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needle10

Education News - New York Times - 0 views

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education new news times york

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  • needle10 on 12 Apr 08
     
    News articles about education from the New York Times.
Lauren Mecum

Death By Blogging - 0 views

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blogging; death; new times; york

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  • Lauren Mecum on 24 Apr 08
     
    Everyone's talking about the New York Times article that says that blogging can kill you. Long hours, high stress and lack of exercise all contribute to a potentially unhealthy job situation. Recently one popular blogger died and another suffered a heart attack.
  • Lauren Mecum on 24 Apr 08
     
    I think blogging is like anything else. You can get hurt or injured by anything. I think the article crazy and people need to start focussing on more important things.
broder07

Blogs - New York Times - 0 views

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    • broder07
      broder07 on 03 Mar 08
       
      New York Times Blog Archive
Danielle Rabello

Wired 14.12: The Secret World of Lonelygirl - 0 views

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  • $500 a week to play Bree full time
    • dracmere
      dracmere on 13 Feb 08
       
      I wish I got paid that much. Thats pretty cool for her to get paid to be on Youtube. Just more evidence that Youtube is taking over.
    • Gail Ramsey
      Gail Ramsey on 17 Apr 08
       
      I wonder if that was tax-free money. I don't think $500 would be enough for me to run around hiding from everyone. This girl seems to be so trusting and naive.
  • But the fans – raised on the unreality of reality TV and with the role-playing ethos of the Web – seemed to take the revelation in stride.
    • dracmere
      dracmere on 13 Feb 08
       
      Seems like viewers treated like a regular show. I know if I was a viewer I wouldn't of cared. If something entertains you then just because it isn't real doesn't mean it will stop entertaining you.
    • jc ice
      jc ice on 17 Apr 08
       
      True the whole point of entertainment is to captivate you, but it still has to be something tht you can identify with and that speaks to you. She obviously spoke to a lot of people so the fact of whether it was real or not didn't matter in the message.
  • several people noted that everything in Bree's room seemed to come from Target
    • sunflower123
      sunflower123 on 13 Feb 08
       
      That is amazing that people really looked that deeply into the veidos.
  • ...27 more annotations...
  • It hadn't taken them long to figure out, by trial and error, what worked in this new genre. Viewers wanted family and relationship drama mixed with a rich, mysterious backstory that could be explored and debated.
    • sunflower123
      sunflower123 on 13 Feb 08
       
      The more I read the more interesting it sound, it is to bad they could not have just admitted from the beginning that they are just trying to get a web tv type show. People would still watch if it was interesting enough.
    • kimmerzx0 C
      kimmerzx0 C on 12 Mar 08
       
      People want something they can relate to and many teenagers have family problems.
    • jc ice
      jc ice on 17 Apr 08
       
      By not telling the audience whether this character was real or not, everyone automatically assumed that she was real. Maybe it was just realistic casting. This is like an online mockumentary but instead of being viewed by a small group of followers gained an enormous following almost instaneously.
  • In return, she had to stay home as much as possible and wear sunglasses and a hat when she went out. For Rose, it was a dream come true – she was a working actress. She just couldn't tell anyone.
    • sunflower123
      sunflower123 on 13 Feb 08
       
      Yes making 500 dollars a week is okay for a 27 year old, but I would personally hate the fact that I'd have to keep my identity hidden all the time, and couldn't tell anyone what was really going on, that has to get stressful.
    • jc ice
      jc ice on 17 Apr 08
       
      This is so old hollywood. During the filming of Gone With The Wind, the studio forced Vivien Leigh to live separate from her husband to continue the illusion of her being a single eligible southern belle. Also, many of the studios knew then and still use the practice now of setting up known gay actors with romances to throw the public off. I think the studios care more about this than the public does now, but the practice still goes on to this day.
  • The YouTube community was sucked into the plot and speculated endlessly about Bree's faith. Some thought she was Mormon; others insisted she was a Satanist. Another group tried to figure out where she lived: The leading guess was somewhere in the Midwest. Viewers spent hours Googling the possibilities and posting their results on YouTube.
    • maureen
      maureen on 14 Feb 08
       
      Brillant! Getting the community sucked into the plot is big, but getting the community to start speculating about the plot is even bigger. When people start speculating, a dialogue occurs and from that dialogue the speculation spreads like a virus, which in turn promotes more interest in Bree and more viewers to follow the story.
  • Fair enough," the fan wrote back, and then went on to tell Bree the latest news in his life. To many, it didn't seem to matter whether she was real or not. A number of posts appeared on YouTube denouncing the series, but many more responded with variations of this simple statement: If you don't like it, don't watch.
    • maureen
      maureen on 14 Feb 08
       
