This is a long flight for a very cool floppy hat that I get to wear once a year, but it’s also an honor from the people I know and respect at De Montfort University, especially my colleagues at the Institute of Creative Technologies, Sue Thomas and Andrew Hugill. We’re hoping to do some continuing exploration together in the coming year, via the Social Media Collaboratory.

I have never described myself as an “Internet guru,” but it’s been a sticky meme for a long time, and there’s nothing I can do about it. I’ve never been in the business of telling others what not to say. I’ve not been called “Professor” so many times that it sounds normal. I don’t believe that this degree empowers me to try to get people to call me “Doc.” Besides, my daddy told me never to eat at a restaurant named “Mom’s” or play poker with a man named “Doc.”

Internet guru Professor Howard Rheingold, who is Visiting Professor at the DMU Institute of Creative Technologies, will become an Honorary Doctor of Technology on Wednesday, 15 July.

This is a long flight for a very cool floppy hat that I get to wear once a year, but it’s also an honor from the people I know and respect at De Montfort University, especially my colleagues at the Institute of Creative Technologies, Sue Thomas and Andrew Hugill. We’re hoping to do some continuing [...]