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A blog about life in general, in as many languages as I can manage. Ενα ιστολόγιο περι ζωής, πολυγλωσσο - σε όσες γλωσσες εχω μεράκι να γράψω.
Αντίο λοιπόν στο Ikariam
Wednesday, Dec 19 2012, 19:07 adieu, Entertainment, Games, Greek, VideoGames, Ελληνικά, Τεχνολογία, Ψυχαγωγία Permalink Πριν κάτι χρόνια, που δούλευα στην βιβλιοθήκη τα πράγματα ώρες ώρες ήταν βαρετά γιατί περίμενες να έρθει ο πελάτης και δεν ερχόταν (ίδια όταν τελείωνε το τρίμηνο και όλοι οι φοιτητές πήγαιναν σπίτια τους).Εκει λοιπόν, δεν ξέρω πως το βρήκα, αλλα άρχισα να παίζω ένα online sim που λέγεται ikariam. Η ιδέα ειναι πως αρχίσεις τον πολιτισμό σου σε έναν κόσμο ελληνορωμαικό, και σιγά σιγά αρχίσεις να κανείς αποικίες, να κανείς πολέμους και φιλίες με άλλους συνπάιχτες, και να γίνονται τα πράγματα ενδιαφέροντα.
Το παιχνίδι ειναι δωρεάν, και αρχικά, σαν το FarmVille ένα πράγμα πρέπει να πηγαίνεις συχνά στο παιχνίδι να χτίζεις νέα κτήρια. Μετά από 3-4 χρόνια, για να χρήσεις νέα κτήρια πρέπει να περιμένεις αρκετές μέρες για να έχεις αρκετά υλικά, και στο ενδιάμεσο αν δεν δείνεις αρκετό κρασί στους πολίτες σου αρχίζουν και σου κάνουν νερά και φεύγουν. Ετσι λοιπόν, αφού το παιχνίδι δεν ειναι πια ενδιαφέρων και οι πολιτες παραπονιόυντε συχνα, είπα και εγώ αει συχτιρ, και έκλεισα τον λογαριασμό μου :-) Εκανα 11 αποικίες, καλή δουλειά έκανα ;-)
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Το παιχνίδι ειναι δωρεάν, και αρχικά, σαν το FarmVille ένα πράγμα πρέπει να πηγαίνεις συχνά στο παιχνίδι να χτίζεις νέα κτήρια. Μετά από 3-4 χρόνια, για να χρήσεις νέα κτήρια πρέπει να περιμένεις αρκετές μέρες για να έχεις αρκετά υλικά, και στο ενδιάμεσο αν δεν δείνεις αρκετό κρασί στους πολίτες σου αρχίζουν και σου κάνουν νερά και φεύγουν. Ετσι λοιπόν, αφού το παιχνίδι δεν ειναι πια ενδιαφέρων και οι πολιτες παραπονιόυντε συχνα, είπα και εγώ αει συχτιρ, και έκλεισα τον λογαριασμό μου :-) Εκανα 11 αποικίες, καλή δουλειά έκανα ;-)
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On Social Networking...
Wednesday, Dec 12 2012, 19:30 Academia, employment, Facebook, LinkedIn, research, Social Networking, Social Networks, Work PermalinkThe other day one of my long time friends and colleague posted on Facebook a quick pondering: is LinkedIn the right place for academics? The underlying thought is that LinkedIn is very instrumentalist and positivist in how it represents someone. Essentially what this means is that we setup profiles that represent a reality that we want to market to others, and we want to pass on that reality (our reality) as the word.
It's not that I disagree with this assertion, but anyone who's ever written a resume, or an academic CV, partakes in those practices for portraying your reality in the most positive light so you can get that job. The idea behind LinkedIn is, certainly, networking and finding some communities that can benefit you as an employee, but it is also an online resume (increasingly it's sort of becoming like a CV as well with the section for publications - which I must admit, I haven't updated in a while). It is through these resumes that people find jobs and companies find people.
Going back to this notion of positivism and instrumentalism, I think that anyone who has ever used a social network goes by these principles, unless you are a gag profile like the terminator on Twitter (I always get a smile when it/he/she sends me a message). I don't think that most people will not show off in some way on a social network.
This brings me to Academia.edu. I do have an account, and I do follow some people, but I think it's a bit of a failure. I do get notes from them when someone searches for me on Google or Bing, but so what? The main allure for Academia.edu is the sharing of research (something you can also do on Mendeley), but I don't see many people sharing what they've written. If I am going to connect with someone, for work purposes, I will do it on LinkedIn because the cost/benefit ratio is more favorable (even academics can find work outside of academia). If I am looking to connect with others on intellectual matters, I may just find a MOOC to do so, because on academia.edu people don't seem to be sharing (unless I missed something) ;-)
Your thoughts?
It's not that I disagree with this assertion, but anyone who's ever written a resume, or an academic CV, partakes in those practices for portraying your reality in the most positive light so you can get that job. The idea behind LinkedIn is, certainly, networking and finding some communities that can benefit you as an employee, but it is also an online resume (increasingly it's sort of becoming like a CV as well with the section for publications - which I must admit, I haven't updated in a while). It is through these resumes that people find jobs and companies find people.
Going back to this notion of positivism and instrumentalism, I think that anyone who has ever used a social network goes by these principles, unless you are a gag profile like the terminator on Twitter (I always get a smile when it/he/she sends me a message). I don't think that most people will not show off in some way on a social network.
This brings me to Academia.edu. I do have an account, and I do follow some people, but I think it's a bit of a failure. I do get notes from them when someone searches for me on Google or Bing, but so what? The main allure for Academia.edu is the sharing of research (something you can also do on Mendeley), but I don't see many people sharing what they've written. If I am going to connect with someone, for work purposes, I will do it on LinkedIn because the cost/benefit ratio is more favorable (even academics can find work outside of academia). If I am looking to connect with others on intellectual matters, I may just find a MOOC to do so, because on academia.edu people don't seem to be sharing (unless I missed something) ;-)
Your thoughts?

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