Thursday, January 20, 2011

Recommended Readings for the Weekend

Dear Soc-Med and Hucomin Students,

Here are some readings that are worth of your time this weekend. Feel free to drop a comment here and share your insights IN ANY of the readings.

1. Benjamin Franklin and Deliberate Practice by Shawn Callahan - http://www.anecdote.com.au/archives/2010/08/benjamin-frankl.html

2. The Internet Makes it More Likely You Will Be Social, Not Less by Matthew Ingram - http://gigaom.com/2011/01/18/pew-research-internet-social/

3. Five Emotions Invented by the Internet by Leigh Alexander - http://thoughtcatalog.com/2011/five-emotions-invented-by-the-internet/

Have a good weekend! :-)

5 comments:

Aimee said...

Yes, I agree that internet can make on become social. Like me, I’m not good in using facebook and twitter but I'm good in using QQ. This make me conclude that I can have a good social relationship with chinese people rather that Filipino or other.

pacismichelle said...

i just finished reading the third article and it was very interesting. i could definitely relate, hehe... thank you, ma'am! =)

pacismichelle said...

i just finished reading the third article and it was very interesting. i could definitely relate to a few points that were discussed, hehe... thank you for sharing them, ma'am!

ella_horvejkul said...

Wow miss, tinamaan ako dun sa five emotions invented by the internet, hehe...so true. But not all is applicable to me.

JP Ocariz said...

HAHA! It seems that a lot have picked to read the third article (five emotions) as well, and I also agree with them; I can relate too, especially with the last one.

Although Alexander's approach in discussing the five emotions was quite technical, especially when it comes to the language and terms used (it seemed as if it came from a manual, or a textbook), her blog post illustrates and describes these emotions with clarity and concreteness. I doubt that a freshman high school student would be able to understand it though.

Still, it was enjoyable reading it. :) And now, I have another lengthy comment, w/c, at the moment, I'm not sure if I should edit or delete this (Ctrl + A, del) HAHA.