MEDIA ABC Blog

"The newspaper is dead." But "news" papers haven't always been what they are today. "The Day the Newspaper Died" is an interesting piece on their history (in America beginning in the 1690s) and their role in the Amer. Rev. by Jill Lepore (a very good writer for The New Yorker, usually in the Critic at Large slot) in the 26 Jan. 2009 issue, p. 68. She ends with RSS feeds and iPhones.
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2009/01/26/090126crat_atlarge_lepore

Janus Essays Project (2009)

Time Lived/Time to be Lived

The Janus Essays Project (2009) invites interested students and faculty members to write a personal reflection on "Possibilities and Challenges in Living with Rapidly Developing Technologies: Human and Ethical Dimensions".

Six cash awards will will be given for best submission: One $1,000 prize, Three $500 prizes, & Two $250 prizes!!!

For further information and rules for submission please visit: www.janusessays.org. Essays must be submitted no later than February 7, 2009.

This is an Intercolleigiate project open to students/faculty of Cornell University, Fordham University, Georgtown University and the University of Rochester.

A slightly different take on how to make words visible...a machine that knits the soundwaves of your voice. From Make:Blog

I emailed NFO to let them know that we've had some problems with students losing data. Here's what they had to say:

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One possible cause of data 'not being saved' is when the student spends more than 30 minutes in edit mode (e.g. working on Journal, Profile, Blog) before clicking save. The system will automatically 'log out' users after 30 minutes of inactive browsing -- meaning clicking from one page to another. Unfortunately, typing inside an edit box doesn't reset the clock. There are a couple ways to prevent this from happening:

1> Click the 'Preview' button every few minutes to reset the clock.
2> When logging into Nfomedia select the 'remember me' check box (this keeps you logged in).

Of course, this doesn't solve the problem of data just disappearing, which we have noted and will investigated further. Thanks for reporting the issues, and please let us know if they continue to occur. Once again, Thanks!

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This story from RNews describes the steady increase in (used) LP sales, even in the "digital age."

The class blog is an experiment in collaborative authorship. Some assignments will include postings to the blog (so that others in the class can you the results of your research), but the blog is also a place to extend class discussions, pose questions about the readings, or post links others in the class might find interesting. The blog is more public than your journal, as everyone in the class can see it. Currently, it is not publicly viewable.