About Michael J. Faris
I study rhetoric and composition as a PhD student in the English Department at Penn State University.
This blog serves as a place to think through things, record thoughts, share interesting stuff, and hold conversations. Welcome!
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- Max Spiegel on 584: Weekly Position Paper #6: Why Do White People Claim They Have No Culture?
- two teaching things + a little peer review « info-fetishist on Meh Kitty: Online Forums Allow the Tricked to not be Tricked
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- Drew Kopp on Call for CCCarnival: Sirc’s “Resisting Entropy”
- Russell, David. “Activity Theory and Its Implications for Writing Instruction.” In Reconceiving Writing, Rethinking Writing Instruction. Ed. Joseph Petraglia. (Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum,1995): 51-78. « New Seeds on Call for CCCarnival: Sirc’s “Resisting Entropy”
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- "The LGBT-rights movement should fight for economic and social justice—not simply de jure civil rights." Urvashi Vaid http://t.co/hrE7QKXT 14 hrs ago
- Dear cousin: heaven didn't send you your baby. Your fertility and your boyfriend's unwrapped penis did. 14 hrs ago
- Distraction from dissertation: @ImmunoBoy and I argue about how to drink coffee. And then we discuss whether it affects the odor of urine 17 hrs ago
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- Dunkin Donuts wireless is shitty! Makes Penn State's and Starbucks's seem spectacular. That's saying a lot. 1 day ago
- Stanley Fish on plot spoilers. agreed. http://t.co/SaUpW6R5 via @nishmael 1 day ago
- Come fall, I think I should see a neurologist about these migraines. 1 day ago
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Bruns (2008): Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life, and Beyond
Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life, and Beyond: From Production to Produsage by Axel Bruns My rating: 3 of 5 stars Bruns’s Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life, and Beyond is a solid argument about how the Internet is changing the way we produce … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Internet culture, New Media, Wikipedia
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banning wikipedia: irresponsible
David Perry has an editorial up on Science Progress in which he argues that it’s irresponsible to ban Wikipedia at a school: And this is why digital literacy is so crucial for educational institutions: we do a fundamental disservice to … Continue reading
Posted in Information Literacy, Internet culture, Literacy, New Media, Wikipedia
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notes from the interblags: the twitter and wiki edition
• Claire sent me this New York Times Article on Twitter, a social networking tool I just started using a few weeks ago. An excerpt from the article: What is different about “quick blogging†tools like Twitter (which imposes a … Continue reading
Citizendium!
via Blogora, an article about a new wiki to rival Wikipedia (perhaps rival isn’t the right term, but the site hopes to have more accuracy and accountability than Wikipedia). An early version of Citizendium is up.
Posted in Internet culture, Uncategorized, Wikipedia
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bias and wikis and poedias
Jim at Blogora points readers to Conservapedia, a conservative alternative to Wikipedia. Their main page notes: Conservapedia has over 3,400 educational, clean and concise entries on historical, scientific, legal, and economic topics, as well as more than 350 lectures and … Continue reading
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