Microblogging Addiction Study

The following are excerpts from lab notes taken by psychologist Dr. I. M. Nuts and sociologist Dr. R. U. There. Their study was on the effect of microblogs on human personalities. It should be noted that while Twitter was used for this experiment, Plurk is better. Pre-Study Interview: Subject looked confused. “Micro what? Is that …

Academic Aesthetic 166: Audio vs Video

Warning: The following podcast contains words which, when placed in a particular order, can be used to convey ideas.  People who are set in their ways should listen at their own discretion. So this weekend I actually got caught up on my audio podcasts.  This was no small achievement, as I had several gigabytes of …

Academic Aesthetic 165: Twitter vs Plurk

Warning: If you’re sick of hearing about micro-blogs like Twitter, Pownce, Jaiku, and Plurk, today’s podcast might not be for you. Those of you who’ve been listening for a while (at least since show 128) may recall how enthusiastic I was over a website called Twitter.  I found micro-blogging to be incredibly addictive in spite …

Academic Aesthetic 164: DEN NI 08

Academic Aesthetic 164: DEN NI 08 In today’s show I interview a bunch of people here at the Discovery Educator Network National Institute for 2008.  (I decided to not put the full name in the title.)  See how many faces you can recognize. Also, my voice is giving out and I feel sick.  Yay for …