Monthly Archives: February 2012

Free Choice

For this blogpost, I feel like writing about something I have just been thinking about just an hour ago or so. At first, I was in the living room watching NBA on my recently purchased Sony Bravia while my parents … Continue reading

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Reading Log. Chapter 8.

The internet has really impacted our lives and is our way of making things much easier for us. Using the internet has made the times where technology was never invented, difficult. We no longer use our primary sources to do … Continue reading

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Reading Log

For this reading log, I’d like to focus on Chapter 6 of The Shallows. I thought the anecdotes on pages 102-103 about how people felt after first reading on a Kindle were especially intriguing. On 103, Steven Johnson states “I … Continue reading

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It’s Time!

President Obama has govern the country for about four years with a House of Representatives composed of a majority of Republicans. Not an easy way to govern a country when most of the Congress is composed of your opposite political … Continue reading

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Free choice

Techonology has taken over our lives! We dont make phone calls anymore, we either text, IM, email, facebook one another and many other ways of communications. Not only have our social lives beendominated by technology but also school work, such … Continue reading

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Free Choice

Today the internet can be accessed from nearly anywhere. Technology and production costs have been rapidly advancing for the past few years and we find ourselves at a unique point in history. For the first time ever, we have a … Continue reading

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Chapter 4 & 5 Reading Blog

The book that Nicholas Carr wrote, “The Shallows:What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains“, has enlightened me about how much the internet and the advancement in technology have impacted our society and culture. Nicholas Carr made me realize how … Continue reading

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Communication

      The internet has a great impact on its users and their lives. Thanks to the internet the way we communicate with each other is easier and faster. On the other hand its made it different from the … Continue reading

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Facehooked

Recently I’ve been observing myself and habits when it comes to the internet. The first thing I do when opening up google chrome on my laptop is type in Facebook. Even if I just need to check my email, I … Continue reading

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Effects of RTS Games on Our Brains

Over the winter break my friend got me to play a new game — StarCraft II. You’re in a match up with another person through the internet, you both have a finite amount of resources, each of you chose one … Continue reading

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