Monthly Archives: January 2012

Did you know that your smartphone is taking in your information at least 100 times a day?  According to Sileo, a group that is dedicated to the education and prevention of identity theft and data breaching, companies like Apple and … Continue reading →

Henry Jenkins is a media scholar, a professor, and an author of several books.  In his archive “Nine Propositions Towards a Cultural Theory of YouTube,” he brings up different points on how YouTube is an influence to and influenced by … Continue reading →

Looking at the sites for web design inspiration, the one thing that stands out to me, or at least the thing that I admire in web design is the clarity and usability.  Being a web designer, I feel that these … Continue reading →

Danah Boyd writes about the connection between teenagers and social networking sites and how it all relates to the term “public” Danah Boyd is a researcher at Microsoft Research and also a researcher/professor at New York University and Harvard Law … Continue reading →

Andrew Keen is an author as well as an entrepenuer.  However, what he is most widely known for is his view on how the Internet and especially Web 2.0 is degrading the quality of our culture. In his recent book, … Continue reading →

Lawrence Lessig is an American academic and political activist.  Many know him as the activist who is trying to reduce the legal restrictions regarding copyright, trademark, and radio frequency spectrum. When reading part one of Lawrence Lessig’s remix, the main … Continue reading →

Featured in Haper’s magazine, a left-wing perspective monthly magazine featuring various topics, Jonatham Lethem, a novelist wrote his perspective on plagiarism.  He is more than qualified to write on this topic because he is an artist and has to deal … Continue reading →

The Huffington Post is an online news site that collects news stories from various websites and sources.  The excerpt was posted because it is explaining what is to come from WikiLeaks.  Also, Julian Assange has multiple demonstrations a few days … Continue reading →