I was both fascinated and opposed to an article I read called “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” I didn’t really agree with most of what Carr said, but I was “stung” by his few paragraphs on Nietzsche: “Sometime in 1882, Friedrich Nietzsche bought a typewriter—a Malling-Hansen Writing Ball, to be precise. His vision was failing, [...]
Constrained Creativity
Oulipo seems like it would be the most fascinating and frustrating writing technique I have ever come across. The idea of constraining yourself to produce new, fresh waves of creativity seems as though it “cannot be ill, cannot be good,” to borrow from Hamlet. But I also say, don’t knock something until you try it. [...]
Front Page Feature
Photography and journalism may consume my days and nights, but I still love them. This usually happens to me on Wednesdays. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s because Wednesday is the middle of the week and I have to experience a journalism/article/photo/news pile-up at least once a week. And live without sleep. Oh, well. Wouldn’t [...]
A Rainy Victory
It should have been the worst game ever. It easily could have been. But instead, the Georgia underdogs Bulldogs pulled off an excellent victory against the ironically named Arizona State Sun Devils Saturday night at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Ga. A last minute field goal by kicker Blair Walsh sealed the Dogs victory in the two [...]
It’s GAMEDAY! Almost…
So, this week has been a pretty great week so far. I’ve been a good student, very productive and making the most of my time (which was a problem the first few weeks of school) and just enjoying life. To borrow from Joni Mitchell, I feel “unfettered and alive.” I finally feel like I’m donating [...]
“My” Facebook?
When I realized what we were reading for class, I checked my Facebook page first, read the articles and then checked my Facebook page again. And then, it hit me. Just seeing the word “Facebook” on the course homepage made me instinctively want to check my Facebook. Aha, and something else: since when did we [...]
