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I keep going back to Engelbart’s assertion that computers shouldn’t be easy to use. Do I agree with it? I know I don’t believe that computers should be difficult to use just for the sake of being difficult, but they … Continue reading →

I’ve been meaning to blog this for quite a while now. What does everyone else think of this video? I saw it (partially) as a statement on the media’s influence over us, but perhaps it’s also saying something about human … Continue reading →

There is an idea/concept/speculation trend that I have noticed since the first new media studies class.  What I have picked up on is this: It seems to be that more would get accomplished if we simply worked together by pooling … Continue reading →

Today I walked out of a movie theater, having just seen Michael Moore’s SiCKO, with a renewed political and humanistic vigor. It might sound odd, but I had a New Media epiphany shortly after watching that documentary on corrupt American … Continue reading →

So we talked briefly on giving emotions to machines. For instance, making a vacuum afraid to go near stairs for fear of falling down them. I thought that was a cool idea till I imagined my vacuum screaming bloody murder … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

On my way home tonight, I remembered something that had to do with speech recognition, which I forgot to bring up in class. I work at BB&T, and last Friday someone left a cell phone (I don’t know what kind … Continue reading →

Pandora versus Last.fm The two sites have similarities such as the user will name a band that they are a fan of, and in return the site suggests other bands that have a similar sound to the band that the … Continue reading →

“Computer games don’t affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we’d all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music.” -Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989 I find this quote far … Continue reading →

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