MyBlogLog

 I believe this will be my last blog here.  It’s always hard shutting down a blog that has been relatively successful.[1]  This will be the second time I’ve done it in so many months, shutting down my MySpace blog about 6 weeks ago.  But it seems.
Topics: Critics, Culture, Facebook, Identity, Internet, MySpace, Ranting, Technology, Theory, Virtual Activism, Virtual Identity, Web 2.0, YouTube

It is times like these that I wish Hunter and Kurt were still with us to help us sort through this bizarre side-show that is the US presidential election of 2008. You know, the one being touted as the election that will decide whether we idealists are...
Topics: American Politics, Democracy, Election, Kurt Vonnegut, Politics, Ranting

So I’ve been thinking a lot about Facebook lately (surprise, surprise), and it seems to me that there is an awful lot of faith being put into the effectiveness of the market research and targeted advertising occurring there… faith that is...
Topics: Activism, Consumerism, Critics, Culture, Culture Jamming, Economy, Facebook, Identity, Marketing, privacy, Ranting, Smart Users, Theory, Virtual Activism, Web 2.0

I’m glad to know there are some people following up on, and developing the notion of Virtual Capital further.  I thought I might add some more thoughts since I haven’t written on it in a while.  And just a note that this post is full of...
Topics: Economy, Identity, Internet, Knowledge Society, research, Sociology, Technology, Theory, Virtual Capital, Virtual Identity, Web 2.0

As with most topics which focus around the uncharted territory of the future, there are a range of opinions and theories about the current state of the political, economic and cultural systems, what it all means, and where it’s going to take us. These..
Topics: Canada, Critics, Education, Knowledge Society, Technology, Theory