BYOR

Bring Your Own Research Workshop
BYOR is a research workshop for CDSC affiliates and fellow travelers at Northwestern convened by Aaron Shaw. Participants present research-in-progress and provide feedback, accountability, and support to each other in weekly meetings. Most members of the group are affiliates of the Media, Technology & Society and Technology & Social Behavior programs at Northwestern and study online communities, collective action, organizations, collaboration, and related topics.

Get connected/involved
We currently meet every Monday 10am-11:30am in Room 2-419 of the Frances Searle Building on the Northwestern University Campus.

The best way to get information about the workshop is to [mailto:aaronshaw@northwestern.edu email Aaron] or to subscribe to our email list: byor@listserv.it.northwestern.edu by sending an email to [mailto:listserv@listserv.it.northwestern.edu listserv@listserv.it.northwestern.edu] with "subscribe byor " (replace "" with your name) in the body of the message.

Format and expectations

 * If you are circulating written work, you should plan to write up a minimum of about 500 words (if you're at a very early stage of a project) to give the group something to engage with. Longer pieces are welcome too.
 * If you circulate written work, please do so no less than 1 business day prior to our meeting. (Note that this means Friday for a Monday meeting).
 * Instead of circulating written work, you can also do a presentation. If it's early stage work, you might think of this as a 5-10 minute pitch for the project. If it's something that's further along, you could do a longer presentation. No matter what, I recommend limiting presentations to an absolute maximum of 15 minutes.
 * We have short (20 minutes total) and long (45 minutes total) openings. Please sign up for one that you believe is appropriate. If you're not sure what's appropriate, you should ask.
 * Please submit any comments or written feedback by Sunday afternoon.
 * Each discussion will usually begin with an around-the-table where everyone offers one comment on the work that was circulated (after our usual around-the-table updates).

Snacks
Food restrictions the current quarter: no soy, no meat, label/warn re: sesame or nuts.

Plan on food for ~8 people and we tend to try and have at least one option that is not super sugary. The budget if you're planning on being reimbursed is $50; receipts go to Jordan Dues.

Spring 2016 Schedule

 * April 4
 * Debrief from prior quarter & plan upcoming sessions
 * Circulate work: ??? (only 1 person max!)
 * Snacks: Aaron will bring some fruit!


 * April 11
 * Long window: Aaron (anonedits)
 * Short window: Sneha
 * Snacks/Fruit: William


 * April 18
 * Goal setting (40 min). Everyone will create:
 * A sentence or two describing the project you will work on in BYOR this quarter.
 * The outcome you aim to produce by the end of the quarter
 * Milestones, timeline, and/or Gantt chart from April 18-June 6 (and beyond if necessary).
 * Short window: Jim
 * Snacks: Sneha


 * April 25
 * Shortish window: Jeremy
 * Short window: William
 * Snacks: Jeremy


 * May 2
 * Long window:
 * Short window: Jim
 * Snacks: Jim


 * May 9
 * Short window: Rey
 * Snacks: ???


 * May 16 (in the Collablab conference room!)
 * Long window: Sneha/Jeremy ICA presentations
 * Snacks: Rey


 * May 23
 * Long window: Jim
 * Short window: Rey
 * Snacks: William


 * May 30 - NO BYOR

Winter 2016 Schedule

 * January 22
 * Rey Maktoufi
 * January 29
 * Marlon Twyman
 * Isabella Loaiza Saa
 * (Snacks: Jim Maddock)
 * February 5
 * Ashley Walker
 * Mike DeVito
 * (Snacks: Sneha)
 * February 12
 * Jeremy Foote
 * William Marler
 * (Snacks: Jeremy Foote)
 * February 19
 * Miriam Boon
 * Kyosuke Tanaka
 * (Snacks: Kyosuke Tanaka)
 * February 26
 * Sneha Narayan
 * Isabella's panic attack alleviation
 * (Snacks: Miriam)
 * March 11 (Note the date change)
 * Miriam Boon
 * Mike DeVito
 * (Snacks: ???)