As far as if I would contribute my talents towards this effort, absolutely, but not anytime soon. We used to be a Nielson. Would sell information about what we were.

Never Live Your Life In Comparison To Others. The first community action project that came to mind when I read the questions regarding cognitive surplus was that of the meaningful efforts provided to the blog Blessed by Brenna. Started right here in Springfield, Illinois. A brief background about this blog Brenna Westlake was born in 2011 with a severe skin disease called Harlequin Ichthyosis. As for an existing project, I.

I believe blogging is a collective effort using the internet to generate cognitive surplus. How would I benefit from blogging? I would definitely contribute my talents and efforts to this project. I definitely comment on blogs that I am reading and providing insight when I have it. In the future, when I have enough personal experiences of my own, and have a steady healthy lifestyle, I could see myself creating a similar blog and helping other people.

Wikipedia, Urban Spoon, Yelp, anytime someone uses social media to share a picture of a missing loved one they need help locating, and the example given in the TED video Ushahidi. How we got were we are today. The kind of scrutiny necessar.

Whats on your mind? July 25, 2014. We also talked about technological determinism; how changes in communication technology shape culture and society and vice versa. McLuhan voiced his opinion about the effects of technology on people we shape our tools and in turn our tools shape us . This was evident in some of the videos we watched about Korean children and their addiction to online gaming and generation like.