Comments on: the final throes

By: ben shine

ben shine — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:16:03 +0000

Oh wow! Keep up the good work, honey! And let me know next time you’re giving a talk in the bay area! Or maybe I should be reading your blog more often so I know these things.

By: Bob Calder

Bob Calder — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:24:57 +0000

Happy belated congratulations!

I’ve been rooting for you.

By: Bijan

Bijan — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:20:31 +0000

Congratulations! I’ve been following your blog, off and on, for the past few years. Where is the California Ballot Propositions recommendations?

By: Shion

Shion — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:25:37 +0000

Congratulations !

I have been a somewhat lurker on your blog for quite sometime. I love your writings and your publications. Please keep up the good work.

By: greg pine

greg pine — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:27:53 +0000

wow. somebody get this girl’s brain a reservation next to Ted Williams already.

By: Mark Donovan

Mark Donovan — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:08:29 +0000

Congratulations!

Of course you won’t be able to really catch your breath until you’ve gotten in a quarrel with the diss monitor who, despite your years of work and deep commitment, may cause you undue anxiety because your margins are not quite right . . . at least that was the case when I finished in 1998 and a friend reported as recently as last year that the “Margin Police” were the ultimate, final hurdle.

But HOORAY! This is such a big deal–you know that–a really huge milestone and I do hope that you’re able, once you finally turn the corner and have your margins approved, to rapidly rid yourself of any and all of the anxiety and self-doubt that the experience of a PhD program is so damn good at creating.

You rock.

By: Mark Federman

Mark Federman — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:24:41 +0000

Congratulations, danah! I feel your ambivalence (I’m within the last less-than-a-year for mine). It’s not the product, or even the degree, but the transformation that has occurred during the process. You’ve undoubtedly been transformed, and because of that, so has the part of the world that you have touched. And, I think that we’re all the better for it.

When you finally get to wear it, wear it proudly!

By: Jo

Jo — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:52:56 +0000

Congrats Danah!

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:56:12 +0000

Congratulations Danah. Inspirational.

By: Raul

Raul — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:42:56 +0000

danah,

I’ve read your blog for a long while now (even before I actually started blogging). Your writing compelled me to try and understand what people now call social media. I am now fully immersed in social media in Vancouver and often mention you both in conversations and on my own blog (and on Twitter).

Congratulations on reaching this milestone. I sure as hell know how hard it is. You certainly have achieved greater success than many already minted PhDs, so you have a very bright future! When I defended my dissertation, I prepared like crazy and thought I was going to fail.

I stood at the front of the defense room, a printout of my slide deck in my hands, and then the defense chair said “the candidate will start his presentation now”. I no longer had the choice of fainting/failing. It was for real. I was defending my PhD.

I passed, and I am really happy that I ended up doing this PhD thingie, and I can assure you that you’ll get through the red ink and the feedback and the bureaucracy. Most importantly, you will see the light. And for that, you should be proud.

Congratulations on your defense again.