“Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Reading Response

Nicholas Carr’s article, “Is Google Making us Stupid?” appeared in the The Atlantic Monthly and discussed his theory that the internet is rewiring the way that the human mind operates. He takes a more skeptical approach to the Internet and its…

“Cybertyping and the Work of Race in the Age of Digital Reproduction” — A Reader’s Response:

“Cybertyping and the Work of Race in the Age of Digital Reproduction” (Nakamura, 2006) is a discussion about how new forms of technology affect discourse and “require new terminologies and conceptual frameworks” to be created in…

MySpace Through The Ages

As social networking sites such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter…

Pizza Hut Has Come A Long Way Since 1994

The first digital order was a large pepperoni, mushroom, and extra cheese pizza from Pizza Hut in 1994. Because this was the first online order, I thought it would be fitting to look at the history of the Pizza Hut website. The Pizza Hut website has made…

“Is Google Making Us Stupid?” A Reader’s Response:

“Is Google Making Us Stupid” (Carr, 2008) is a discussion about how the internet is changing how we as a society read and think. While many people find the internet as a useful tool that allow us access to a wide range of information, Carr states that our endless connection…

Wayback Machine: ESPN.com and NBA.com

This is from October 22, 1996. I was five years old and…

Amazon.com: A Short Time Lapse

Amazon.com went live in December 1998 and is a top visited website to this day. But, how much has amazon.com changed since its beginnings? A lot. It was atrociously boring at first, to be honest, but I’m assuming all websites were.

History of Apple.com

I traced the history of Apple’s iconic website back to it’s original launch on October 22, 1996 to see how much it’s changed over the last 18 years.

October 22, 1996

Privilege: From insult to reality.

The word privilege is thrown around so often, most people don’t…