Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

Posts for 2009

20 Mar 2009, 6:33 a.m.

London-bound

I think the job interview went well. I told them to chalk anything they didn't like about me up to jet lag. Haven't been run over yet by the Vauxhalls and the double-decker buses driving …

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18 Mar 2009, 9:01 a.m.

Settling In

Evidently every time I take the train from London to Cambridge, it's a GLORIOUSLY SUNNY DAY and I just gape at sheep and whatnot. Also evidently the well-known series of river bridges belonging to various …

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16 Mar 2009, 15:15 p.m.

Dara, Your Style/Substance Thoughts?

These Anacruses are not technically Bad Pennies, but Ana, @job, Taggert, Chronastromy HQ Officer Training: Final Exam, MAXBETTY92, Branford, #13102099, and The Musical all deserve to be grouped together. Any others?

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16 Mar 2009, 14:40 p.m.

BART-Approved

Not only did Seth translate into Latin and many friends enjoy my poem "BART Spokesman Linton Johnson", but Johnson himself just wrote me and said he loved it! Yay! Okay, moment of validation over, back …

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16 Mar 2009, 14:05 p.m.

Sudden Travel News

It looks like I'm doing a job interview in England in a couple of days. Then I have a free weekend in London, probably returning Monday March 23rd. I've already arranged to see the Kevan-Holly …

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14 Mar 2009, 20:58 p.m.

Going to WisCon

I've registered to attend WisCon, a feminist science fiction convention, in Madison, Wisconsin this May. Now I just need to make travel and room arrangements. Anyone else going and want to share a room? I'll …

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13 Mar 2009, 13:15 p.m.

Citation Needed?

Some of you adore footnotes, right?

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12 Mar 2009, 15:49 p.m.

Dropping In On Columbia Classes

I know more than I thought about copyright, less than I thought about collaboration.

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10 Mar 2009, 8:59 a.m.

Late Adopter Treat

One nice thing about not having an account on Friendster, PayPal, Amazon, Facebook, MySpace, eBay, or Twitter is that I know any email I get entitled "Your [website] account is compromised!" is fraudulent phishing spam.

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09 Mar 2009, 16:13 p.m.

Lego Learning

When I was rejecting submissions for Thoughtcrime Experiments, I told many writers that I'd give them suggestions for improvements if they wanted them. Some replied and took me up on the offer. Today I'm working …

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