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Night Twitters and Facebook Faxes

I kind of love it when old and new technology meet. I love it when things that were born online go offline and stop making sense, or make different sense. Especially when it’s for no good reason other than maybe … Continue reading

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Hashtags deconstructed: #speakloudly

The hashtag: #speakloudly The idea: People speak out about book banning and censorship. The background: On September 18th, a Missouri newspaper published an opinion piece by some fundamentalist Christian guy, who wanted some books removed from school curricula because they … Continue reading

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Should we use social media to archive our lives?

I read an article today that asked if the new location-based service, Facebook Places, is a “benevolent archivist.” As an archivist myself (though not a professionally practicing one right now), I wonder this too. Especially since I sometimes use social … Continue reading

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Hashtags deconstructed: #18thcenturyinternet

The tag: #18thcenturyinternet The idea: common internet memes (Double rainbow!), catchphrases (“Pics or it didn’t happen!”) and frustrations (spam offerings) are translated into eighteenth century (or what we imagine to be eighteenth century) speech. “Click here” becomes “depress thy rodent … Continue reading

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My guidelines for living in an information overloaded world

I hear a lot of negative things about what living in an information overloaded world is doing to us. The amount of digitized data available freely on the web, microblogging sites like twitter and tumblr, text messaging, smartphones and location-based … Continue reading

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