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Collection of social media research highlights of 2013.

I have been fascinated with Complexity Theory and Complex Systems Science for some time now. The chemist Ilya Prigogine , a Nobel Laureate, is credited with pioneering research into this discipline and in 1971, based on his research, he applied his theories to vehicular traffic flow in his book Kinetic Theory of Vehicular Traffic .

The digital programs look groovy. Some were even developed by graduate students. I plan to use a couple of them in my work.

Texting can make you drive like a drunk. Now a new study shows that texting can also make you walk like a robot. Researchers found that healthy people who read or send texts while hoofing it show subtle but potentially hazardous changes to their gait.

It seems silly, but I wager that had she been distracted by looking through her bag or some other reason, we would be more sympathetic. My guess would be that the reason of the distraction didn't make the city any less negligent.

Here's an app that allows people to view their path ahead while on their phones. It activates your camera and allows you too see both your screen and the ground. The iPhone version only lets you text and tweet while the android app works for any app in universal mode. People would probably still walk like robots, but maybe they wouldn't trip or step on anything. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.incorporateapps.walktext&hl=en https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/type-n-walk/id331043123?mt=8

I wanted to share this great documentary with everyone. I watched it right before deciding to apply for the EMAC program and I honestly credit it with helping me make my decision to apply. I hope everyone can find something to take away from it.

Hey everyone. I know this isn't exactly the content we're looking for here (?) but I just thought I'd share it in case anyone forgot. Also if you use my link.. I get a Amazon credits. Self-promotion is ok for one post, right? ;P

Ha ha Suzanna. I already signed up for Amazon Student, or else I'd help ya out. I wanted to comment on this to take it back up to the top. Why? I edited and added #emac6300 on all my comments just in case and it moved all my posts back up to the top again. SO, here ya go! :)

I have been researching activity trackers for awhile and happened upon this one last week after seeing so many coming new ones coming out of CES. It seems to be different than many of the other ones I have seen and just wanted to share.

I am starting to think it is just me, but these types of wearables freak me out. I understand the health benefits and many of its pros, but I don't want anything monitoring my body all the time. Like those smart contacts, again I can see where they would really help someone, but I would be freaked out having a computer chip on my eye.

I totally see what you're saying Katy. I am not a fan of wearing contacts, so that would be a problem for me, but if it monitord my glucose levels and only I and my healthcare provider were the one's who could view the data I would be ok with it. The activity tracker/wristband thing isn't something I'd even want to wear all the time, just when I'm working out. But yah, not sure I'd want to be "Monitored" all the time! :)

Quote from story... "The content is what makes the medium social, not the other way around. An empty coffee shop is not good strategy." NJM

"Open Library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Just like Wikipedia, you can contribute new information or corrections to the catalog. You can browse by subject, author or lists members have created. If you love books, why not help build a library?" Thought this was an interesting site, worth sharing! I love books and reading and I'm always trying to find ways to keep track of my own library and access others.

That's the old way, that's the old mantra: one machine, one human, one mouse, one screen. Well, that doesn't really cut it anymore. - John Underkoffler Synopsis It's 10 years since Minority Report hit our screens.

"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

Build-it-yourself computer kits spawned PCs and Bill Gates. With a new wave that encompasses 3D printers, drones and even biotech, what will be possible? Related When smart home gadgets are hacked In early December last year, first-time entrepreneur Alex Klein found himself stunned.

SkyDrive, Microsoft's cloud storage service, has a new app for iPhone that will automatically upload photos stored in your camera roll to your account.Users of competing services like Dropbox and Google Drive should already be familiar with this concept.

Norma, I have SkyDrive but am still new to using it. I do love how Mac and my iPhone are in sync with each other. I love the iCloud and other services like it, (DropBox) it comes in handy when sharing for work, or for home.

This article is about the increasing need for creativity thinking.

If you are interested in this topic, Professor Magda Grohman in Arts and Humanities teaches on this topic occasionally.

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

Class assignment in NYT....

Interesting point about television in the article.

As an EMAC graduate student and veteran journalist, this piece was very intriguing.