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For you novice bloggers! You've been thinking about starting a new blog, but you're just not sure of one thing: what to name it. WordPressers around the world wrestle with this very important question and over at The Daily Post, we've been sharing the secrets behind how bloggers choose to name their online home. #emac6300

Remi, I completely agree with you. Then as soon as I read your comment I came across this article. The way they describe Facebook for Google Glass sounds much like that line from the reading. http://blog.hootsuite.com/wearable-tech-series/

Katie, thanks. That was an insightful post. I never thought much about the Google Glass medium being essentially visual. Text heavy media sites may have to adjust accordingly. This line from the article addressed it. "Google Glass is primarily a visual medium. It is a device reliant on visuals, gestures, and voice. For this reason, text-focused social media does not complement Glass. Do not expect to read long drawn out blog posts, or a constant barrage of tweets. Even so, text has its place-mainly to augment the visuals."

Refe Tuma had always dreamed of writing a book, but he never thought it would be about dinosaurs. After having their fourth child, Refe and his wife Susan found themselves looking for ways to get their kids excited, and as Refe puts it, "give them something to look forward to each day even though mom and dad were tired."

The contestant is reflecting a cultural shift: "Now everything can be measured, quantified and reduced to statistical probabilities" The march of big data on a beloved game show.

I was searching for this blog post because it is mentioned in our reading, Nakamura, "Queer female of color: The highest difficulty setting there is? Gaming rhetoric as gender capital." I found it on my FB feed a while back, and remembered it and had to share. My friend posted it, and there were such comments like "it's so sad and true," and "I cried," etc. It did get a lot of hits and went viral, I'd say at least on FB. :)

Here's Scalzi's other blog post about the "Straight White Male" it is also mentioned in the article I mentioned in my earlier post. They are both very compelling.

Seriously, the TPP is as bad as the deals we read about in Drahos and Braithwaite.

This has become a hot button issue across many journalism industry blogs and sites in recent days. It started with a column in the Guardian, and now it is going viral.

big data has gone to the dogs.

This is good to know. I am always careful to be politically correct when I blog for fear of saying the wrong thing and offending others. Although I'm sure I'll still be that way it's nice to know that my opinion on a topic is protected.

I think it is great that bloggers have the same freedom of speech protection as journalists, but journalists sometimes get a lot of heat for what they write, especially if it is not in favor of the person they are talking about. Now every time I am about to post something publicly, especially on Twitter, I remember what Professor Knight said on the first day of class, that the person you are talking about may see it and respond to you. #emac6300

I think this is great news as well. As a blogger myself, I do try to be considerate of other people's beliefs, feelings, etc. But, people should also have the freedom to talk about what they like. I have been thinking about Professor Knight's comment about Twitter posts as well, lol. That definitely wouldn't be a good situation to be in. I like the concept of the "trigger warning" too. It's a good way for people to be able to choose whether or not they want to go forward with reading the material.

"Personal branding, writing a resume, creating an advertisement all have a common theme. When trying to persuade someone, generic statements aren't enough." I take issue with "you can make your own luck," but the post has some merit in terms of the signifiers you use to describe yourself.

Interesting. Before I got my current job, I was attempting to find one in social media. The idea of giving myself a social media title hadn't even occurred to me. Either I didn't do enough research or I accidentally avoided a digital faux pas. Either way, I already knew that it's what details and experience you can offer that represent your social media guru-ness... And not what silly title you can invent. Side note, that photo they used isn't from Halloween, it's from an anime or comic convention! I know because I'm a dork and I attend them regularly. (:

No judging here... it's from New York Comic Con. I recognized the convention center and went to the flickr stream to verify. :D

It's groovy that digital humanities scholarship is getting some serious money.

I wish I could take the credit for finding this site, but Remi had a link from her blog to this site, and I found it really interesting!

This story reminds me of the emac6300 tech workshop. Useful tools. Groovy.

The best social media guides often come directly from the websites, especially for strategic communications endeavors.

This post is written for a specific audience, but the tips, suggestions and tools for infographics can be used for any subject area.

A Hemingway App doesn't like Papa's Words. LOL!