Chapter One of Douglas Rushkoff’s very enlightening new book Program or Be Programmed — a book that everyone who texts, tweets, Skypes, updates status, IM’s, or otherwise engages in digital communication should buy or be given as a holiday gift — clarifies something that’s been bugging me for a while now. Rushkoff shows that unlike [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Twitter’
Countdown to the Declaration
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 1776, American history, American independence, Continental Congress, Declaration of Independence, Twitter on May 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Over on Twitter, I’m trying a “today in history” countdown from May 1 to July 4, 1776. (So as of now, I’ve already posted May 1-3.) That is, I’m giving the story of Declaration away, in a superficial day-by-day rendering, leading up to the Independence Day climax about nine weeks from now. It’s tricky because [...]
The story of “U.S.”?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged colonial period, television, Twitter on April 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve put this more obnoxiously elsewhere (Twitter doesn’t allow for much nuance), and inaccurately too, since I ascribed the problem, knee-jerk, to my old favorite target PBS (nervous newbie Twittering inspiring rush to judgment on my part) … But still! I really am bugged to learn that the upcoming twelve-hour History Channel documentary “America: the Story of [...]
