Category Archives: Reading
All for One
Home telephone service. Television. Internet access. Mobile service. The four things that make the our current world spin. In the Your Television is Ringing article, it focuses on the idea of convergence which is “the coming together of previously separate … Continue reading
‘The Power is Yours!’
Media is a top-down and down-up controlled system. The content that is seen on television or heard on the radio is controlled by the money makers but the ones who are willing to soak it in are the consumers. The … Continue reading
And Facebook & Twitter do it again!
Everyone knows that the leading celebrities in social media are Facebook and Twitter. In the Nieman’s Report article Social Media: The Ground Shifts it introduces Facebook Connect. This feature “allows any other Web site to log in users with their … Continue reading
Flickn’ Flickr!
After reading Josh Lowensohn’s Newbie’s Guide to Flickr I decided to make a Flickr account for Emeraldbites which is the blog project that Alana and I are doing for class. ”Flickr is a popular photo-sharing and hosting service with … Continue reading
Blog what you want! Or can you?
Some times blogging can be overlooked. It is so quick and easy for bloggers to create one because one doesn’t need approval from an editor or has to be too picky about what he wrote. The easy nature of blogging … Continue reading
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As Long as She Knows What She’s Talking about…right?
If she can do it, I can do it, we’re pro! If she can say something then so can I! The internet has allowed anyone to entitle themselves as a professional photographer, journalist, etc. basically, any fancy title for any … Continue reading
Politics on the Net
(photo from NWAsianWeekly) Marketing a political figure can be tricky. The internet has taken politics to a whole other level and which can be a good/dangerous thing. I’ve learned this while interning for the Dow Constantine campaign for King County … Continue reading
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Blog > x
Today “the pace of life has quickened, our collective attention span has shortened (5).” I absolutely agree with this statement. We complain about dry reading and in From Blog to Narrative, it compares the bloggers mind to the reporters mind. … Continue reading
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3 T’s Transformations, Trust & Tips
Link: -> AT&T 1993 “You Will” Ads This youtube clip which I found on http://www.thehighestsociety.com reminded of the Mediamorphosis article. It is always interesting to see what media forms have been developed in our time because we are living … Continue reading
