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This article is extremely interesting as we think about online "spaces" because the author describes how he pictures the literal "space" of each social networking site he uses.

An interesting take on how digital spaces actually create new networks.

This short article begins the discussion of what role the Digital Humanities will play when Google comes out with glasses that have cameras built in that will enable "real-time geolocation, facial recognition software, the journaling and storing in the cache and third-party's servers of everywhere you go and see whilst wearing the glasses." He questions how we can use these gadgets to our benefit while still protecting human rights and freedom of speech.

I really like the black-and-white photo in this article that shows the group of people wearing 3D glasses--that's exactly the visual I had in my head while reading this article. It's kind of unsettling to think that that image could become an everyday reality in the not-so-distant future.

You can take or leave the comic, depending on your tastes, but the idea of Umwelt and its applicability to our subject matter is fascinating.

A nice breakdown between Facebook and, my favorite online space, Tumblr.

Self explanatory title tracing the history of online spaces through its inception in a mass scale political context.