April 1, 2009
Five years ago today Gmail debuted. Like many I viewed it as yet another web based email system and had little interest. Web mail had always been a clunky pain in the behind, useful when travelling but that was about it.
By the time July 2005 had arrived I was playing with it out of curiosity. [...]
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March 30, 2009
Essay by Daisy Pignetti, November 28, 2008 in response to Principles of a New Media Literacy, published by the Publius Project at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.
In 2006 I wrote a piece about the burgeoning New Orleans blogosphere for the launch of Placeblogger.com. The crux of that essay, and of the [...]
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