What is social media, and what is the distinction, if any, between social media and social network sites/apps? I just want to see if there is consensus.
Reading: Taylor Lorenz’s “Extremely Online”
As I was finishing up Ben Smith’s Traffic, I messaged Taylor Lorenz that finishing Ben’s book had made...
Experiencing: Art Laboe Connection
It’s the end of a very long week in what has been a very long month during a...
Fresh Start
I lost my last website, which was less one site and really 20 years of blog posts from...
Meta-Irony and Gen Z
An explanation of meta-irony and why it's a standard mode of discourse for the digitally native Gen Z.
Liminal Spaces may be the most 2020 of all trends
A modern media phenomenon is a reminder of the purgatory of the pandemic.
Books
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- Earnestp started reading Convergence Culture by Henry Jenkins February 4, 2025Earnestp started reading Convergence Culture
- Earnestp finished reading Generation X by Douglas Coupland February 2, 2025Earnestp finished reading Generation X
- Earnestp started reading Generation X by Douglas Coupland January 30, 2025Earnestp started reading Generation X
- Earnestp finished reading Ultra-Processed People by Chris van Tulleken January 18, 2025Earnestp finished reading Ultra-Processed People
- Earnestp started reading Ultra-Processed People by Chris van Tulleken January 6, 2025Earnestp started reading Ultra-Processed People
- Earnestp wants to read Generations by Neil Strauss January 6, 2025Earnestp wants to read Generations
- Earnestp wants to read Generation X by Douglas Coupland January 6, 2025Earnestp wants to read Generation X