Category Archives: Internet culture

so, i’m a stalker…

Posted on September 28, 2006 by Michael

A few days ago, I set up my bloglines account, and today, after adding some friends’ blogs and such, I got up to 67 feeds, which is a bit ridiculous. Of course, not all of these are “blogs” (as of … Continue reading →

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bloglines finally

Posted on September 22, 2006 by Michael

Many months ago when I was looking for a good blog aggregator I set up a Bloglines account, but I wasn’t really satisfied with it. Actually, I couldn’t really find a single blog aggregator I liked. I attempted setting up … Continue reading →

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risky teachers, shifts in thinking

Posted on September 20, 2006 by Michael

In composition we are often trying to get our students to come up with something provocative. I’ve struggled a few times with students who want to write an argumentative paper as a report and a few times with students who … Continue reading →

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the eye of the panopiticon

Posted on September 8, 2006 by Michael

Yes, I have a Facebok profile. And My[Faux]Space as well. I’m not a huge fan of either. They wind up consuming the user’s time with creating a profile, reading others’ profiles, passing banal notes, finding and creating lists of friends, … Continue reading →

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