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But It’s Not My State of Mind

April 6, 2010

Though the Internet artificially creates equality, we can still learn from inequality and difference, and we should celebrate both the strengths and weaknesses of all locales and cultures. People should love where they come from and share that love with others, especially online. The Internet will become a more colorful place.

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The World Wide Web Is the New Water Cooler

March 15, 2010

However, what would I do without my Twitter friends? They offer me a form of escape. I am imagining them in other parts of the world, doing different things. They are taking pictures of their lunches, sharing what they are reading online, passing along music recommendations, telling jokes, and offering encouragement.

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Recycling Can Result in Trash

February 17, 2010

With so much information at your fingertips and so much being bombarded at you at any given second, you should totally relish in the opportunity to creatively restring ideas. Pretty much anything can be synthesized and made new if you have the brain energy and creativity to do it. But the plagiarists are running rampant.

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True Life: China Hacked My Gmail Account

January 22, 2010

On Wednesday morning, at approximately 6:30 AM, I was checking my e-mail and drinking coffee. Suddenly, I received a series of e-mail bouncebacks. Why? I hadn’t sent an e-mail since Tuesday night. When I opened the original message, I realized that someone had been using my Gmail account to send SPAM messages without my permission.

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Storytelling Online and Georges-Pierre Seurat

December 16, 2009

Bryan Macintyre’s “The internet is killing storytelling” was published by The Times over a month ago, but I haven’t yet forgotten it. Macintyre believes that the byte-sized information we consume online is ruining our interest in narratives, which are vital to the human experience. I do not agree.

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Tedium in a New Medium

December 8, 2009

I have a theory about some of the funniest, most compelling, and most intelligent content on the Internet: it’s produced and consumed by educated and funny people who are bored out of their minds at desk jobs. Why don’t you think anyone updates on the weekends? Let’s call this theory “Tedium in a New Medium”.

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Who Wants to Be a Googleaire?

November 5, 2009

When you were in grade school, did your teachers tell you that no question is a stupid question? Well, I have to be honest with you: some people ask too many questions. They ask too many questions because they’re not asking the right questions; they don’t get the right answers so they have to ask more questions.

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Easy Listening Is Easier Than Ever

October 28, 2009

Now, I can simply purchase a song whenever I want! I just open my iTunes music store, pay the fee, and download the song. I can even find similar artists and songs using tools like Pandora and Last.fm. Has easy access to music ruined my enjoyment of it?How has the digitization of music affected your listening experience? Though issues of legality dominate the discussion about digitized music, I think that we can all learn something from thinking about the experience of listening to the music itself.

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