Several Project Bamboo members are currently in Seattle, WA at the 2012 Modern Language Association (MLA) Convention. Those attending include Neil Fraistat (University of Maryland), who is participating in a panel discussion on “#alt-ac: The Future of ‘Alternative Academic’ Careers”; Harriett Green (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), whose paper “Collaborative Economies: Tools and Strategies for Scholars and Libraries” highlights Project Bamboo and the study she is conducting on scholars and digital collections; and Quinn Dombrowski (University of Chicago) who is representing Bamboo DiRT. Neil and Quinn also participated in a day-long DHCommons pre-conference workshop. Say hello to Neil (@fraistat), Harriett (@greenharr), and Quinn (@quinnanya) at MLA, and follow their conversations on Twitter.