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Re: Scholars Strike Back

Raul Pacheco-Vega — Sat, 03 May 2014 21:31:31 -0000

Eternally grateful for the plug and signal amplification for the #ScholarSunday hashtag. And thanks Bonnie Stewart for including me in this wonderful list of amazing brains, I feel honored.

Re: An Academic Woman’s Rant of the Week: Professor vs. Teacher and Dr. vs. Mrs.

Raul Pacheco-Vega — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 17:38:59 -0000

I know some people think it's snobbish, but the first ever student who addressed me "hey Raul" got a "that's Dr. Pacheco-Vega to you ThankYouVeryMuch". Now it's in my actual syllabi "I prefer to be addressed as Professor Pacheco-Vega or Dr. Pacheco-Vega. It's not Raul, and it's MOST DEFINITELY NOT {HEY!}".

Re: Countdown to ISA: heal the world, make the ISA a better place

Raul Pacheco-Vega — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 12:06:23 -0000

I second the suggestion of coffee in the AM panels, more/better choices of panels. Toronto in March is NOT warm, so dress appropriately. We don't do Starbucks as much, learn to love Tim Hortons. And for the love of God, ISA attendees, DO NOT BRING UP ROB FORD, okay?

Re: An American Association of Geographers?

Raul Pacheco-Vega — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 10:39:50 -0000

Ugh. Hit <enter> too fast...

... and is tired of everyone forgetting that America is a continent, not a country ;)

Re: An American Association of Geographers?

Raul Pacheco-Vega — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 10:39:21 -0000

For long, I've thought of the AAG as the American Association of Geographers. I'm a member, have been for a long while, and it wasn't until this happened that I realized I have never called the AAG the Association of American Geographers. I also maintain membership in the Canadian Association of Geographers, and everybody asks "are you going to AAG or CAG", not the full acronym. So, kudos for changing the name to a more inclusive one. Signed, someone who studies North America as a region and is tired of everyone forgetting that America

Re: Fetishizing Fieldwork on the Road to Essentialism

Raul Pacheco-Vega — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 09:36:53 -0000

Great piece, Jason. I'm not an anthropologist but I strongly respect the work of environmental anthropologists (anthros in general, but environmental anthropologists have really made me turn my conceptual frameworks upside down).

I do, however, privilege fieldwork. I believe that there is unique insight to be gained from going deep into the field, observing phenomena, tracing the processes and understanding populations. I may be doing this mixed-methods thing wrong :-)

Re: We’re Moving to Mexico!

Raul Pacheco-Vega — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 10:15:39 -0000

Tim, contact me for stuff to do in Guanajuato (I assume you-re moving to Guanajuato the city?). It is an amazing area of the country, and it desperately needs to be written about in the English language.

Re: We’re Moving to Mexico!

Raul Pacheco-Vega — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 10:14:33 -0000

And of course you will come and visit your friend Raul in Aguascalientes :)

Re: DaveJones.ca - the intersection of social media utility & interest - Guest Login

Raul Pacheco-Vega — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:30:33 -0000

You know I agree with Sean Moffitt in saying that all media should be social, but I also understand why the distinction.

I'm probably insane, but I agree with the both of you :)

Re: Productivity Tips Are Killing My Productivity & Blogging Tips Are Killing My Blog

Raul Pacheco-Vega — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 02:02:39 -0000

Do you really buy into Ferriss' stuff? :)

Re: 10 Things You Must Do to Earn Your Audience’s Trust

Raul Pacheco-Vega — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:10:13 -0000

I don't think real estate agents will take your "don't look like you're selling real estate" phrase very kindly.

I agree with many of these points, and not surprising, this post reminds me of what I said earlier in the year - after we've mastered the technical tools, we'll all want to go back to the conversation and bi-directionality.

I disagree with not being in every social network - you may not want to use them all at once (that's why you create a social media strategy) but you should be on every network.

I fully, completely and utterly disagree with video taking precedence over tweets and blog posts. Heck, this post is a post (you didn't do it on video, did you?)

You forget # 1 - be explicit about why you need the funding and # 2 - be explicit about how much you need per person (i.e. how spread your crowdfunding effort is - is the network 100 people wide or 100,000 people wide - do you need 40 dollars per person or 4?)

The title of your post would better reflect the content if you mentioned it's primarily focused on crowdfunding. From a first glance it looks like it's a catch-all blanket post for earning trust online in every circumstance.

My two cents :)

Re: Crowdsourcing Application to Stay Cool in Vancouver

Raul Pacheco-Vega — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:34:15 -0000

This is a great idea, David (and Tim). Kudos for the implementation. Two things:

1) It'd also be good to map out the existing fountains which don't work. I sent you a tweet informing you of a water fountain on 3rd and Commercial. Ooops. It's not working :(

2) I'd be delighted to tie this with the ongoing conversation and my upcoming research project on the cultural perceptions of drinking water in the Lower Mainland. One of the points my readers have made was the apparent lack of drinking water fountains in Vancouver. Your tool helps dispel this myth.

Re: Blogathon Debrief

Raul Pacheco-Vega — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 02:20:03 -0000

Dude, you totally forgot the link to WP-Footnotes. Thus making my lazy request to get the plugin all the much harder.

Re: #41 – Plugins, My Plugins

Raul Pacheco-Vega — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 05:20:40 -0000

I don't know how to use Add QuickTags

Re: #22 – All My Stuffed Animals

Raul Pacheco-Vega — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:08:52 -0000

My birthday is September 19th and I love stuffed brain cells. Just sayin'

Re: #8 – Book Review: Getting To Yes

Raul Pacheco-Vega — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 12:49:20 -0000

I took Multistakeholder Processes and Negotiation (two courses) with Tony Dorcey at UBC. We used this book. TOTALLY recommended.

Re: cvxn

Raul Pacheco-Vega — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:24:37 -0000

Great commentary Hez ;) You rock!

Re: Tumblr, Friendfeed, and Web 2.0's Information Overload

Raul Pacheco-Vega — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:43:41 -0000

Dan,

Damn, this is such a good and well-thought out response, I wish you had left it in my blog ;-) And thanks for the link love too, and for visiting my blog!

Very true, we should just try things out and if they work they work and if they don't, we should just bail on them. And for the record, I am now on identi.ca -- as you well know, and I'm listening to your notices there :-)