By bluerasberry on 2015-10-24
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 2010-09-07
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 2010-09-06
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 2010-09-04
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 […]
Posted in San Francisco, tour
By bluerasberry on 2010-08-29
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