Social networks changed my life! And you can too…

***Note: I wrote this ages ago and forgot about it, so I’m posting it now*** These days it seems everyone’s on a type social network site (SNS) described by boyd and Ellison (2007) in this week’s readings. Even the most cynical of us have a Facebook page, or some even Twitter accounts – the latest [...]

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Design, web narrative, and a little bit ‘o post-structuralism

I quite enjoyed this week’s readings, and especially found myself nodding along with Mark Bernstein’s A List Apart article. I found myself agreeing wholeheartedly with his argument that narrative was an important ingredient in creating a working, interesting, engaging website. In a practical sense I really feel he has a point, although he did remind [...]

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How *not* to argue for the Internet

This week’s topic for class was a lot more up my ally; talking about users of media, audiences and the way media actually works in the world. Being re-acquainted with the old Chris Anderson Long Tail article was good. Anderson presents a compelling and solid argument, saying that the future of the market will be [...]

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