I’ve been turning a lot of pages lately, both figuratively and literally. The latter because I’m preparing for my qualifying exam (date TBA, but no later than December, hopefully). The former is due my renewed focus on academic life: I’ve left Yahoo! Research Berkeley, where I spent 2 great years exploring the enigma that is “social media.” I was sad to leave, but am happy to have more time to focus on my Ph.D. research, and to be more involved in all the great stuff going on at Berkeley, like the Berkeley Center for New Media. More on that later.