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Dear Dorothy and Bob

Bob's email in itself is a sort of MO question that perhaps asks list  
members how they are allocating their writing time, particularly on  
computers. So maybe there's a technology/human interface project here  
for that conference that just extended its call for papers a day or  
so ago?

This onetime MO respondent is busy polishing a novel and trying to  
sell freelance writing. Also I am signed up to several other  
discussion lists.

I am writing a short article on the idea of 'stewardship' of time, so  
Bob's question is also relevant to that.

It is so easy to think, at the beginning of precious writing time,  
'I'll just check my emails'. A particular discipline is necessary,  
especially if you leave the mailbox on so you hear the 'ping' as they  
whizz in...
Richenda Power
www.richendapower.com

On 29 Aug 2008, at 16:48, Dorothy Sheridan wrote:

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> Hi Bob,
> I agree that this list is underused as a forum for discussion. I am  
> not sure whether we at the Archive have to take responsibility  
> although we set it up not so much for ourselves but as a way for  
> people interested in MO to exchange views with each other.
>
> Jessica conscientiously sends out news items but we rarely get any  
> response. This is similar to Margaretta's life story research  
> announcements. You don't get that much discussion there either!  
> maybe people are too busy?
>
> One potential function is for people to find out about other  
> people's research using MO material. We sometimes get asked  
> questions which we can't answer here because we don't spend hours  
> trawling through boxes as many researchers do. We suggest to  
> researchers that they should put out an enquiry on the JISCmail  
> list to see if anyone else has the answer.
>
> So maybe I should ask some questions and see if it provokes  
> discussion:
>
> Did any one listen to (or take part in) the BBC one day online  
> diary project?  If so what did they think?
>
> If the BBC and many other institutions are running online life  
> story/diary/blogging projects, is there a role for MO these days?
>
> Are there any areas or subjects which MO should (a) avoid in its  
> directives or (b) definitely cover?
>
> What do people think about our current recruitment/selection  
> policy? (see the website). Should we relent and open up the project  
> to all those who wish to take part?
>
> How can we attract young people to join the Project? And people  
> from Ethnic Minorities?
>
> Dorothy
>
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>
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>> Hello there,
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>> Apropos of nothing in particular and having a rare free day to  
>> myself, I
>> just wanted to comment how under-used I feel this list to be. I  
>> know this
>> is an unusual observation to make in times when we are all  
>> bombarded with
>> e-mails about matters in which we have no interest at all, but  
>> with most
>> of us presumably being aware of just how important a resource
>> Mass-Observation is, why isn't THIS the place where we  regularly  
>> discuss
>> with chums, colleagues and other like-minded individuals who have  
>> taken
>> the trouble to subscribe, what we're all up to, our observations  
>> on life
>> histories, any work in progress, dilemmas encountered etc.  In fact,
>> anything about the human condition which has caught our interest.
>>
>> I know  you're out there 'lurking', as they say, because every so  
>> often
>> someone will raise a subject to which there has been  a positive and
>> fairly prolonged response. But then, silence.
>> .
>> I  also know that in  the time I've taken to type this, my ex-tutor,
>> Margaretta Jolly, on Sussex's companion CLHR message site, will have
>> forwarded at least ten messages to HER subscribers.  (I  foolishly
>> cancelled it as 'spam' a while ago and am not sure now if they'll  
>> have me
>> back!)
>>
>> With kind regards to all
>>
>> Bob
>>
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