Tag Archives: blogging

(Net)work Makes You Free

The enormous changes in the infrastructure of the Internet that have come about in recent years have greatly changed our collective ideas about its utility. There is more information available online than ever before, and connecting has become far simpler … Continue reading

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Learning to Art Smart

I will use this post to tell a personal secret: I’ve been an aspiring comic book artist for several years. Since the age of eight, I have managed to doodle and draw on more pieces of paper than I could … Continue reading

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Eccentricities and Ethnicities

With the anonymity afforded to me by the Internet, a thought has occurred to me. On my favorite message boards, as well as in the worlds of Twitter and Tumblr, no one knows I’m black (unless they look at a … Continue reading

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Inseparable Separation

Despite the fact that current trends and developments in social media have made us more “connected” than ever before, the ability we now have to pick and choose what information we will consume and what we can choose to ignore … Continue reading

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Face Time, Screen Time, You Time, Me Time

According to a recent New York Times article, the average adult spends a daily minimum of 8.5 hours interfacing with some type of screen, whether it’s a cell phone, computer, tablet, or television (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/27/business/media/27adco.html).  The cited study also found that … Continue reading

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