EMAC6300

"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.

Class assignment in NYT....

Interesting point about television in the article.

This is an awesome change. The Getty photos are groovy.

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

I keep forgetting to add these articles I've been hoarding! is there such a thing as a cyberhoarder? That would be kind of cool if they made a reality show out of THAT! LOL I don't think I've shared this one yet, so happy reading!

This is the white paper attached to a NYTimes story about pCell technology that hopes to provide mobile users for far faster cell network speeds, for such things as streaming video

Subscription e-reader services, such as Scribd, Oyster and Entitle, are tracking users reading behavior to make recommendations. Now the government has to obtain a warrant to get a list of what you check out at the public library, does this legal requirements change for private e-reader services?

Today's tech companies hire social scientists to help them develop, or enhance, the user experience of their digital products. These kinds of gigs seem to fit with the EMAC program.

This NYTimes analysis discusses social media in criminal investigations and courtroom trials.

#6300link MT @jennathefriend: @WIRED: The human brain has started to react to emoticons like real faces http://t.co/NVdH4BFS6T #digitaltext - Kim Knight (@purplekimchi) February 14, 2014

#6300link MT @jennathefriend: @WIRED: The human brain has started to react to emoticons like real faces http://t.co/NVdH4BFS6T #digitaltext - Kim Knight (@purplekimchi) February 14, 2014

Good Q&A Site, Thank you EMAC 6342 and Prof. Shen!

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!

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

David Golumbia provides a voice to counter the hype of the sharing economy. My favorite quote, "Sharing" can be seen as a form of resistance to the capitalist economy. But the "sharing economy" becomes a way of capitalizing on that resistance" (par 13)