DigiWriMo Day 8 – Social networking the old fashioned way
As Digital Writing Month comes to a close I’ve been reflecting on my experience with the month long writing project. It’s unfortunate that DigiWriMo fell in the middle of a very busy month for me – between moving internationally and taking a two-week holiday to spend time with family and loved ones, it’s been difficult … Read more
DigiWriMo Day 7 – Is Web 2.0 dead? Or can it even die?
The other day Beth and I were talking about the ubiquity of Facebook in our lives. Neither of us particularly like the service, but its a service we can’t see ourselves discontinuing in the foreseeable future. And we are not alone in our dissatisfaction with Facebook. This past Monday my Facebook feed, along with the feeds of … Read more
DigiWriMo Day 6 – Do loose lips sink scholarships?
I’m a firm believer that you should never write anything digitally that you wouldn’t want the entire world to see. A tweet, email, or Facebook status written in haste can come back to haunt you in unexpected ways. In a world where employers, family members, and selection committees regularly look into your online presence, it’s … Read more
DigiWriMo Day 5: ‘Groundswell’ Review
A few months ago, after reading a post on the blog History Punk about how academics can develop a personal digital marketing strategy, I asked the blog’s author Jo Hawkins to recommend a book from the marketing world that would also be useful for academics. She recommended a book called Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by … Read more
DigiWriMo Day 4: My blender hates the president? Why twitter should be used carefully
I didn’t plan it this way, but it’s remarkable timing that my only DigiWriMo post that discusses US politics falls on the day of the presidential election. While it remains to be seen if social media influenced this election one way or another, the 2012 presidential election will go down in the history books as … Read more
DigiWriMo Day 3: 2D grocery stores? – how QR codes are being used in South Korea
QR codes (Quick Response codes), those little black and white squares that resemble an 8-bit Jackson Pollock painting, are increasingly popping up everywhere and on everything. These matrix barcodes were initially popularized in the Japanese automotive industry because they could be used to store relatively large amounts of data that could be retrieved quickly (hence ‘quick’ response). … Read more
Day 2: How to stay connected when you’re out of the loop
After finishing my undergraduate degree I was accepted into a grad program in the UK. As a Canadian citizen, I had to apply for a UK student visa in order to enter the UK as a student. Two days before my flight left I found out that my visa application had been rejected due to … Read more
30 Days of Social: Day 1 – Introductions
Welcome to the first day of my Digital Writing Month (DigiWriMo) project, 30 Days of Social. This project will explore my relationship with social media, and how it influences my life and work as an aspiring digital humanist. Social media has been on my mind as of late, seeing that it is largely my only connection … Read more
Announcing my DigiWriMo project – 30 Days of Social
As I mentioned in my ‘links of the week‘ post, I have signed up for Digital Writing Month. This means that over the month of November, I will write 50,000 words of digital writing. Since DigiWriMo is devoted to the medium of digital writing, my 50,000 words will take the form of blog posts, right … Read more
Links of the week – twitter statistics and etiquette
A rather busy week in real life last week equated to a rather slow week on the site. Between a two-day teacher training workshop and a weekend in Seoul, I’ve fallen behind on my internet activities. In addition to ignoring my blogging schedule, I’ve barely spent any time on twitter in the past week. I’ve … Read more
