Comments for Michael J. Altman http://michaeljaltman.net Thinking out loud about American religion, culture, and history. Sat, 06 Apr 2013 19:42:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Tuscaloosa Bound: My New Job at the University of Alabama by Hanno van der Bijl http://michaeljaltman.net/2013/04/04/tuscaloosa-bound-my-new-job-at-the-university-of-alabama/#comment-1134 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 19:42:08 +0000 http://michaeljaltman.net/?p=995#comment-1134 Roll tide!

]]> Comment on Tuscaloosa Bound: My New Job at the University of Alabama by Whitney http://michaeljaltman.net/2013/04/04/tuscaloosa-bound-my-new-job-at-the-university-of-alabama/#comment-1132 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 08:30:14 +0000 http://michaeljaltman.net/?p=995#comment-1132 This makes me extremely excited. I just read your “About” page, and I am even more excited. I have been waiting for a class like this, especially since the Hinduism class has not been offered in quite a while. I’ll be graduating in December, and I have been really disappointed with the lack of class options. Fortunately I was able to do an independent study class on sacred pilgrimage sites in Nepal, based on my own travels throughout India and Nepal. I hope you don’t think it is weird that I am commenting on your post considering I am a student (old student at that, 29), but I couldn’t help it. And if you could give me some details, I would really appreciate it.

]]> Comment on Tuscaloosa Bound: My New Job at the University of Alabama by Janet Altman http://michaeljaltman.net/2013/04/04/tuscaloosa-bound-my-new-job-at-the-university-of-alabama/#comment-1131 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 23:53:56 +0000 http://michaeljaltman.net/?p=995#comment-1131 So glad that you have this opportunity. So thankful you are who you are. So blessed to call you, “son.”

]]> Comment on AAR Redux: Roundups, NY Times Story, Twitter Fail, and Butchering the Elephant #sblaar by Hussein Rashid (@islamoyankee) http://michaeljaltman.net/2012/11/26/aar-redux-roundups-ny-times-story-twitter-fail-and-butchering-the-elephant-sblaar/#comment-1039 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:02:40 +0000 http://michaeljaltman.net/?p=857#comment-1039 Merci. I do agree. We were far from perfect, but it was funny for people to actually say that what we did was an IslamAAR first. It’s funny b/c they recognized it, and that some of us have been tweeting for a while, but no standards, no connection.

]]> Comment on AAR Redux: Roundups, NY Times Story, Twitter Fail, and Butchering the Elephant #sblaar by Michael J. Altman http://michaeljaltman.net/2012/11/26/aar-redux-roundups-ny-times-story-twitter-fail-and-butchering-the-elephant-sblaar/#comment-1036 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:32:04 +0000 http://michaeljaltman.net/?p=857#comment-1036 Yea I heard some really good things about your panel, Hussein. I do remember seeing those tweets. I don’t think they registered in my memory because I already know most of the folks that were on your panel. I wish I could have made it over to check it out. I think your panel was on the right track but I’d still like to see a standard format across the conference. I’d also like to see more panels tweet and storify like you all did–even panels not on digital themes. What yall did reminds me of this piece Jonathan VanAntwerpen tweeted out after the conference: http://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/2012/08/17/twitter-isnt-a-backchannel-asa2012/

]]> Comment on AAR Redux: Roundups, NY Times Story, Twitter Fail, and Butchering the Elephant #sblaar by Hussein Rashid (@islamoyankee) http://michaeljaltman.net/2012/11/26/aar-redux-roundups-ny-times-story-twitter-fail-and-butchering-the-elephant-sblaar/#comment-1035 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:56:13 +0000 http://michaeljaltman.net/?p=857#comment-1035 We actually tried to get our panel tweeting with a specified hashtag, and we tweeted from the platform.

http://storify.com/islamoyankee/digital-dast-n-islamaar

]]> Comment on AAR Redux: Roundups, NY Times Story, Twitter Fail, and Butchering the Elephant #sblaar by Ten Things I Learned at AAR/SBL http://michaeljaltman.net/2012/11/26/aar-redux-roundups-ny-times-story-twitter-fail-and-butchering-the-elephant-sblaar/#comment-1034 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:29:15 +0000 http://michaeljaltman.net/?p=857#comment-1034 [...] an excellent convention companion.  It’s like communal note-taking and social radar in one.  (Michael J. Altman’s critique notwithstanding and even if the Twitterati couldn’t agree on a consistent hastag #sblaar [...]

]]> Comment on AAR Redux: Roundups, NY Times Story, Twitter Fail, and Butchering the Elephant #sblaar by Dennis LoRusso http://michaeljaltman.net/2012/11/26/aar-redux-roundups-ny-times-story-twitter-fail-and-butchering-the-elephant-sblaar/#comment-1031 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 17:20:57 +0000 http://michaeljaltman.net/?p=857#comment-1031 Even though I’m not much of tweeter, I think you’re right about improving the mechanics of the social media for these conferences. What did you think about the iphone app this year? I found it incredibly helpful, as I didn’t have to lug that giant program guide around. I understand there was an app last year as well, so I’m not sure if there was any improvement.

]]> Comment on Remembering When the Klan Tried to March Through Town: Kelly J. Baker’s ‘Gospel According to the Klan’ by Review Redux: Gospel According to the Klan | Kelly J Baker http://michaeljaltman.net/2011/12/21/remembering-when-the-klan-tried-to-march-through-town-kelly-j-bakers-gospel-according-to-the-klan/#comment-958 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:48:22 +0000 http://michaeljaltman.net/?p=616#comment-958 [...] Michael J. Altman, Remembering When the Klan Tried to March Through Town: [...]

]]> Comment on The Metaphysics of the Internet; or Can Lydia Maria Child’s Ghost Read My Comment? by Counterparties: But are you happy? | Felix Salmon http://michaeljaltman.net/2012/10/03/the-metaphyiscs-of-the-internet-or-can-lydia-maria-childs-ghost-read-my-comment/#comment-938 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 22:25:22 +0000 http://michaeljaltman.net/?p=806#comment-938 [...] The Atlantic has comments enabled for an article written in 1870 - Michael J. Altman Jerry Seinfeld’s hilarious letter to the NYT on the usage of the word “really” [...]

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