The highlight this past week was a guest lecture by Prof. Takhteyev and his dissertation on software development in Brazil, specifically around a programming language called “Lua”. Extremely readable, and he’s currently editing it for the purpose of publishing it as a book. He emphasized how important writing was to him as a tool, perhaps juxtaposing the way ethnographic research can result in a wall plastered with photos taken in the field, and diagrams or models. It reminded me of the emphasis Prof. Cain emphasized writing as a process, that you write, and rewrite, perhaps for a particular end, but as a research process, never really ends.

Heading off to Vancouver, a little too ambitious about what I’ll get done on the plane, such as finalizing the logo for SPO, edit one of my papers for journal submission, and start planning the presentation I have to make on Wednesday morning when I come back, and do some course reading.

Oh, and enjoy my time in Vancouver, naturally. I’ll try to make some updates on my activities there.