This message has been a long time in the coming, but thanks to the ubiquity of the internet I’ve been outed. Sometime in late august I turned in a final draft of my thesis which afforded me this wonderful scrap of paper: Since I won’t technically be graduating until next June, this receipt is theContinue reading “Goodbye MIT, hello Yahoo!”
Author Archives: Cameron Marlow
comScore weblog report
I am obviously always on the lookout for weblog statistics, as it has become a core part of my thesis. Today a marketing company by the name of comScore has released a report detailing a number of different statements about the weblog community. I’d like to take a moment to remind people that this isContinue reading “comScore weblog report”
Being quiet and cool
There are a number of studies that show younger people connecting more via instant messaging and SMS than other forms of communication. The Digital Chosunilbo reports that this transition has covered Korea under a veil of silence: If in an age of near-ubiquitous communication people have become paradoxically quiet, it is because means of communicationContinue reading “Being quiet and cool”
Thesis: defended
For those wondering whether or not I’ve died in my apartment in a vat of sweet-smelling liquid that masked the smell of my rotting body, the answer is NO! I’m alive and well, just in the wake of one of the more excruciatingly painful periods of work-induced anti-social behavior. And as a consolation, I neverContinue reading “Thesis: defended”
Survey 2, Electric Boogaloo
For some reason I expected my survey to spread much further and wider than it actually did. At the current moment, the individuals who were emailed about taking the survey (the random sample) outnumber webloggers at large 3 to 1. I really expected things to go in the other direction. To rectify this situation, IContinue reading “Survey 2, Electric Boogaloo”
Secret Value Meal
Ever since McDonald’s invented the Extra Value Mealâ„¢, I was a spirited supporter of the “two cheeseburger meal,” a.k.a. the “Number two.” Suffice to say, I was distraught when it mysteriously disappeared off their menu a little over a year ago. I think they probably lost a small percentage of their market, but those littleContinue reading “Secret Value Meal”
Help me graduate
As many of you know, I’m in the process of finishing my Ph.D. which happens to be about (you guessed it), weblogs. A large part of the analysis is dependent on gathering information about how people use their weblogs and their general communication behavior. For the next two weeks I’ll be gathering this data inContinue reading “Help me graduate”
Cognitive dissonance
I haven’t been dumped in quite a while. Usually my relationships just fade away until a decision is made. Besides putting Gloria Gaynor and malt liquor into higher rotation, I’ve been doing a little bit of introspection about the topic. Getting dumped is a classic case of cognitive dissonance, a theory first proposed by LeonContinue reading “Cognitive dissonance”
Ableton Live and the death of the DJ
How Ableton Live is changing the face of DJ culture by turning everyone into a producer.
DEMF 2005 Schedule
The Detroit Electronic Music Festival (DEMF), a.k.a. electronicmusicfest.org, a.k.a. The Movement Festival has once again changed its name under new ownership: with Kevin Saunderson at the helm, it’s now called Fuse-IN. They’ve just released the lineup for this year, and if you can find it amidst all of the horrible flash interface and tiny fonts,Continue reading “DEMF 2005 Schedule”
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