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Changes in attitude...

For those of you keeping score at home, from 2000 up until 2005 I was the managing director of the Annenber Center for Communication (ACC). We did a lot of great work there, including early use of social software in academia, mini documentaries on various projects, and pushing the boundaries of the digital world. But as happens in academia (and elsewhere), there was a change at the top (ie my boss), and with the new guard, the old guard (ie me) usually goes away. I managed a soft landing as a half-time research fellow combined with a half-time position at the Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT), and eventually ended up full time at ICT.

Earlier this week it was announced that ACC was closing down. It was only a matter of time I suppose, as there was a couple million dollars per year being paid out of the endowment that lots of people had their eyes on. So as of the end of fiscal (June 30, 2007) ACC will be no more. All of the staff except three people are being let go. I'm trying to get one of my old colleagues over here at ICT because she is brilliant. And hopefully my other ex-colleagues will land on their feet. I worked with some of them for quite a few years.

And so it goes. Funny that other attitude changes seem to be coming down the pipe. Is the timing right? Guess the universe and others will let me know...

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