      Who cares whether she was real or not. The purpose of watching the videos is for entertainment and to get in on the new wave of storytelling.
    • vanamb16
      vanamb16 on 13 Mar 08
       
      it is interesting that people would get to the point that they would correspond with her. I can understand why if they thought she was real, but after that, I'd think to continue would be strange
    • jc ice
      jc ice on 17 Apr 08
       
      I think when people find a connection with someone, real or imagined, it gets in touch with something inside of them that reaches out. This maybe is the whole point of cyberspace, to reach outside of who we are and try to connect on a difference level
  • ithin 48 hours, the video had half a million views.
  • That couldn't have happened on television. A conventional TV episode airs once at a certain time; even if it's great, it can only serve to attract viewers to future episodes. On YouTube, a video can be streamed at any time.
    • hughes27
      hughes27 on 14 Feb 08
       
      This is a good point. I never thought about how youtube videos are basically in the hands of its viewers
    • coffma46
      coffma46 on 15 Feb 08
       
      Yes many of the YouTube videos show what work and what doesnt work according to how good the video is.
  • The good ones are watched again and again, sending a clear message about what works and what doesn't. When "My Parents Suck …" broke 500,000 views, Beckett and Flinders realized this wasn't just an experiment or a setup for a film.
    • Melissa Foster
      Melissa Foster on 17 Apr 08
       
      It's amazing how addicting things like this are. Even though people have already viewed the "episode," they return to it. Maybe they're hoping to find out more about her? Perhaps it became part of the investigation into who she is. To me, it's a little reminiscent of releasing DVD versions of television shows.
  • Meanwhile, the online celebrity started spilling over into the real world. Rose was browsing for a book in Santa Monica after "My Parents Suck …" was posted and noticed two girls watching her closely. That night, Amanda received an email from a fan: "Hi Bree. My friend and I thought we saw you at the Barnes & Noble in Santa Monica, but it couldn't be you, right?"
    • Elizabeth Somer
      Elizabeth Somer on 12 Mar 08
       
      This attention as I mentioned before can be both positive and negative. It raises concerns
  • If you want to talk to Jessica Rose, you can go to her MySpace page. If you want to keep talking to Bree, use this email."
    • Elizabeth Somer
      Elizabeth Somer on 12 Mar 08
       
      The character and the actress need to separate. It's dangerous when the two become fused.
  • The editing was too sophisticated and the music too well integrated,
    • kimmerzx0 C
      kimmerzx0 C on 12 Mar 08
       
      This was the only aspect that threw me off from thinking it was real.
  • IN EARLY SEPTEMBER, MATTHEW FOREMSKI, the 18-year-old son of a Silicon Valley tech reporter, dug up an old version of Rose's MySpace page. She'd deleted it when she became Bree, but Google cached a copy, and Foremski posted the link to his father's blog. Within 48 hours, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and a slew of TV stations ran the story. The jig was up.
    • haines64
      haines64 on 13 Apr 08
       
      This just goes to show how the idea of privacy has changed in a technology-oriented society. As Vaidhyanathan talks about in his article, we can always be tracked somehow given the technologies we use daily.
    • jc ice
      jc ice on 17 Apr 08
       
      This idea of always being tracked just makes me nervous. I am such a private person when it comes to certain things. I will tell you 90% of my life story, but that last 10% is mine. I think about that about that alot in relation to all of the sites that I belong to and subscribe too. They probably have more information on me than my own mother knows and there really is no way to exist without it.
    • vanamb16
      vanamb16 on 13 Mar 08
       
      people like the idea that they are watching reality, hence the fascination with dating shows and reality tv. they feel closer to the characters and the experience. we feel a need for shared experiences.
  • hadn't taken them long to figure out, by trial and error, what worked in this new genre. Viewers wanted family and relationship drama mixed with a rich, mysterious backstory that could be explored and debated. > The YouTube community was sucked into the plot and speculated endlessly about > Bree's faith. Some thought she was Mormon; others insisted she was a Satanist. > Another group tried to figure out where she lived: The leading guess was > somewhere in the Midwest. Viewers spent hours Googling the possibilities and > posting their results on YouTube. >
    • vanamb16
      vanamb16 on 13 Mar 08
       
      people like the idea that they are experiencing reality. we liked the shared experiences with others...it makes us feel more human to witness them occurring in someone else's life.
  • explored
  • (One viewer annotated each item with its SKU number.) Could it be, one fan wondered, that the whole thing was an elaborate ad
    • vanamb16
      vanamb16 on 13 Mar 08
       
      it is amazing that people get so involved and look so far into this. when i go on youtube, i am looking up a music video, i don't latch onto a series.....are there more like this on youtube?
    • zimmer67
      zimmer67 on 13 Mar 08
       
      Who actually has the time to watch something that intently and notice the SKU number on background items in a video? that borders on obsession
    • haines64
      haines64 on 13 Apr 08
       
