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This article written by Jeffrey Davis, for The Real Truth is about people using video games an an escape from reality. He begins by explaining that that people use video games as an escape from the real world, a way to not stress about deadlines and responsibility, just a way to relax. Others use it in … Continue reading »

This article, “How Second Life Affects Real Life” is written by Kristina Dell from Time Magazine. Kristina Dell is a freelance writer from New York who writes about business, education, law, and sports for Time Magazine, Wall Street Journal, msnbc.com, and Reader’s Digest. Kristina talks about the first time she was on Second Life and how … Continue reading »

Reading an article in the New York Times called “Surveillance and Accountability” made me think about the issues in Big Brother. The article talks about the Bush administration and their ability to spy on Americans without a warrant.  The article goes on to say, “Because the wiretaps are secret and no one can say for certain that … Continue reading »

The second half of this story starts out with telling about his time he was held under the DHS to a group of people who were trying to declare war on the secret police. A new movement called “dont trust anyone over 25” starts to come into the works after Marcus meet a girl named … Continue reading »

Little Brother is a book written by an author named Cory Doctorow. Cory is a science fiction novelist, blogger and technology activist. In his introduction he talks about how he wrote the book in only 8 weeks, day and night, in cabs and in airports, he just couldnt stop writing. I find this to be … Continue reading »

There are billions of sites on the Internet, but how many of them actually get read? Many sites are set up poorly, written badly, or just not interesting, so poeple have done studies to determine what can be done about this. This Alertbox by Jakob Nielsen on Useit.com discusses many ways to make your site much more readable … Continue reading »

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoZV-BtJjXw[/youtube]Henry Jenkins, the writer of this blog is an American Media Scholar and is currently teachin at USC. He writes this blog to express his veiws on the media and social media networks. This particular article is about youtube and the direction in which he believes it is heading. Since this blog article is over five … Continue reading »

Reading this exceprt from Reality is Broken, by Jane McGonigal made me think about the world and people around me.  The author talks about how video games are increasing in popularity and people are finding what they need in video games in stead of the world around them. she says, “The truth is this: in … Continue reading »

Architecture has fascinated me my entire life. I have always wanted to be an architect and people able to create beautiful things. The idea of simple architecture is really interesting and the fact that it relates so well to the internet today makes it even better. The author explains just how houses and building are always … Continue reading »

“Reading” Cybercultures comes from a professor that teaches at the University of Hyderabad in Hyderabad, India. This Professor’s name is Pramod K. Nayar who teaches a lot of writing classes at the University. In this reading, Nayar talks about how people are communicating through a web based world. In this reading, Nayar goes on to … Continue reading »