The New Media Diva

Month: February, 2008

Viddler: Testing Flip

I got a Flip video camera. Tested it out today. It’s so simple to use its frightening. Note: I’m walking so the video is really, really jiggly. I’ll post more about it once I’ve used it for a few days.

Academic: Boycott locked-down academic journals

Danah Boyd, a PhD student at the School of Information at Berkeley (US), has posted a manifesto of sorts on “locked-down” academic journals on her website. A paper of hers has been published in the journal Convergence. From Boyd’s site: “On one hand, I’m excited to announce that my article ‘Facebook’s Privacy Trainwreck: Exposure, Invasion, [...]

Oh lawd: The term "Google" is now part of hip-hop

You know, I actually like this song: Teyana Taylor: “Google Me.” Wait for it to load.