Squirrel the free-associator

I spent a better part of yesterday afternoon unpacking dozens of references to pedagogical practices in other disciplines that may be of relevance to my study. Having difficulty getting them clear in my mind, I laid them out on the floor and started to arrange them according to related concepts.

And then yesterday evening, Squirrel the cat discovered the joy of dry-aqua-planing on them. However I might now have some new and unexpected links between disciplines.

Meanwhile, I have a modest review piece in today’s BD. Not being a subscriber, I might actually have to go out and find a newsagent that can sell me a copy for the inflated cover price. More to come from me in that outlet in the next few weeks, but right now a rough thesis chapter needs to be man-handled into shape. Less blogging = more real writing.

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Feedback on your ‘learning architecture’ blog

This landed with an awkward thud in my inbox earlier this week. Having gradually and involuntarily slowed my online output to a torrid sludge of occasional posts over the last few months, the words “I feel very happy to see such a well maintained blog” did at least raise a weak smile. I couldn’t push it to the spam folder without sharing it, although to spare the indignity of the journalists, writers and critics who together work so hard on [ design magazine ] – a publication I used to read regularly and which I respect somewhat, I’ve anonymised this strange attempt to drum up clicks.

Subject: Feedback on your ‘learning architecture’ blog
From: Thomas
Sent: 28 May 2010 11:21
To: James Benedict Browm

Dear James Benedict Brown,

It was fantastic going through your ‘learning architecture’ blog. I found your blog while searching internet for architecture and design related blogs and enjoyed going through your blog. I am very much impressed with your blog posts. As I work in architecture and design industry, I feel very happy to see such a well maintained blog. Keep updating…

I also see a good list of architecture related websites in your blogroll. They are really helpful. While browsing through the list, I thought of asking you whether [ design magazine ] , a leading architecture and design magazine can find an inclusion in the list.

I request you to review [ design magazine ] and consider adding it to the list if you really like our publication. Please access [ design magazine ] at http://www._________.co.uk/

Kindly, do let me know your feedback at thomas@_________.co.uk

Best Regards,
Thomas
[ design magazine ]
London, EC4

Note to any click-seeking publicists: if you want to flatter my (admittedly insecure) academic ego, I’d appreciate you flattering specific bits of it, rather than just its general online existence…

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