Category Archives: Technology

Apple’s new iPad

Posted on January 31, 2010 by Michael

So on Wednesday, Apple unveiled their much anticipated iPad. Yes, there are a variety of limitations (the name, flash incompatibility, sticking with AT&T’s 3G network, no stylus, limited ability to multitask), but there are so many things about this device … Continue reading →

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Wysocki et al (2004): Writing New Media

Posted on January 31, 2010 by Michael

Writing New Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the Teaching of Composition by Geoffrey Sirc My rating: 5 of 5 stars In this fine collection, Wysocki, Johnson-Eilola, Cynthia L. Selfe, and Sirc provide a chapter or two each arguing about … Continue reading →

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Wednesday will be like Christmas

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Michael

A few weeks ago I blogged about new ereading devices. Since then Plastic Logic has unveiled the QUE reader, which looks pretty cool. I was anticipating a flexible screen since I heard of Plastic Logic a few years ago, but … Continue reading →

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Johnson-Eilola (1997): Nostalgic Angels

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Michael

Nostalgic Angels: Rearticulating Hypertext Writing by Johndan Johnson-Eilola My rating: 5 of 5 stars While the examples Johnson-Eilola uses in Nostalgic Angels to discuss hypertext are dated (e.g., the 1990s program HyperCard), his arguments seem to be just as salient … Continue reading →

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Warnick (2007): Rhetoric Online

Posted on January 12, 2010 by Michael

Rhetoric Online: Persuasion and Politics on the World Wide Web by Barbara Warnick My rating: 4 of 5 stars Warnick’s Rhetoric Online is a helpful contribution to the study of persuasion in political discourse online. Warnick argues persuasively that scholars … Continue reading →

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