Archive for September, 2008
I just got back to Buenos Aires from a month-long trip in the states, where I spent a good amount of time hearing friends and family discuss the U.S.’s recent economy woes and rant about inflation. When I came back to Buenos Aires, however, my luggage was heavier than when I came in because of [...]
Filed under: News/current affairs | 1 Comment
Tags: Argentina, Buenos Aires, computers, economy, import, inflation, money, taxes
My piece on why MySpace Music–the new music store that MySpace is scheduled to launch on September 15th–is a bad idea that’s being poorly implemented just ran in the Village Voice. Now let us never speak about MySpace again.
Filed under: Publication news | Leave a Comment
Tags: Facebook, music, MySpace, Social networking
Findings from a few recently-published academic papers (email me if you want the specifics):
Social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook, or SNS, can impact self-perception in ways not unlike that of the media influencing celebrities, creating an odd blend of narcissism and insecurity. Publicly displaying of a few areas of one’s life (a theme song [...]
Filed under: Behavior, Communication, Technology | Leave a Comment
Tags: Facebook, MySpace, personality, psychology, SNS, social
A nice little letter
I got an email today from a guy named Sean, who was responding to an article I wrote last year. It struck me as oddly beautiful, as though carved from a short story.
Hi, after a wonderful day getting in an argument with my boss about wearing an apron equip with a feather duster so I [...]
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Tags: correspondence, email, journalism, letters, Media, writing
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