BurningbirdRecovered from the Wayback Machine. Trevor continues his discussion about community and individuals but ties it directly into The World of Ends and Small Pieces Loosely Joined, which, honestly, disappointed me. However, it’s not a surprise considering that the circle in which Trevor exists, as he would acknowledge, tends to form about the concepts rooted in Cluetrain […]
I had this little brainstorm, which will probably scare you a bit. Regardless, in this brainstorm, it came to me that when people communicate with others, especially in writing, they wear one of three filters: intellect, spirit, or heart. A person whose filter is intellect loves debate and any form of mental manipulation. They prefer […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. The only problem with virtual friends is that the friendship is based on vapour and smoke, with an occasional glimpse into a mirror to make you think you’re seeing something real.
I wanted to point out what could be a potentially interesting conference in Chicago, May 30-31: Digital Genres Conference. According to Alex Golub, the focus of the conference is: In 1924 Gilbert Seldes’ The 7 Lively Arts made one of the earliest and most powerful arguments that popular genres of entertainment such as jazz and cinema […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. This essay is long, and includes terms that are racially offensive, but also representative of the time in which they were used. Much of my earliest reading was through books I pilfered from my brother’s shelves when he was out playing with his friends. It was through my brother that […]