Today, while chatting on Facebook, I joked about how a dissertation was a not a story but being a creative writer perhaps I would think about the dissertation as a story–perhaps it would help me to write it when the time came to do so.
Right now, I’m typing up notes …

I recently finished reading Martin Kevorkian’s Color Monitors: The Black Face of Technology in America [click cover to read more about book], and it was definitely a different way to examine the idea of race and technology. I have read many articles and several books that talk about the digital …

Families are vital components of our lives. Through families, we receive unconditional love, trust, devotion, support, and encouragement.
Are families vital components to our Second lives?
Yes, to many of us. Many continue to see SL as merely a game, a place to live out fantasies that have nothing to do with …

As a doctoral student, I am always thinking about what I’ve done, what I’m about to do, what I will do in this journey. This is one of my first podcasts regarding the life of coursers, qualies, and dissertators–the phases we tend to go through as Ph.D. students. I hope …

I wanted to make sure I got this blog post in before 2011 because I wanted the post dated in the year the milestone was accomplished.
Some might not see this as much of a milestone, but when I think about how my personal life has changed and been changed since …

I just received my midterm grade for Rhetorical Theory. It has me pleased. This is the first exam I’ve taken where I wasn’t nervous or worried. I went into the exam with several thoughts: I’ve been going to class, I’ve done all the reading, I’ve been making charts and taking …

Been awhile since I’ve updated, but since summer classes ended, I needed a break to prepare for the fall classes, and now I’m a month into the last semester of course work.
What does this mean for me?
Well, plenty!
Narrowing my dissertation topic (focus, focus, focus), getting my research questions together (tighten, …

A friend of mine asked this question in a post online and because I could never the initial link that talked about this “vook,” I went in search of it myself. Here it is…a new stage of book development.

At first glance, this is very intriguing to me. The idea of …

Having read a range of materials this term, some familiar and some new, on what topic do you want to research or read more about and why?
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Can’t pick just one topic. So much fascinates me. Three topics I’m interested in learning more about are game culture and what TC can ...

As a user of visual media online, what aspects of interactivity and visual presentation have you come to expect in online publications and Web sites?
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I have to say that I think I’m pretty old school when it comes to what I expect from online publications and Web sites. What does ...

An article on Yahoo! about an unfinished $75M Mansion being sold “as is” went live about 9:15 a.m. EST and within five hours, there are well over 2,000 comments on it. I just find that amazing, considering the article is relatively brief and it easily fell into my “Why do …

If you were to think of digital literacy as a two-tiered model, standard skills and advanced skills, how would you characterize each?  Speculate as to what skills will be required in the not too distant future (say 5-10 years)?
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In last week’s Internet Writing class, we ran into several graphics that ...

From reading chapter 6, “Narrative Theory” in Writing for the Internet (Baehr & Schaller):
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"Sight, sound, and motion added to bad writing might entertain some readers, but it will not translate into effective storytelling." ~Samuel D. Bradley
[Makes me think about what we read in regards to news writing in new media. It's ...

About three weeks ago, I did it. Did what, you might ask? Completed my first year of doctoral work. It was challenging and at times, extraordinarily difficult, but I have learned some major things about myself as a person and as a student that I believe will carry well as …