About Michael J. Faris
I study rhetoric and composition as a PhD student in the English Department at Penn State University.
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Monthly Archives: September 2007
on notes from the interblags: what’s with the term?
I just received a comment on another post asking about the term “interblags,” which I use when making quick notes about things I’ve read online. Maybe I should explain the term. XKCD, one of my favorite webcomics, has a chart … Continue reading
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notes from the interblags: a litany of things
• Via Spinuzzi, this article on Why we remember what we write. • A couple blog posts on Facebook and MySpace. Joseph Orosco asks if social networking sites are warping our concepts of friendship and community. Steven Krause explores the … Continue reading
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scroogled
If you have a minute, you might want to read this excellent story by Boing Boing‘s Cory Doctorow. I had been meaning to read it for a few weeks, and finally got around to it. It’s pretty good. The tagline: … Continue reading
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notes from the interblags
Some interesting links: • Konrad Glogowski posts about his own voice in blogs while teaching 8th grade. I found his post really interesting in regards to personal voice and identity presentation/representation. An excerpt: What I am really concerned about, however, … Continue reading
we’re all so anxious, so very very anxious
Via this Nonist post, I read the great discussion happening at Varieties of Unrelgious Experiences on Humanism and the virtue of anxiety. Pretty interesting stuff. I don’t feel versed well enough to add to the discussion there, but it does … Continue reading
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