Author Archives: Jim Groom

This isn’t exactly directly related to anything discussed in class, but as it is something internet-related, I’m going to claim relevance. I was going through a long, unfruitful, and highly convoluted process to track down my ancestry (namely, which physical … Continue reading →

I’ve been perused Newsvine. The “Leaderboard” seemed to be a good place to see what other Newsviners like to read. One particular opinional, The Revolution Will Not Be Socialized — The Homogenization of Social Media by Killfile, caught my full attention. Some see Web 2.0 … Continue reading →

Once again, another webgem has surfaced. Newsvine is a completely user-controlled news website. It encompasses many of the characteristics of a self-efficiency that I am interested in studying, especially those of bound structure social networking. Newsvine works like a blog in that … Continue reading →

Useless Body Parts Which body parts are useless? Go look, it’s actually pretty entertaining… well to me it is. Original post by Amanda

“All creativity can be understood as taking in the world as a problem.” I know we already talked this one to death, but I’m feeling the need to explore it further. We explored the nature of the statement, but not … Continue reading →

So as usual, my magnificent blogging ideas have sufficiently dimished since returning home from class because most of them have left my head already (which is sad so because I had such high hopes). I guess the main points that … Continue reading →

I have to admit, sitting at a computer is not my thing.  But, it never hurts to step outside the box once in a while.  It keeps your mind sharp! Original post by shelly

A washingtonpost.com article, Giving Voice to Chinese, explains how Chinese environmentalists were able to muster people together to protest the construction of a new factory by communicating with cell phones. It was a dramatic illustration of the potential of technology … Continue reading →

So…when it comes to blogging I am rather like my sister. I’m still pretty new to this whole “write down your thoughts for everyone to see” thing. I’ve got a myspace account which allows me to blog as well, but … Continue reading →

Two days ago, an interesting article caught my eye on BBC News. Reference is made to ethnographer Danah Boyd, PhD, who makes many observations in a non-scholarly blog essay regarding a social schism between Facebook and MySpace. Already, the blog … Continue reading →