Diving into the weird and nostalgic

As a kid and even now as an adult, the internet was (and still is) my bread and butter. Though I wasn’t allowed to have any type of social media until I was 11, the moment I took my first computer class-learning how to use WordArt in daycare- I was hooked. My…

As I was scrolling through my phone I found myself navigating to various websites, platforms and other sorts of entertainment and media. I first went to Pinterest and was looking up room decor, as I typically always do, and then I was distracted by a record player that was from urban outfitters. This one was a dark brown and mine is a light blue…

A Nation At Our Fingertips

I work in off-campus student housing. That being said, I get to see a lot of people from a lot of different…

My Digital Journey

My digital dérive began on Facebook. I had decided to start there because I feel like there’s constantly ads while I scroll through my feed. Additionally, I am part of a Facebook group that supports the podcast The Morning Toast. This podcast is hosted by two millennial sisters who talk about…

What Do Donald Glover, Glaciers, and the Apple Watch Have in Common? I’m Not Sure Either

My Digital Derive

Being the huge slacker I am, the first thing I searched in google was “interesting games” because I was hoping to find something to easily pass the time. The first result from google was a website called “coolgames.com,” which I’m pretty sure was a site I used to play games on in middle school…

The Digital Dérive of Doom

Things started out pretty much the same way I suggested on Tuesday in class. My first thought was that I might as well start with Reddit, the self-titled “Front Page of the Internet” and see where a couple clicks on the “Random” button led me. For those unfamiliar, Reddit is a…

Birds and 1943 MREs

I started my journey through the Internet’s river styx by going to Wikipedia and clicking “random article”. I was sent to an article about the Indigo-Capped hummingbird. It lives only in Colombia and I’ll never see one in my life.

From Nike to Estee Lauder- A Digital Derive Through Google

I decided to start my digital derive journey on the main home page for Medium. Not going to lie I was logging on to make sure I knew how to upload the assignment I was getting ready to work on, and an article struck my eye. The article, “Nike Will Not Lead a Brand…

Politics, Medical Advisors, and Superheroes Share Something in Common

It may come to disbelief that I even had the audacity to make such a headline claim. This can’t be true? You are probably asking yourself. Well, I’m here to tell you that you are in fact wrong. One thing that…