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More subject matter for digital literacy!    

The findings indicated that various benefits provided by the online environment were unquestionable. Aspects noted largely reflected the literature such as: much more information being available and accessible (Liu, 2005). Such demands resulted in an increase in reading speed, and more selective and more discerning reading (Flavian & Gurrea, 2007). However, the demands also resulted…

http://www.nerdist.com/vepisode/weird-al-yankovic-gets-tacky-with-pharrells-happy/    

Recent events have shown us more than ever that the technologies we use and create every day have astonishing implications on our basic, most cherished rights. Tens of thousands more people have joined us in the past year alone—together, we’re building a movement. But we need your help. Today, we at EFF are unveiling new tools for…

Maria Popova at Brain Pickings writes: From my friends at PBS Digital Studios and filmmaker James W. Griffithscomes A Solitary World — a breathtaking homage to H.G. Wells, with text adapted from five of his most celebrated works: The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896), The First Men in the Moon (1901), In The Days of the Comet (1906), The World Set Free (1914). Read by…

By a NYT art critic who is frankly part of the problem… Money — the grotesque amounts spent, the inequitable distribution — has dominated talk about art in the 21st century so far. It’s a basic fact of art history. Emperors, popes and robber barons set the model for the billionaire buyers of today. Of…

The Algorithm. By Anna Davis via The Algorithm.  

My friend the celebrated critic Shana writes from LA: 10. Remember it has nothing to do with talent. At least not in the way we all think it should mostly. Well, sometimes it does — there are some bad artists among us, and it’s a person’s prerogative to be a bad artist if that’s what…

We must keep tuition down, and access up: In its refusal to identify anyone by name or job title, this four-hour film — Mr. Wiseman’s 38th institutional documentary since 1967 — makes a profound statement about democratic participation. It’s not the “me, but the “we,” that keeps democracy alive. From the humblest janitor to the most esteemed…

An excellent article on border issues: http://www.thenation.com/article/176782/historys-sinkhole?page=0,0

Frankly, a lot of these look like a total pain, but you wanted to know… Here is one that is pretty doable, and important not just for getting spied on, but getting kracked… Strong passwords, kept safe. Passwords these days have to be ridiculously long to be safe against crackers. That includes the password to email…

Please take a moment to check out our students work, featured at SW Fiesta of the Written Word! By Jenny Casteñeda and Victoria Lukens: https://vimeo.com/77169406 Juan Correa and Daniel Lauer: https://vimeo.com/75349145

Unless we believe that our free countries previously suffered from a grave surveillance deficit, and ought to be surveilled more than the Soviet Union and East Germany were, we must reverse this increase. That requires stopping the accumulation of big data about people. –Richard Stallman, FOSS hero http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/10/a-necessary-evil-what-it-takes-for-democracy-to-survive-surveillance/

Maybe we need a “put down your cell phone day?”.