Response to The Internet’s Own Boy

Since a couple of years ago, there seems to be a yawning chasm that is constantly growing deeper and darker, filled with prospective danger eminating from the internet. Fear of cyber-anarchists/terrorists using their hollywood hyped computer skills to carry out a…

That which we call a documentary….

The story of Aaron Swartz is undeniably heart-wrenching and tragic. Unfortunately, I know firsthand the confusing mixture of grief, shock, hurt, and even anger experienced by the love ones of those who have felt compelled to take their own lives — for whatever reason…

Thinking about The Internet’s Own Boy

This world we live in and are essentially born into does not give us a choice. Aaron Swartz…

Zotero My Hero (Mostly)

Every college student has to write papers, which means that every college student (or at least the ones who pass) has to cite sources. Many students can go their entire college careers without giving a second thought to managing the sources they cite — and if you’re a biology major…

I am Privileged…

After reading Char Booth’s insightful article on information privilege, it provided me with the realization that there is another…

Open Access and Scholarly Participation

What does it mean to be a scholar? Bill and Hillary Clinton are scholars apparently, well, Rhodes Scholars at least and given their current and prospective credentials being a scholar pays off. However, there seems to be a contrary notion in my head that…

Vote for Me, Marry Me, but Don’t Read the Research I Published

With all of the recent media attention on equality lately (gay marriage, hell yeah!), I realize that not everyone is as excited as I am about the state of affairs in our country at the moment. Luckily for those people, we…

Scholarly Conversation?

Communication between scholars and non-scholars is relatively non-existant in the educational landscape today. It seems that scholars tend to share their work mainly with other scholars within a similar field. Though there is nothing wrong with this, it seems quite limiting. If said…

Who Gets To Participate?

We live in a digital age. Vast amounts of information can be found in seconds, at the touch of a finger. I’ve asked Google more questions than I’ve asked any human being in my entire life. There’s no doubt that the internet is powerful, and that there is an incredible amount of data…