      Reading up until this point, I kept thinking how creepy the creators were. Now I'm thinking they played into their target audience very well. They were able to create online videos that attracted such a faithful audience (possibly crazy with too much time on their hands as well, but nonetheless) willing to go over every detail.
    • jc ice
      jc ice on 17 Apr 08
       
      Just goes to show you what you can accomplish with a well dressed set. Iam still so fascinated by the public's love for stuff like this. I guess it brings out the voyeurism in all of us in what many consider a safe outlet.
  • lucrative career as a surgeon before he started making little videos and posting them online.
    • vanamb16
      vanamb16 on 13 Mar 08
       
      it seems crazy that he would give up a career, any career let alone being a surgeon, to start an unpaid youtube series. what was in it for him?
  • Miles, it's time you quit being a doctor," he said. "We just passed 200,000 views."
    • mccrar25
      mccrar25 on 13 Mar 08
       
      Although, I am not really for what these men did, I do give them credit. They took a risk, and it proved to be revolutionary for both the Internet and You Tube. It changed the way that many people view, You Tube. They created a story which captured the lives of many audience members. This must have been a great feeling when they realized that their story was changing the world.
    • jc ice
      jc ice on 17 Apr 08
       
      This is so war of the worlds. People assuming that what they are seeing and hearing is real because they are seeing is depicted as real. If this was on ast teeno'clock on a Thursday night we would not assume the same thing.
  • When viewers suggested that he had a crush on Bree, they changed the story line to include a romance.
    • mccrar25
      mccrar25 on 13 Mar 08
       
      This is interesting, because the Internet does allow the audience to interact with the content presented. In the Lonelygirl's story, viewers were able to present all types of ideas and feelings. This, in turn, allowed them to feel connected emotionally, much more than if they watched a reality television show. This is what they believed to be a "real" person who cared about their imput and feedback.
  • #4 The YouTube community was sucked into the plot and speculated endlessly about Bree's faith. Some thought she was Mormon; others insisted she was a Satanist. Another group tried to figure out where she lived: The leading guess was somewhere in the Midwest. Viewers spent hours Googling the possibilities and posting their results on YouTube.
    • richar19
      richar19 on 13 Mar 08
       
      This is a great way to keep people comming back alway make them wonder what is going to happen next.
  • "I don't want you to ever set foot in another TGI Fridays," he said, explaining that he'd pay her #14 $500 a week to play Bree full time . #13 In return, she had to stay home as much as possible and wear sunglasses and a hat when she went out. For Rose, it was a dream come true – she was a working actress. She just couldn't tell anyone.
    • richar19
      richar19 on 13 Mar 08
       
      This is something that I would have a problem with I could not stay home that much. Plus i would want to tell everyone.
    • alieraisu1
      alieraisu1 on 13 Mar 08
       
      Now this is ridiculous. Did she not see she is losing her life to this? Come on, she's a young adult and if she plays this character on a Youtube video she has to stay home in the dark and not have a life? This is totally ridiculous! Where are her parents in all of this? Her friends? What's going on here?
  • so his father, a marketing executive at an IT company, agreed to invest in the newly formed Lonelygirl15 production company. Beckett immediately called Rose
    • richar19
      richar19 on 13 Mar 08
       
      It is a good thing that his father gave him the money because if not she would have started to work at Fridays and they could not have used her in the series.
  • but Google cached a copy
    • richar19
      richar19 on 13 Mar 08
       
      This shows that you can never really escape from things there is always a trail.
  • #17 "I don't want you to ever set foot in another TGI Fridays," he said, explaining that he'd pay her #16 $500 a week to play Bree full time . #15 In return, she had to stay home as much as possible and wear sunglasses and a hat when she went out. For Rose, it was a dream come true – she was a working actress. She just couldn't tell anyone.
    • butler09
      butler09 on 07 Apr 08
       
      That's about the most unusual proposition available for an actress, isn't it? It's kind of hard to believe she even agreed to it at first, especially since she wasn't even paid! And even once she was, she couldn't tell? Her career changed her lifestyle, though not in the way it usually tends to for celebrities.
  • It was a medium in its own right.
    • Danielle Rabello
      Danielle Rabello on 16 Apr 08
       
      Again, demonstrating how convenient Youtube it. As Americans, we want instant gratification.
  • It hadn't taken them long to figure out, by trial and error, what worked in this new genre. Viewers wanted family and relationship drama mixed with a rich, mysterious backstory that could be explored and debated.
    • anita sipala
      anita sipala on 17 Apr 08
       
      Sure it worked, it plays out like a soap opera. Look how many years Erica Kane from "All My Children" survived on TV. People love the suspense and drama that unfolds in the world of others
  • IN EARLY SEPTEMBER, MATTHEW FOREMSKI, the 18-year-old son of a Silicon Valley tech reporter, dug up an old version of Rose's MySpace page. She'd deleted it when she became Bree, but Google cached a copy , and Foremski posted the link to his father's blog. Within 48 hours, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and a slew of TV stations ran the story. The jig was up.
    • anita sipala
      anita sipala on 17 Apr 08
       
