By bluerasberry on October 24, 2015
Wikipedia is built by summarizing and citing what reliable sources already say. Academic journals are reliable sources, but often prohibitively expensive for Wikipedia contributors to access. There is a social movement called “open access” which demands public access and reuse rights from academic journal publishers. I feel strongly about this movement. I stepped up the […]
Posted in Open access, San Francisco, Wikipedia | Tagged Jake Orlowitz, library, Michael Eisen
By bluerasberry on September 7, 2010
Monday morning felt great also. We went to the Castro because I wanted to visit a certain NGO called the Center. The San Francisco LGBT Community Center, also called the Charles M. Holmes Campus, also called “The Center”, is a place where LGBT organizations can get inexpensive office space in a great location a few […]
Posted in San Francisco, tour
By bluerasberry on September 6, 2010
Sunday was my own time. When I was wondering with Simon we went to the beat bookstore and I saw an ad for a cemetery bike tour. Jenny loaned me her bike and I aired the tires as she had not ridden in a while, and then left for the tour at the Colma bart […]
Posted in research, San Francisco, tour
By bluerasberry on September 4, 2010
So Simon put me on the Muni to Oakland and I meet Jenny and Jeff outside the station. I had worked with Jenny at Free and Clear in 2007 and we used to go to art events. See moved to Berkeley, got a masters degree in East Asian studies, and now she is in a […]
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By bluerasberry on August 29, 2010
This post has no interesting content at all. It is just a record to help me remember what I learned. On Thursday August 19 Simon and I dropped off the car by driving north through Golden Gate Park, into the Presidio, then west along the waterfront to the return at Fisherman’s Wharf. Simon took me […]
Posted in personal, San Francisco