September 2011
4 posts
Blogging to me.
Never have I been one to blog… or at least in the sense that I think about blogging. To me, blogging is an online journal of sorts, written by word maestros. They are composed of seemingly insignificant moments in life, anecdotes from the average day, but written in such a way that the posts are entertaining for a number of followers. Wordpress, Tumblr, and many other traditional blogging...
Heffernan vs. Poole
Both Heffernan and Poole are clearly pro-anonymity, gushing over the dying art of forums online, but times are changing, and online privacy is something that we’re losing.
Heffernan focuses on the community aspect of anonymity, stating that forums allow one to have a support group about specific issues. Forums create an outlet for people to vent with others in similar situations. Poole on...
Social Media: Breaking Away From Isolation
Stefana Broadbent’s opinion of the social media issue was incredibly clear in her TED talk. She guffawed over the benefits of social networking, whether it be Facebook, Skype or even texting, explaining that they create a ”greater possibility of intimacy”, which I agree with. To an extent. Is utilizing Skype to chat with a family member in Iraq really equivalent with texting a...
“Maybe disagreement doesn’t have to be a battle to be fought to the death;...”
– “Wikipedia And The Death Of The Expert” by Maria Bustillos