Twitter “Broke” My Blog
Vanessa COkay, so Twitter didn’t actually break my blog, as you can see when reading this. What it did do, was break the cool stream I had on the right side…
Collaborative Playlist
My collaborative playlist is called "Smile". It's all the music that just simply makes you want to smile. I added a few songs to get started and it shows my…
And Then There Was Threads…
In case you missed it, Meta launched Threads, its version of Twitter, last week. As of this post’s writing, over 99 million users had registered. You can follow the number…
Digital Detox Fail!
https://youtu.be/UPw-3e_pzqU I have been trying to turn off my devices for two days since last week. I make it a few hours and then get a call or text from…
Community Observation Reflection
I completed the community observation assignment at the start of this week and then immediately became ill. I'm still sick and hope to be better by the end of this…
Authorship, Ownership and Agency
Just because you wrote it do you own it? This is a yes and no answer or and "it depends on the situation" answer. In my life as a poet/short…
User Driven Protest on Reddit
On Monday, thousands of subreddits have gone “dark.” I was first made aware of this when the CrossFit forum that I have been following for the community observation assignment. I…
Tags! How I’ve Used Them
The first thing I thought about when I saw tags this week was that I don't use them on this blog. As I add photos and other metadata to my…
Social Butterfly Challenge
Me a social butterfly? Who would have taught it? My introverted personality and my distaste for most social media would never lead me to be called a social butterfly. A…
I signed up for Reddit
At the start of this week I signed up for Reddit as part of working on Community Paper due in the next couple weeks. Until about 7 months ago, I…