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Category Archives: Web
My final project for Intro to New Media
One of my classmates in Prof. Macek’s new media course requested I post a link to my final paper on my blog, so here you go.
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Posted in Intro to New Media, School, Web, Writing
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Social media: users write; media companies profit.
Are new media Web sites are turning us into “a nation of serfs”, or do they commit no wrongs when they profit on content which users give up for free?
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Posted in Intro to New Media, Web, Writing
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Youth and the Internet—no cause for alarm
Responsibility should fall on parents directly to properly educate their children about the risks they might have online.
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Posted in Intro to New Media, Politics, Web
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My undergraduate student page
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
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Whitespace, text readability, and online typography
(Mostly uninformed) ramblings about Web design and text formatting
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Posted in Design, Geek, Intro to New Media, Web
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Egypt to citizens: No Internet for you!
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
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“The double-edged sword of participatory dynamics”
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?
My name is Jon, and I’m a search addict.
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Blogging hits a plateau
Blogging has peaked, according to a recent article published in Gawker, and the decline has been particularly sharp with teens.
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Mortality, digital content, and future-safe archives
What happens to our online lives when we die?
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Posted in Geek, Intro to New Media, Web
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