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Heterotopia of Facebook
Michel Foucault first introduced the notion of heterotopia in the preface of his 1966 book Les Mots et les Choses (translated in 1970 as The Order of Things), and further developed the concept in his famous lecture ‘Of Other Spaces’… Continue reading
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Man-in-Pause: My Mid-Century Change of Life
I got up yesterday–o3 January 2016–realizing the I was fed up with Facebook. I want to keep blogging, but what is the real use of sustaining Facebook? Sure, I’ll still let things from here cross post over there. But here’s… Continue reading
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Paulo Ito, World Cup: A Brazilian street artist has created the World Cup’s first viral image.
On May 10, Brazilian artist Paulo Ito posted this mural on the doors of a schoolhouse in São Paulo’s Pompeia district. Less than a week later, it has become an international sensation, drawing huge attention on Facebook. It has also… Continue reading
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▶ Do “Digital Natives” Exist? | Idea Channel | PBS Digital Studios – YouTube
Good episode that touches upon a few things I have been thinking about since earlier in the year. Is there such a thing as a \”DIGITAL NATIVE\”? Some experts have suggested a clear divide between \”digital native\” (the Millennial tech experts)… Continue reading
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▶ Is Facebook Changing Our Identity? | Idea Channel | PBS Digital Studios – YouTube
For me, the most interesting issue here is my Facebook, my Twitter, my Youtube and my blogging alter the people who would be in the 100-200 folks that I am capable of knowing and interacting with regularly throughout life. As noted… Continue reading
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Sheryl Sandberg: “Men need to do more childcare and housework” – Salon.com
For her new book, “What Will It Take to Make a Woman President?,” veteran journalist Marianne Schnall interviewed high-achieving women about why the highest glass ceiling in the land is still in place. The following is taken from her talk… Continue reading
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Searching for Integrity: The Politics of Mindfulness in the Digital Economy – Nomos Journal
Fascinating article by a friend of my dear brother, Carl S. With the proliferation of training courses espousing the benefits of yoga and meditation, critics have coined the term “McMindfulness” to describe a cottage industry whose profit motives appear to… Continue reading
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The trouble with Zuckism | PandoDaily
Good engagement on the disconnect between how many people complain about Facebook despite its growing profitability. How do we square Facebook’s data with the complaints we hear about the company — complaints that go far beyond the usual ones about… Continue reading
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On the Cover of the Rolling Stone
This thing with the cover of the Rolling Stone is more in the vein of the Society of Propriety notions that I dealt with the other day. I was mostly going to avoid the topic, then I was popping around… Continue reading
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True Affection | The Blow
Related articles Today I Started Loving You Again – Merle Haggard (keithwaynebrown.com) Grace Jones – Use Me (keithwaynebrown.com) Dat Boi Heazy “Smoked Out/ Peyote” Promotional Music Video (Dir. By G.RanK) (thekidgrank.wordpress.com) Justin Timberlake Nudity-Laced Music Video Yanked by YouTube (variety.com) “The Devil… Continue reading
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Sunflowers: See a dozen great photos | Earth | EarthSky
All of these photos came from EarthSky Facebook friends. We asked you to post your sunflowers pics, and wow! Here are a dozen of them – sunflowers from all around the world. via Sunflowers: See a dozen great photos |… Continue reading
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Fantasia for Baroque Lute – Akira Ifukabe
Please enjoy listening to this beautiful piece that my good brother Dusan B. left sitting around on his Facebook page. Below the embedded video is some info about Ifukabe-san. Enjoy! …Akira Ifukube was born on May 31, 1914 in Kushiro on the… Continue reading
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How Twitter Is Changing the Geography of Communication
See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions New research suggests that location plays a smaller role now in who we talk to and what we talk about. Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: “There are two ways to think about connectivity on Twitter:… Continue reading
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Iterations: A Youthful Rebellion Against The Permanence Of Facebook’s Walled Garden
Iterations: A Youthful Rebellion Against The Permanence Of Facebook’s Walled Garden These ascendent generations may have a Facebook account for the web and to use Messenger, but they seem to be disinterested in a network where everyone hangs out, where… Continue reading
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This Image Should NOT be Seen by the Whole World | How to be an Anthropologist
I find the Facebook meme distressing, not because of the Belo Monte Dan Project, but because the author and all of the people who share it have fed into and bolstered (even if unknowingly) a narrative that depicts indigenous people… Continue reading
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Tip Your Server and Save the World / Truthout
Want to help the workers? The economy? The whole country? Tip your server, don’t be a jackass about it, and worry about the rest of the world after you do what is right within reach of your arm. Maybe, if… Continue reading
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