Think Piece: Fahrenheit 451

I have begun teaching Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451″ to my ninth grade high school students. It is interesting teaching this book realizing that all of the students in the room (from varying international backgrounds) have been raised with more advanced and “faster” communication technologies than I could have dreamed of when I was their age. [...]

Fame and Social Media: A Fragment

Image via Wikipedia Why are so many people, myself included, connecting to and engaging in online communities? Are “listening to the conversation” and “sharing,” the two main reasons that many of us participate in social media? Perhaps, it’s the spreading of “personal branding” that excites us, gives us the chance to personally manage and influence [...]

Saul of the Molemen

What seemed to me to be an intelligently innovative psycho-surreal science-fiction comedy, Adult Swim‘s “Saul of the Molemen,” is losing its Web presence (and TV presence as well?). I came across several episodes a while back which had been uploaded to Youtube, only to be quickly taken down due to a copyright claim. Heading over [...]