BE: Composing the Digital Self

In class on Thursday…
We discussed equipment and online system for reservations available through the DLC – though we (I) did learn that it took a phone call to reserve a laptop.  I’ll mention again that the DLC is the place to go for hardware and software concerns as they relate to coursework on campus.  We [...]

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Folks, just a reminder: I should have received two URLs from each of you – one for del.icio.us and one for your Flickr account. Check your outgoing email to confirm sending the links. It is to your advantage that I have this information; if I can see your work online, I am more [...]

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By now, most of you have a good start on your list of ten “rules” against which you will check your writing before you send it into the public. Right? Well, in class on Thursday we practiced with our sets of rules. Those of you who might be looking for a writing [...]

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Because class discussion ran a bit thin on John Deely Brown and Paul Duguid reading, I thought I’d post a few of the not-to-miss highlights from this very important assignment. If you have not completed the reading, let me encourage you again to do so. I count this article as among the most [...]

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We covered a number of items during last Thursday’s class discussion that spoke directly to your writing. I thought I’d post a number of them here as a reminder and as an assistance to those working to improve their writing. Here are some of the highlights:

PROOFREAD by reading aloud. Many errors left [...]

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I have just finished reading through weekend writing on the class blogs, and I’ve enjoyed the variety of ideas found among us about which we wrote: color, grammar, choices, and more.  Let me make note, however, that I have seen little or no address made of the reading missed in class discussion last Thursday.  Topics [...]

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We talked briefly on Thursday about the rhetorical value of color in the work of composing a message. Think of “rhetoric” as the many intentional choices of presentation (word, image, sound, and others) we make to shape a message in such a way as to get maximun “control” over the meaning it carries and [...]

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We’ve discussed Creative Commons, OurMedia, and the issues of ownership: Take Back TV is another effort moving in the direction of reclaiming the culture. You may find the list of artists currently participating with the effort to be of particular interest. It’s like Lessig says: these efforts aren’t about taking down the notion of “property” [...]

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David Weinberger sits on the Board of Directors for Technorati and was recently invited to speak with the National Public Radio folks about “Tagging” as a new way of organizing our sense of being human. The piece is about 3 minutes long and makes a nice follow up to conversations we’ve had in class. [...]

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There are a number of “tracks” running now, and I thought it might be helpful if I reminded you of a couple of the possibilities currently open for your posting consideration:
· Begin your work on project one (Writing a Non-Profit) by exploring and developing a working definition of “non-profit.” Be sure to link to the [...]

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