Monthly Archives: February 2011

Citizen protests… in North Korea?!

Posted on Sunday, February 27, 2011 by Jon

Fear of Kim Jong-il’s son and potential successor, together with worsening economic conditions, have sparked novel North Korean protests.

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Posted in Intro to New Media, News, Politics | 3 Comments

Social media: users write; media companies profit.

Posted on Saturday, February 19, 2011 by Jon

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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Youth and the Internet—no cause for alarm

Posted on Saturday, February 12, 2011 by Jon

Responsibility should fall on parents directly to properly educate their children about the risks they might have online.

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“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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Posted in Intro to New Media, News, School | 2 Comments

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