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Essay on peep culture by Hal Niedzviecki, author of Peep Diaries (one of our texts.) Good overview of the themes in the book.

"In this week's podcast, Hal Niedzviecki, writer, culture commentator, editor and publisher of Broken Pencil magazine, muses on the current 'peep culture' and the future of reading."

Nice review of Peep Diaries book.

"The editors of Webster's New World Dictionary chose the verb 'overshare' as their word of the year in 2008. Why are we increasingly compelled to share mundane details of our lives online? We talk with Hal Niedzviecki, author of 'The Peep Diaries: How We're Learning to Love Watching Ourselves and Our Neighbors.'

Long NYT read about a the challenge facing society - "a challenge that, in big and small ways, is confronting millions of people around the globe: how best to live our lives in a world where the Internet records everything and forgets nothing - where every online photo, status update, Twitter post and blog entry by and about us can be stored forever."

"On this week's show, Nora sits down with Bill Wasik and Hal Niedzviecki to talk about why the heck we post regrettable videos on the internet. It's one thing to do the embarrassing or foolish or inappropriate thing, but it's a whole other problem when we record a video and upload it on YouTube for the world to see."