Ryan Sholin

Tag: Media Theory

  • Things You Wouldn’t Do In Publix*

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    *When I was a wee little sprout in Unincorporated Northeast Dade County (I swear – that was where some of our mail was addressed to), it got confusing sometimes what was “Public” and what was the local grocery store “Publix“. There were lots of things, I learned, that one wasn’t supposed to do or say…

  • Why Aggregators Matter

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    Just in case anyone is wondering why I care, other than just having the urge to voice my point of view as a user: I’m constantly having the discussion with people about why RSS and Blogs and Feeds are so important, why these things are tools to totally subvery the normal hierarchy of mass media,…

  • Ethics and Global Marketing in Venezuela

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    I’ve posted a paper I wrote on Venezuela for an Anthropology class this summer on my Other Writing page. I’ve done my best to keep this paper as balanced as possible, trying to show how the current political culture in Venezuela has defined how the nation interacts with American corporations in certain cases. I do…

  • Grade Revisions: Cutting Down My A-List

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    Things have been a bit busy around here for a few weeks, with two short Summer classes happily eating up most of my day, and never enough reading time at night. So I’ve been cutting down on my “Everyday Reading” of blogs, and tonight it’s time to trim the “A-List” category in my aggregator. Yeah,…

  • Humans Subvert Hierarchy

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    I’ve written an email to Steve Sloan’s boss looking for some insight into why he was told that he is not allowed to record any podcasts with students. When I get a reply, I’ll try to tell SJSU’s side of the story. Steve’s been writing about how Hyperlinks Subvert Hierarchy: This is where we cut…

  • MIT Blogger Survey

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    MIT has a quick survey up. Check it out if you are a blogger. Hard to tell what they’re up to, but it looks like good stuff. Wait a minute: if I quote from whatever research is published from this survey, do I have to disclose that I was a participant? [UPDATE: BoingBoing explains all.]

  • RSS hearts MS: What will happen when Microsoft takes subscription Mainstream?

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    Longhorn hearts RSS. Geeks in a frenzy, hashing out the technicalities and business models and possibilities, but what does it mean for the incredibly large number of people that don’t know now and won’t care later whether it stands for “Really Simple Syndication” or “Renew Subscription, Sonny” ? (HINT: Wouldn’t “Really Simple Subscription” be more…

  • Spelling Test

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    For all the geeks blogging about Gnomedex now that you’re out of the convention hall where the wi-fi didn’t work because every single one of you attempted to use it: The surname of the brothers Dan and Steve is spelled G-I-L-L-M-O-R. There is no E. I’ve never seen so many people get it wrong in…

  • Sniffing the Gluetrain

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    Of course, if 95 is your preferred number of things in a list, check out the Gluetrain Manifesto, circa 1999. 15. In just a few more years, the current homogenized “voice” of business—the sound of mission statements and brochures—will seem as contrived and artificial as the language of Internet manifestos. via Cluetrain co-author Chris Locke,…

  • Technology & Anthropology

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    UPDATED For those of you playing along with the home game, this Summer I’m taking two classes: Technology & Civilization History of California since 1900 , and Emerging Global Cultures. They’re both undergraduate classes in other departments and don’t count toward my degree, but who cares – I’m here to get an actual education. The…