I can’t remember the last time I cried. I try not to cry – not because I feel it’s unbecoming of a man, but because it doesn’t make me feel good. For so many people, tears are a form of catharsis, of letting go of ones emotions. I’m not a robot, I have emotions. While… Continue reading …and you’ll start crying 96 tears
Category: Culture
The Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture
Beautiful. That’s pretty much all I can say about this book. The design is fantastic, the depth of the coverage for each architectural piece is phenomenal, the scope is global. Everything about this book is great. I wish I owned it. It’s been on my wish list for months – every time I buy something… Continue reading The Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture
Who should digitize?
I’d love to think that, as a country, the United States can be innovative when it comes to library land. We have a relatively tech-savvy population, a large population with high literacy rates, and the Library of Congress (the best kind of subject classification EVER). However, it would appear that we are still behind the… Continue reading Who should digitize?
Ode to Pen and Paper
I can’t remember a time in the past 27 years of my life (am I really 27 years old now…damn) when I have ever written a letter to someone. I don’t count those letters we write in school to fake people. I mean, letters that I have actually sat down, pulled out pen and paper,… Continue reading Ode to Pen and Paper
How Can We Fix Our Broken Reality?
I’m currently reading what I think just might be my favorite book of the year: Reality is Broken by Jane McGonigal. It’s about how game designers can change the world for the better – using elements of game design they have used throughout the years. I’ve been a big proponent for the ideas of games… Continue reading How Can We Fix Our Broken Reality?
On the digital hereafter
I suppose I’ve always been kind of morbid. I have an interest in the reasons behind suicide and I’ve pondered what happens to our digital lives after we have passed away. When I found out about this program at Hood College studying Thanatology, I considered applying for it. The idea behind the program is to train people to deal with… Continue reading On the digital hereafter
Would you use a service named after a “meme”?
I love the concept of memes. For those who don’t understand or know what a meme is, here is a quick crash course. Just as a gene is a small, self contained source of information that is passed on from generation to generation, a meme is a self contained source of information in a cultural sense. A… Continue reading Would you use a service named after a “meme”?
Announcement: Series number two: Durkheim and Suicide
At UCLA, I started out as an engineering student, but moved on to Math and Sociology. My sociology classes where some of the best classes I’ve ever taken. I love learning about culture and society and differente aspects of it. In the introductory sociology class (Soc 101), we learned about the three main contributors to… Continue reading Announcement: Series number two: Durkheim and Suicide
Three books that I plan on reading…
I love year end lists. I always end up finding new things that I didn’t know about. io9.com recently posted their best science fiction books of the year and I found a few books that I want to read from that list. I haven’t read a good SciFi book in a while so this should… Continue reading Three books that I plan on reading…
SUPER DUPER BONUS TREAT POST – Radio Interview
So much for postaday2011… I thought I would put this out there for those of you interested in hearing my awesome voice: I was interviewed this afternoon on KUCI for a show called Our Digital Future, about the future of librarianship and information science. I felt like I rambled on, but thats just cause I’m… Continue reading SUPER DUPER BONUS TREAT POST – Radio Interview