even if that reason is just to say “Hello” for the first time. When used professionally, sending a “Nice to meet you” email is an appropriate way to introduce yourself or to respond if someone reaches out to you first.
Questions for Jeremy Birnholtz regarding his talk: Self-Presentation in Sociotechnical Life: How We Present Ourselves to Each Other in a World of Digital Platforms. "Self-presentation, rooted in Goffman’s classic work, is the fundamental...
was harder to come by in the South, so I had checked in with a former employer. I had parted ways with the local steakhouse on good terms and hoped that they would be willing to take me back. I had previously worked doing kitchen prep and cleaning up along with Tim and two of his...
I am blessed to work with an amazing team of gentle-hearted people who didn’t just allow me, but encouraged me to put family first and who have been there before and since to support in any way they can. Likewise, in all their precious ways, I am grateful for my students, who have...
which I understood was probably the case, but hadn’t been explicitly stated. I haven’t told anyone about that scan except for two colleagues, but in only vague ways. There was nothing really to tell people because I didn’t know anything. Why cause alarm when I didn’t have any ...
Last month I read aChronicle of Higher Educationadvice post called “6 Ways to Beat Writer’s Block.” The author, Rachel Toor, listed “work up a sweat” as her first strategy, and this is great advice, even if you aren’treally working up a sweat, but just walking at a leisurely...
Inevitably, I suppose, a couple of weeks ago I began to toy with the notion of entering all of my most reliable findings into a spreadsheet to try to isolate the best ways to approach nutrition as a cancer survivor. I could almost hear the sound of a needle scratching across a vinyl re...
They can go one of three ways: A. Driven to follow Dad's footsteps and become just as successful (if not more). B. Want no part of Dad's footsteps, would rather create their own. C. Knew their parents would always provide for them, and become screw-ups. You could sniff out Group...
I will take a moment to ask you to consider the many ways that you have abdicated your responsibility — the duty of a free press to safeguard democracy and challenge the party in power. Instead of maintaining a posture of fierce skepticism toward authority, you have made yourselves government...
yarn companies of all time. Her colorways are deep and light and happy (yes, all at the same time!), the bases are sumptuous and swoon-worthy. We love her heart, and what Aimée brings to the fiber community in terms of her humanity and her artistry‑‑we know you love her, ...