Author Archives: Jon

About Jon

Christian, dude, geek, student, hacker, weirdo, King of Awesomeness

“If you should feel me move toward the light / you’ll shoot me down like a dead satellite.”

Posted on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 by Jon

Here’s some music from the late Mark Heard, an amazing (and criminally obscure) singer-songwriter.

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My undergraduate student page

Posted on Saturday, February 5, 2011 by Jon

I’m working on my first Intro to New Media paper, and I figured I ought to put a basic site design together in advance.

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Posted in Coding, Design, Geek, Intro to New Media, School, Web | 2 Comments

North Central College reopens despite poor conditions—students protest

Posted on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 by Jon

“NCC seems to be as cold as the wind chill,” says a professor in response to the school’s recent decision to reopen despite hazardous roads.

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Whitespace, text readability, and online typography

Posted on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 by Jon

(Mostly uninformed) ramblings about Web design and text formatting

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Posted in Design, Geek, Intro to New Media, Web | 1 Comment

Snow day!

Posted on Tuesday, February 1, 2011 by Jon

Some of us have been secretly (or not so secretly) hoping for a snow day. Well, we got one!

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Posted in Fun, Intro to New Media, School | 1 Comment

Chinese newscasters must really like Top Gun.

Posted on Monday, January 31, 2011 by Jon

It appears that China’s state run television network tried to pass a clip from Top Gun off as authentic military footage.

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Egypt to citizens: No Internet for you!

Posted on Friday, January 28, 2011 by Jon

In one swift blow, the Egyptian government has cut off Internet access to nearly all Egyptian ISPs.

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Posted in Intro to New Media, News, Web | 1 Comment

“The double-edged sword of participatory dynamics”

Posted on Friday, January 21, 2011 by Jon

The features of social sites which scare advertisers are precisely the features which make social sites such a powerful tool for consumers.

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Google addiction, or search addiction?

Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2011 by Jon

My name is Jon, and I’m a search addict.

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Blogging hits a plateau

Posted on Sunday, January 16, 2011 by Jon

Blogging has peaked, according to a recent article published in Gawker, and the decline has been particularly sharp with teens.

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