Links here there everywhere! June 6, 2011. While browsing the New York Times website I saw this in a banner as you do down the side of the page. I just though this selection of news images, information and links was a tad hilarious. Showing a image relating to politics with Laura Bush, and then with links to more trivial unrelated lifestyle topics. The famed music artist Lady Gaga. The covers for the Born This Way album. However as the New York Times describe. Is becoming another member of .

The dark side of social networking. While I try and try to keep an open mind about the potential of the Internet. And the recently emerged Web 2. 0 applications, such as social networking sites, there are frequent instances which display the exact opposite and play straight into the notion of the Internet as a facilitator for all things bad. I must admit, he ma.

What Do You See In A Picture of A Picture. I came across this the Net Communications blog of Meg Watson. And saw her post regarding the issue of piracy and its role in fulfilling culturally important functions. She reinforced the idea of replication does enriches culture and information even though it may not do any good to authorship or originality. The example she used is a post-modern appropriation.

Online piracy as a cultural practice to bridging the gap. Piracy, despite being an entirely commercially motivated activity carried out in black or grey markets, fulfils culturally important functions. In this regard, it is difficult to examine online piracy as a cultural agent to connect people who do not have accessibility to certain contents. The myth of YouTube celebrities.

The Importance of Interface Design. The interface design of a website determines how long a viewer spends on it, as well as the likelihood of returning .

I found an interesting article. Is a fort on a platform in the North Sea, with an area of 550m2 and a population of 3 people. I like the idea though, of a small island working as a base for copyleft activists advocating file sharing and piracy. Posted in Other blog posts.

Charting the fine line between Web 2. Not only does this impede intellectual and technological progress, but also smothers the development of local cultural businesses. Like it or not, piracy is often the only way for these needs to be addressed.

On reflection, Net Communications has taught me that there is far more to the Internet than I initially thought. I realized that there has been immense effort put in to make the Internet what it is today, in the form that our world tends to take for granted, and this subject has opened my eyes to this and numerous other issues that we, as a society, should probably be more aware of. Getting the creative juices flowing. June 5, 2011 4 Comments.

Can I please get some privacy? On June 5, 2011 by rinaldhooosterman. In week 5 of the course, we discussed the issues of privacy, and mainly the privacy statements made by Facebook. We also had a brief look at statement made by Mark Zuckerberg. On June 5, 2011 by rinaldhooosterman.