Feed on
Posts
comments

Archive for November, 2007

no real reason

Read Full Post »

There is no short-cut to deciphering coded pub-talk. Every pub has its own private language of in-jokes, nicknames, phrases and gestures. Like the private languages of other social units such as families, couples, school friends etc., coded pub-talk emphasises the social bonds between pub regulars, reinforcing their sense of ‘belonging’.
I found this article while researching [...]

Read Full Post »

As many of you may or may not know, I have left Juniper networks and in pursuing a Masters degree in the psychological research program at San Francisco State. I have been in the program for about a semester and a half, and the culture shock entailed in this massive change is finally wearing [...]

Read Full Post »