Tag Archives: Internet

The Take-home Message from the SOPA Debate

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Tom Garrett

Tracking the political discourse regarding SOPA proved to be quite instructive in ways I hadn’t anticipated. My own view on the proposed bill was that, while the aims weren’t entirely bad, some of the presumptions in the law overreached in … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, Gaming, General Culture and News, Movies, Music, Politics, Television | Tagged Commentary, Crysis 2, Gaming, General Culture and News, Intellectual Property, Internet, Internet Piracy, Movies, Music, Occupy Wall Street, Politics, SOPA, Television, Torrents | 4 Comments

This Strange, Twitterfied World

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Tom Garrett

The profound changes to our culture wrought by the rise of the Internet as a whole are obvious to all. But I’m fascinated by one very surprising and strange way in which Twitter specifically altered the manner in which we … Continue reading →

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The Antisocial Network

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Tom Garrett

Gather round, Generation Z, and take heed: There was a time when the internet was still the World Wide Web (or, to some, “America Online”). Before Youtube, Facebook, Google, and Wikipedia formed the Mount Rushmore of the digital age, we … Continue reading →

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A Shameless Plea for Twitter Followship

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Tom Garrett

I’ve been extremely pleased with the growth of this very young website so far. I struggle to come up with any complaints whatsoever about the subject. Buuuuuuut . . . if you twist my arm, I have to say that … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, Site Stuff | Tagged Humor, Internet, Mark Sanchez, Neil Hamburger, Shamelessness, Site Stuff, Social Media, Twitter | 4 Comments

This Would Have Made AP English Even More Fun

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Tom Garrett

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby numbers among the many books assigned to me during my early academic career. As was the case with most of that group, I ended up merely skimming enough to do well on the test or … Continue reading →