Author Archives: kdean

I recently created an avatar on secondlife.com, a virtual world where avatars can connect with each other. My avatar was named justfourfun (don’t hate, justforfun and just4fun were taken). I know that virtual worlds are a big deal to some … Continue reading →

There is a homeless man who walks around Campbell with a sign that says “Millions of dollars are wasted on names like Mary and Jesus.” At first I thought this man was an atheist, but the more I think about … Continue reading →

The California Legacy Project is a project put together by the publisher Heyday and Santa Clara University.  Together Heyday and Santa Clara work on this project to publish books and hosts a radio station about California.  I took the time … Continue reading →

I don’t tweet, and it did actually take me forever to understand why people were using hash tags on Facebook.  Facebook is enough waste of my time, I do not need to add to that with other social medias.  I’m … Continue reading →

Today I listened to Jillian Michael’s Take to the Gym podcast from 11/25/11.  I love Jillian Michaels because she is very motivational and has excellent health and exercise advice.  She is also very down to earth and sassy.  This particular … Continue reading →

In “Writing In the Wild” Bjork and Schwartz discuss how computers in the classroom can change how and what the students write due to their changed locations.  They also discuss how sometimes computers can be a hindrance in the classroom, … Continue reading →

Henry Jenkins wrote a fabulous blog post on YouTube back in May of 2007 (click here to read). Reading his post over 4 years after he wrote it, it is almost eerie how accurate he was on many of the … Continue reading →

I know that MySpace exists.  The question is really, is it still a widely used social media site?  In “White Flight in Networked Publics? How Race and Class Shaped American Teen Engagement with MySpace and Facebook” by Danah Boyd, Boyd … Continue reading →

After reading “the cult of the amateur” by Andrew Keen, I was ready to write my blog about my opinion of Keen that was very similar to what my classmates have said.  Calling your readers monkeys is not a good … Continue reading →

In reading Lawrence Lessig’s “Remix”, a book about “The Future of Ideas” I was inundated with different ideas, as Lessig’s point of view has many valid points.  I was raised in a house where there was a bookshelf in every … Continue reading →