Category Archives: Internet culture

Notes on IST Graduate Symposium Microblogging Panel

Posted on February 20, 2009 by Michael

The 2009 IST Graduate Symposium was yesterday and today, and I completely forgot about it, even after my friend Tom suggested it earlier this week and I noticed that some State College folks I follow on Twitter were talking about … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Internet culture, New Media | 4 Comments

notes from the interblags: link dump

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Michael

• Via Theresa, article on local tv taking advantage of newspapers failing. Check out Theresa’s commentary as well. • The MSM are discussing that meme going around Facebook: 25 “Random” Things… Time, WaPo, NY Times. • It’s weird having a … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet culture, Journalism, New Media, Notes from the Interblags, publics, Queer issues and theory, Social Justice | 8 Comments

yo comments are whack!

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Michael
Posted in Internet culture, Literacy, New Media | 1 Comment

Baron: “From Pencils to Pixels” (1999)

Posted on January 11, 2009 by Michael

In “Pencils to Pixels,” Dennis Baron argues that “the computer is simply the latest step in a long line of writing technologies” (17). He shows, through explaining the adoptions of the pencil, the telegraph, the telephone, and the typewriter, that … Continue reading →

Posted in English 584 Postcritical Perspectives in Literacy Studies (Spring 2009), Ethics, Internet culture, New Media | Leave a comment

notes from the interblags

Posted on January 2, 2009 by Michael

• Ira Socol calls for 2009 to be the year of universal access • New York Magazine has a brief story on gay-related zines out of New York. Towleroad includes links to various zines. I might have to make a … Continue reading →

Posted in Disability, Feminism, Gender, Internet culture, New Media, Notes from the Interblags, publics, Queer issues and theory, Zines | Leave a comment