When 900 #’s aren’t cutting it : P

I had wanted to share this article on cell phone shopping becoming easier because we discussed it in class….
But when did a search for the article, a far more interesting article surfaced by Jessica Vasecellaro a writer for the Wall Street Journal surfaced : D
Prof Halavais was this the “dating post” you meant to put up?

Grande chai nonfat soy latte with irony

 
“Blogs provide an electronic version of the coffee house and the academic conference, allowing for open and observable discussion and debate among near strangers” (A. Halavais, 2006).
Isn’t safe to say a lot of blogging occurs in your local Starbucks…with one blogger annoyed by the ferocious typing of another blogger?
Is public forum or an open hearing a [...]

IDK MY BFF Rose….?

Texting is rapidly changing the way we communicate.  It has truly affected the rythm of dialogue, and although considered low bandwith by Donath, the author still considers it a highly “expressive and effective” platform for communication.  Donath goes on to to say that “maintaining the social cues is paramount,” what are the new social cues brought [...]

It’s become a Cruel CyberWorld out there for a Pedophile…

Like whatever happened to being able to stalk pubescent boys online with out any consequences? You see….aahhhh keep reading I’ll explain later.
The Digital Renaissance
The 21st century Renaissance is upon truly us. A collaborative effort of artists, thinkers, scientists, and composers is taking place and all of these different voices are being heard, enabling a [...]

Gay Cowboys, Time Travelers, Sluggers, and Spartans

Let’s have a mixer! 
Ok, ok I couldn’t decide so these are my two favorite mash-ups from of course, Youtube.

 Body language is not always easily to read. Whom ever devised this mashup is a super sleuth and was able to detect the sexual tension in Back to the Future. 

This second mashup chronicles [...]

Bert is Evil

A Democratic Shift -   
   The shift in the field of communications, has been a democratic one.   All for one (in this case, you and your personal computer) and one for all.  The voice of the average citizen can now be heard, and actually counts as well, in further developing the technology that has enabled [...]

“I mashed it up” Can you smell what I’m cookin…

it’s not potatoes!!!  A little story… 

So I have a friend, who is Jamaican and when he uses the term “mash up” like this, “I mashed it up” or “I mashed up the place.” 
So I asked him…sometimes when you say, “I mashed it up” you are talking about a collaboration …between two different entities…but its between [...]

Cheeseheads Sound Off!

I know I have talked about the explosion of user driven content via one of my favorite websites via Youtube. Recently, user generated content made the leap from the web to television. For example MTV recently aired submissions by viewers during the movie awards. ESPN has been airing viewer submissions during a segment called “Sound Off,” on [...]

Webmaster C Anderson in the heeesaaayyy fooorrrseezzzayyy!!!

So I decided to e-mail Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired magazine, who wrote the article for Wired entitled,  The Long Tail. 
The Long Tail, basically makes an argument that there is a demand for niche entertainment, because digital services that aggregate vast amounts of information or make comsumer recommendations like Amazon.com and Netflix.com have made this [...]

There is exciting stuff at the end…I swear!

Let’s take a poll:
When creating hyperlinks in WordPress, do you think someone will be more likely to finish reading your blog if your links open a new window or the same window?
One of Yelena Jankovic infamous splits…told you I had something interesting!