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After a brief break (tending to family as well as other academic and creative pursuits), I’m hitting the books again to read Manuel Castells’ updated version of The Rise of the Network Society. My dissertation studies glean a lot from … Continue reading →

As the semester winds down, I’m unfortunately finding I am as well. Our final project is not the only one on my plate at the moment, so I’ve spent the last week spreading myself across other projects that have temporarily … Continue reading →

To be honest, the week has been such a whirlwind, one thing I can say is that a brief excursion to the Boston Public Library on a beautiful April day was a nice diversion while we were in Boston. It … Continue reading →

This is how I feel right about now as we make the final push toward the end of the semester over the next three weeks . This next week will be the worst for me as I prep for the … Continue reading →

Baudrilliard Sarah Spangler and Suzanne Sink start their wiki page with an excellent explanation of their approach to Baudrilliard’s ideas, tying them to the key concepts we’ve been studying. Their initial segments on illusion and simulation are very helpful as … Continue reading →

I found another resource for a free Javascript course to get further along with my New Media project.

I’ve started the new book assignment this week. I’m reading Clay Shirky’s Cognitive Surplus: How Technologies Make Consumers into your Collaborators. The reason I wished to read this book is it touches on themes that I am encountering in my … Continue reading →

This rhetorical analysis of a JavaScript web site initially began with the wiki page created by the JavaScript team in our class. However, when I looked at their examples and found that I couldn’t even look at any of the … Continue reading →