Little bit of housekeeping
I realise that I did not announce my office hours in Wednesday's lecture as promised - my apologies: Monday 1-3pm is the time when you can just drop in to talk to me (Room 518, Arts 1 Building). If you need to speak to me outside of these times (e.g. there's something so urgent it can't wait until Monday, or you have a timetable commitment that prevents you from coming in those hours) then please email me [l dot goode at auckland dot ac dot nz] and we can arrange an alternative appointment time. I guess Kevin will also publish his office hours here too - then I will put this info up on CECIL as well.
As for the course outlines, I know many of you have collected them from the FTVMS office but quite a number still haven't. Please pick one up next time you're passing by the office. Alternatively, it's available in PDF form on CECIL. Remember too, that you will need to invest in a course reader ($5)... oh, and we strongly advise you to read it as well!
Finally, I'd just like to outline a few guidelines for using the blog so that it works smoothly. I won't bother with the obvious (no porn, no links to illegal sites etc. etc.) But in terms of the less obvious, here are a few pointers (and no, Sam, I'm not going to ban magenta text because I don't want to look like a fascist - but let's hope you come to your senses and begin to opt for clean modernism over psychedelic vomitus!):
- Remember to sign your posts if your blogger name does not clearly identify you.
- Whilst we (staff and other students in the group) need to know who you are, you are advised not to reveal personal information that will identify you to the public at large (this blog is public domain). For instance, if you decide to set up a blogger profile, be careful about the information you choose to include. Don't give out cell phone numbers or other contact details on the blog. If you really want to give your email address out on the blog for some reason, then use a format like the one I've used above for mine, rather than the actual address otherwise you are laying yourself open to even more spam in your inbox.
- Comments on other people's posts are a great idea and contribute to the spririt of dialogue that we want to encourage on this blog. But please keep comments constructive, even when you wish to express your disagreement with something that has been said.
- Links to anything that could potentially offend should be clearly labelled as such so that people are warned before they click and can choose whether or not to pursue it.
- Don't plagiarise! Your contributions should be your own. Don't paste long articles into the blog - just provide a link together with your own comments. If it's really necessary to paste some external content into your post, you should check out its copyright status and always give the source.
- Finally, avoid uploading images, animations, audio or video files with huge file sizes. What that does is to slow down the load-in time when someone visits the blog (especially for dial-up users), and users who may be using metered network access (e.g. NetAccount) end up paying for that file every time they visit the blog, so long as that post stays on the homepage. Wherever possible, use links to point to these things. If someone posts something with an impractical file size, Kevin or myself may well remove it (if it's relevant, interesting and not too enormous we may leave it up for a few days before taking it down).
So, having extolled the virtues of economy, I've ended up with a much larger post than I intended. (Have I forgotten anything?)
As for the course outlines, I know many of you have collected them from the FTVMS office but quite a number still haven't. Please pick one up next time you're passing by the office. Alternatively, it's available in PDF form on CECIL. Remember too, that you will need to invest in a course reader ($5)... oh, and we strongly advise you to read it as well!
Finally, I'd just like to outline a few guidelines for using the blog so that it works smoothly. I won't bother with the obvious (no porn, no links to illegal sites etc. etc.) But in terms of the less obvious, here are a few pointers (and no, Sam, I'm not going to ban magenta text because I don't want to look like a fascist - but let's hope you come to your senses and begin to opt for clean modernism over psychedelic vomitus!):
- Remember to sign your posts if your blogger name does not clearly identify you.
- Whilst we (staff and other students in the group) need to know who you are, you are advised not to reveal personal information that will identify you to the public at large (this blog is public domain). For instance, if you decide to set up a blogger profile, be careful about the information you choose to include. Don't give out cell phone numbers or other contact details on the blog. If you really want to give your email address out on the blog for some reason, then use a format like the one I've used above for mine, rather than the actual address otherwise you are laying yourself open to even more spam in your inbox.
- Comments on other people's posts are a great idea and contribute to the spririt of dialogue that we want to encourage on this blog. But please keep comments constructive, even when you wish to express your disagreement with something that has been said.
- Links to anything that could potentially offend should be clearly labelled as such so that people are warned before they click and can choose whether or not to pursue it.
- Don't plagiarise! Your contributions should be your own. Don't paste long articles into the blog - just provide a link together with your own comments. If it's really necessary to paste some external content into your post, you should check out its copyright status and always give the source.
- Finally, avoid uploading images, animations, audio or video files with huge file sizes. What that does is to slow down the load-in time when someone visits the blog (especially for dial-up users), and users who may be using metered network access (e.g. NetAccount) end up paying for that file every time they visit the blog, so long as that post stays on the homepage. Wherever possible, use links to point to these things. If someone posts something with an impractical file size, Kevin or myself may well remove it (if it's relevant, interesting and not too enormous we may leave it up for a few days before taking it down).
So, having extolled the virtues of economy, I've ended up with a much larger post than I intended. (Have I forgotten anything?)
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