Six Degrees of Remix Culture

http://sixdegreesofremixculture.blogspot.com/

The link to my blog that we saw in class! check it out.

Facebook

After Brittany's presentation we had talked about how facebook using your personal information to market you was kind of shady, well..
FACEBOOK is at it again...violating your personal information: As of today, there is a new privacy setting called "Instant Personalization" that shares data with non-facebook websites and it is automatically set to "Allow." Go to Account > Privacy Settings > Applications and Websites and uncheck "Allow"...

How Facebook won the web

This article on "How Facebook won the web" is really interesting! It discusses how Facebook is ruling Google and Twitter, but it warns "Facebook's user base is volatile: They may one day decide to embark on a mass exodus, causing Facebook to fall like MySpace and Friendster before it." It makes me wonder how long this Facebook thing will really stay around for. While I was working on my undergrad I used Facebook, afterall that's when it got big! However, when I got my bachelors in 2006, that pretty much meant the end to my Facebook use. Now that I'm in grad school though, I'm using it again to stay in touch with my classmates and vent about exams! I really don't see myself using it as frequently as I do now, once I graduate. Check out the link below and let me know what YOU think! Will you still be a loyal Facebook user once you graduate?

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/04/22/facebook.won.the.web.cashmore/index.html?hpt=T2

New iPhone Lost and Found! For Real!

In case you missed it, the Internets erupted yesterday like an Icelandic volcano over news that a top-secret iPhone 4.0 had turned up in a bar. Check it out.

And here's the follow-up article on How Apple Lost the Next iPhone.

Zombie Girl: the Movie

I watched an interesting movie this weekend, called Zombie Girl: the Movie, about a 12 year-old girl from Austin who decided to make a zombie film. The movie was interesting because it focused on the behind the scenes aspect of making a movie and the decisions and obstacles this girl had to face. In terms of new media, there was a section when film critics and indie film makers discussed the “blurring of the lines between consumer and producer” and how technology has changed so much that a 12 year-old can make a feature length film. What once was limited to a few people who had the ability and know-how to film a project and edit it is now available to anyone who has the time and creativity to make a movie. They also discussed if this was a good or bad thing and not everything produced will be worthy of the audience’s time (which makes sense when you see a lot of the stuff on YouTube). I recommend checking this movie out if only for the sole purpose of seeing what a pre-teen can accomplish and feeling bad about yourself for being so lazy at that age. At least, that’s how it made me feel. Below is the trailer.

Combatting My Space Addiction

This parody of films and tv shows gives advice for combatting My Space-itis. It is funny and makes a good point--about the fact that there is a real world out there with real people in it--you can have real friends and hobbies.

Facebook Addiction

I think the addiction doctors will be getting around to Facebook soon for some of us. What is so addictive about socializing from a distance using technology? Brings out the lurker in all of us? Or the voyeur? Is it the hope that one day you will find someone fantastic online--best friend ever, new boyfriend, etc.?