Friday Reads: “The ‘down-grading’ of American Reading?” by Bufo Calvin
Over at I Love My Kindle, Bufo Calvin has a fascinating analysis of a recent study that shows American students are reading simpler books. Here’s an excerpt from the study: […]
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Friday Reads: Deep Reading Gives Us Empathy
Today I return to a topic that has interested me for a while: what is the role of deep, immersive reading in the digital age? Why is deep reading important […]
On Saying Goodbye to My Books
In three weeks, I move across the country to a house near Kissimmee, Florida. My wife and I are starting over, and for the first time in my life, I’m […]
Friday Reads: Amazon Acquires Goodreads: Thoughts From Experts
This week, I’d like to focus on yesterday’s big news: Amazon bought the social reading site Goodreads. Since I believe in social reading despite its issues, I am both excited and […]
Friday Reads: Google Reader’s Death and Annotated Prose Poems
Today, I’ve got two articles to discuss and some links from earlier in the week. I’m mixing up things I’ve found related to digital marginalia and an article about the […]
Friday Reads: “How Do You Write a Great Work of Fiction?” by Jennifer Egan
This week, I read a lot of articles about the art and craft of writing. I’ve found that most articles about this topic cover similar issues: how to write, when […]
Transhumanism, MOOCs, and why I’d do a MOOC again (#edcmooc)
Last week, I submitted my final project for my first MOOC, E-Learning and Digital Cultures at Coursera.org (EDCMOOC). I enjoyed this MOOC experience, and I hope to do it again […]
Friday Reads: “Stop Lurking. Start Participating” by Susan Murphy
I just finished my first MOOC, E-Learning and Digital Cultures. One of our goals was to talk about the human aspect of our online lives. As I worked on the […]
Friday Reads: “Losing the book as a symbol” and “Literary Machine”
This week, I read a lot of opinion pieces about the book as an object. I’m reading these right now because I’m at the end of my EDCMOOC experience, and […]
Friday Reads: “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Mediocre People” by James Altucher
Because I want to be mediocre and remind myself I can’t do it all, this week’s friday read comes from James Altucher at The Rumpus: “The Seven Habits of Highly […]
