Apr
30
My final project: Music and Identity
April 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The site I created: http://switchfootandidentity.wetpaint.com/
For my project, I created a wetpaint (wetpaint.com) site on music and identity—concentrating on the band Switchfoot. A brief history of Switchfoot (This was actually written in a previous blog of mine): They are a band originally with a Christian foundation and now an American alternative rock band. Started [...]
Apr
26
Getting there…
April 26, 2009 | 3 Comments
All the formatting for the Identity and Music page is done. Now, I need to focus on the real, grimy stuff–commentary and analysis on interviews, music videos, and lyrics. I also added the “Outside Readings’ link and need to add commentary and analysis on that as well.
I should have everything done in time. Most commentary and [...]
Apr
21
The World-Wide Web
April 21, 2009 | 1 Comment
has gone a long way.
Who knew how complicated the internet is? The tool that seems to be the very center of many aspects of our lives actually started off with technical terms and goals set.
Pg. 797 “The Web does not yet meet its design goal as being a pool of knowledge that is as easy [...]
Apr
15
Video Games, Esteem Booster?
April 15, 2009 | 1 Comment
I thought the boy, Jarish, mentioned in Turkle’s Video Games and Computer Holding Power was interesting. His story is peculiar.
Everything physically described about him and his circumstancees in the physical world make him appear a seemingly hopeless boy with an unsuccessful future. However, it’s revealed that he excels in video games. His skills and techniques in video games [...]
Apr
14
Immigrant…
April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment
I thought the story was interesting overall. I was expecting something more at the end of the story though.
I was expecting Selden Bishop to somehow find a way to crack the Kimon people or something else revolutionary. But instead, it was pages of him thinking things through and coming to a conclusion that isn’t exactly [...]