@elotroalex

Alex, we have not met in person.

Your question prompts me to #pin my #introduction post.

Highlights: I'm François Lachance living in #Toronto. I could be considered a para-academic since I do not hold any established position with any institution. I am a member of the public peeking in ...

Happy to have observed over the course of the years that #academe the world over has become more porous and #accessible to those that are #extramural.

Wishing you all the best in connecting with your people,

F Ⅎ

Graduate work - Comparative Literature at U of #Toronto in the early 90s; first forays into World Wide Web #WWW
https://lachance.artsci.utoronto.ca

Landed a position in the #Ontario civil service; kept abreast of humanities computing ( aka #digitalhumanities ) via Humanist Discussion List
https://dhhumanist.org

Known for #blogging in the #margins
https://cogdogblog.com/2003/11/blogging-in-2/

Later settling up a #commonplace #blog of my own "Berneval" on #HumanitiesCommons
https://berneval.hcommons.org

Learnt #HTML by hand coding my #dissertation
https://lachance.artsci.utoronto.ca/BRIDGE.HTM

Happy to have observed over the course of the years that #academe the world over has become more porous and #accessible to those that are #extramural. Happy too to have used as #signature #tag "to think is often to sort, to store and to shuffle: humble, embodied tasks".

#sort
#shuffle
#store

#serendipity
#play

Looking forward to the #chance #encounters fostered by the #commons ... #Luck to us all.