      This should make the Internet users more cognicient that nothing is ever ireally private. You need to be aware, if it is out there, anyone can gain acess to your infomation.
james caposele

The Official Site of The New York Yankees: Homepage - 0 views

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arod baseball jeter new rivera rodriguez yankees york

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  • n in "The House that Ruth Built
    • kristen peraset
      kristen peraset on 16 Apr 08
       
      yankees
  • dchristal on 15 Apr 08
     
    Home of the Yankees!
Lauren Mecum

Google Introduces Brand-Image Ads for Cellphones - New York Times - 0 views

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brandimage; cellphones; google; new technology the times; york

shared by Lauren Mecum on 24 Apr 08 - Cached
  • Lauren Mecum on 24 Apr 08
     
    I think that is is pretty scary. Google already controlds the Internet now they are going to take over the phoone. I honestly dont want to go on my phone and have all kinds of advertisements popping up. When will the consumer get a break?
  • Lauren Mecum on 24 Apr 08
     
    The article talks about how google is making brand-image ads on the cellphone to start expandning from the Internet. They want to begin advertising on phones and open a whole new market.
Lauren Mecum

Nintendo's Profit Hits Record High - New York Times - 0 views

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money; nintendo; technology;new times; wii york

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  • Lauren Mecum on 24 Apr 08
     
    It is interesting to see how money and gaming are connected with the new technology that is being developed. So many people are spending so much time in vitual worlds. How far is technology going to take us?
  • Lauren Mecum on 24 Apr 08
     
    an article about how Nitendo's profits and name is bigger than ever due to the game system the Wii. It talks baout their worth and their plans for the future.
Danielle Rabello

The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia - 0 views

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media news newspaper

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  • jc ice on 24 Apr 08
     
    New York Times
kristen peraset

The Official Site of the New York Giants - Giants.com - 0 views

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  • tch against division foes highlight the Super Bowl champion Giants’ 2008 regular season schedule, which was released today. - READ STORYCLICK HERE FOR THE COMPLETE 2008 SCHEDULE
    • kristen peraset
      kristen peraset on 16 Apr 08
       
      blah blah blah
  • dchristal on 15 Apr 08
     
    Home of the New York Giants!
melvinahebert

Barclays To Host Blockchains Hackathon To Assist Contracts Processing In Derivatives Ma... - 0 views

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Barclays To Host Blockchains Hackathon Assist Contracts Processing In Derivatives Market TechQY

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  • melvinahebert on 24 Jul 23
     
    Barclays, the U.K. banking behemoth, is challenging Barclays To Host Blockchains Hackathon developers to assist refurbish the worldwide derivatives market next month at a hackathon. Disclosed to the media this week, DerivHack will take place at Barclays' Rise accelerator spaces at the same time in New York and London on September 20 and 21, 2018. The ISDA (International Swaps and Derivatives Association), Thomson Reuters, and Deloitte are co-sponsoring the hackathon.
Elizabeth Somer

Building Dorm Rooms Cheaper, Quicker and Quieter - New York Times - 0 views

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dorms

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  • Elizabeth Somer on 30 Mar 08
     
    This page describes actions to create new dorms. This article is truly interesting and may somehow effect Rowan
Elizabeth Somer

Abstinence - Chastity Clubs - Virginity - Colleges and Universities - Harvard Universit... - 0 views

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school_politics

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  • Elizabeth Somer on 30 Mar 08
     
    This article discusses Abstience in the college realm. The girl in this article is caught completely off guard when she sees the "hook-up" craze even effecting presitigious schools like Harvard!
Elizabeth Somer

A Different Kind of Student Exam - New York Times - 0 views

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school_politics

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  • Elizabeth Somer on 30 Mar 08
     
    This article discusses a school in the districts of Southington and Clinton who test BAC of their students. Is this a breach to of their first amendment rights?
Lauren Mecum

Making Money, the How-To Way - New York Times - 0 views

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google; how kedersha; kip money; myspace; technology; to; video; yahoo; youtube

shared by Lauren Mecum on 24 Apr 08 - Cached
  • Lauren Mecum on 24 Apr 08
     
    This article talks about how Kip Kedersha is make How to video that millions of people watch daily. You can learn how to chill a coke in two minutes, turn a flashllight into a light saber, and simulate a gunshot wound. His ideas have been making him money and the article compares him tot he likes of martha stewart.
  • Lauren Mecum on 24 Apr 08
     
    People can make money from nothing. Anything broadcasted on the Interent can be the next big thing. This how to ideas have made him a profit. We have discussed in class how and why these videos become popular. I still don't completely know why but it still is really interesting.
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