Our Digital World

Thinking about the Digital Void...I Mean World

What do you think about these Websites?

Guggenheim Museum – New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
English Department Webpages:

• UNCC's English Department

• University of Louisville's English Department

• Towson University's English Department

• Valdosta State University's English Department

Electronic Gamming Monthly at 1UP
ATI Catalyst Control Center
PC Gamer Magazine Site
Style.Com Site

Also, what problems could arise if you used Geography and Earth Sciences Professor Eastin's 16:9 aspect ratio monitor as the "typical" monitor for users of your webpage?

A Note or Two on E-mailing and CMD/CMC*
*CMD--Computer Mediated Discourse
-or-
CMC--Computer Mediated Communication

A good friend of mine, a software sales person, has very specific guidelines for the employees he supervises:

• Keep them short

• Change the Reply Subject to something more accurate

• Make them correct so the reader isn't confused

• Use e-mail when appropriate...let's discuss

Is there a difference between how men and women participate more in cyberspace?

When you have time, take a look at this article "Gender and Internet Usage" by Dholakia, Dholakia, and Kshetri. (pdf)

Blogs and IM/texting: I realize these are different things/activities, but I often think about them together. Maybe that's just my peculiarity, but what do you think about the value (in terms of communication) for each?