Peanut! – New Media Studies Autoblog, Summer 07

Value P

Peanut! — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:47:50 +0000

(Pre.Script. I never explain to you what Value P is,
get curious and do some exploring once in awhile why don’t you)
Walker Percy’s short essay entitled ‘The Loss Of The Creature’ was a remarkable yet difficult text for me to get through. While I was enthralled by the points I was able to understand, I was at the same time baffled by things he talked about which didn’t register with me.
What was most intriguing to me was Percy’s notion of how a person’s individual perception about something buried or even lost due to the expectation and organization of preexisting methods of though. Percy talks about an individual viewing a place for the first time with fresh eyes and dubbing it to be beautiful. Perhaps the person then goes home and tells everyone how beautiful the place is, or takes photos of it to showcase it’s beauty. Soon, many people are traveling […]

Original post by Peanut!

Pandora Last.fm Critical Metrics

Peanut! — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:09:11 +0000

Music is an art form that just about every human being enjoys. The thing about music is, there are so many different genres, that there is bound to be something out there that you find enjoyable to listen to. The only thing is it can be rather difficult to find new music that suits your taste if you are not into the music that is played on the radio. Prior to the Internet, people had to rely on others with similar tastes in music to introduce them to different bands. The Internet has revolutionized the distribution of music, but it has also made it easier for the general public to obtain illegal copies of songs.
The music scene was revolutionized by recommender systems for music. Sites like Last.fm, and Pandora explore the listener’s taste and makes recommendations based on music that they already enjoy. These systems not only help music fans […]

Original post by Amanda

AddThis.com: bookmarking made easy

Peanut! — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 01:02:22 +0000

AddThis.com has two nice little widgets that combine 34 bookmarking services and 22 RSS feed services into single buttons, perfect for “Web2.0 Social Media Optimization.” I’ll provide an example:

There is also a WordPress edition which includes a plugin and a conveniently integrated drop-down menu.

Original post by humanisticmystic