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Comment on WILD CARD!!!!! –Stolen Identity by Megan Sandlin

Megan Sandlin — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:51:49 +0000

Identity theft is a scary thing. I have known people that it has happened to as well, and it’s not always easy to recover from. I’m glad to hear that your credit card company was on top of the strange spending pattern and notified you right away. I have often thought of this happening. I don’t have a credit card, but shop online with PayPal or my debit card. Clark Howard (financial guru) has often advised against making purchases online with a debit card, as you don’t have the same protection as you do with a regular credit card. I have continued to take the risk however, because I don’t want to have credit cards. Thank you for sharing your experience. That’s a good lesson to share.

Comment on Generational Gap by amberlane

amberlane — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:13:19 +0000

You’re husband’s father sounds a lot like my grandfather: they are afraid of the things that they don’t know about. I wonder if the world experienced the same sort of learning curve with the television, or the washing machine.

As for science and technology, I would agree. The internet definitely provides people with a false sense of truth. What was once reliable, “If you saw it in print than it must be true,” now holds a whole different meaning since anyone can’t post something and call it fact.

Comment on Generational Gap by Jodi Kaufman

Jodi Kaufman — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:37:50 +0000

OH and we both named our blog post with the same tittle…interesting

Comment on Generational Gap by Jodi Kaufman

Jodi Kaufman — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:33:55 +0000

HAHA I could so relate to your interview with your mother and Rod. Both my grandmother and mother(whom I interviewed) are very scarred of the internet as well. I think Both Rod and my grandmother could be apprehensive about using the web because it is completely new to them and new things aren’t so appealing at a certain age.

I am also using the internet to find a job right now too, just like your mother. Monster.com is a new discovery for me and it is really great! Just upload that resume and spread around to the employers and hope to get a bite. But I think it’s pretty hard to b successful in getting a decent job connection through monster because most employers really want to judge people in face-to-face communication(understandably). Have you ever looked over monster.com or another job finder website?

Comment on Generational Gap by Meng Lai

Meng Lai — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:09:24 +0000

I find Ashley’s view on science to be very interesting. If we were to apply this to the internet specifically, it makes me wonder about the implications of false hope and shaky ground. Creating a brand new internet architecture that will do this and that better probably makes sense in theory today, but could very well collapse on us in the future. Maybe in the future finding a job is only possible on-line. This in of itself can be a bad idea because it’ll limit the unemployed population.

Great post! Very thought provoking.

Comment on Snail Mail vs Email by travelgirl23

travelgirl23 — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:15:11 +0000

I sympathize with your hand pain! My hand was definitely not happy about all of the writing it was doing either! I also understand why you chose to write the letter to Angel the way you did. Most of my friends are not native English speakers, and there are many things I can’t say to them. I actually adopt a different speech pattern according to who I am with. I taught myself how to speak what I like to call “Russian English” because that was the only way I was able to communicate with my friend Alek. I mimicked his speech pattern, and we were able to communicate extremely well! I also agree wholehartedly about your sentiment about emails. People absolutely must learn how to choose the right terms when they are writing emails. If people were as careful with their emails as they are with their words, there would be a lot less misunderstandings!
-Ashira

Comment on Snail Mail vs Email by Ashira

Ashira — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:12:55 +0000

Comment on Snail Mail vs Email by Megan Sandlin

Megan Sandlin — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:41:29 +0000

You made good points regarding who you chose to hand-write a letter to and who you would email. I think age, culture and authority level makes a huge impact on how you should chose to correspond with someone. The language used is also a factor. I also liked your point about how the email was longer because you type faster than you write. I could relate to this. Because I don’t write as often as I once did, my hands get tired after writing. I concentrate harder on my handwriting, spelling and what I want to say when I hand-write a letter. When typing, it can be easy to just let your thoughts flow through your fingers and then go back and edit. It takes a lot of patience to wait for a hand-written reply, and sometimes it never happens. When I receive a hand-written letter, I’m always sure to write back as soon as possible. That person took the time to get out some stationary and think of me – I like to reciprocate the gesture.

Comment on Snail Mail vs Email by sam paul

sam paul — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:09:15 +0000

First off, I think it is really awesome you know someone actually named Angel Warrior that isn’t a wrestler or someone who took the name out of irony or something silly. Plus she’s also your boss and commands your respect and therefore she sounds like a very interesting person to know. I would like a name like that, perhaps something more masculine though. I haven’t read through your other posts to know if there is some logical explanation for the name, but I will get around to it! Slowly but surely I think I’ve looked at almost everyone’s writing.

Like me, you weren’t sure if your handwritten letter actually arrived. That’s the kind of “faith in the system” we’ve lost with having instant communication and verification at our fingertips, yet it’s still a viable tool. The traditional postman isn’t going anywhere soon and I like the idea of a positive letter out there someplace making its way to someone whenever fate decrees it. Neither snow nor hail nor hurricane gale shall stop the might mail… Whenever I get a personal letter I know it’s rare and enjoy it very much. I try to return the favor, pay it forward and hope that another one will make it to me. When I was a kid I had many pen-pals from all over the world, I think it’s something we’ve lost. You can now connect with a pen-pal overseas (or even in prison) instantly instead of slowly learning about each other over the course of years and exchanged glossy photos. Instead you meet me, look at my Flickr account and know things about me online that I may or may not tell my own mother. It’s changed.

This was a fun assignment, update us if you see your letter’s results. Sam Paul

Comment on Myspace, Facebook, and the Real Me by Abby

Abby — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:14:45 +0000

I think it is very interesting how we always post pictures of our happy selves and only (usually) say good things about ourselves or our family members on our Facebook or MySpace pages. It does create a very picturesque, idyllic scenario. It’s easy to look at others online and feel bad about our own lives, but we do it ourselves, as well. You also had a good point about the Christian rap. It’s easy to make generalizations about people by their pages with just a limited amount of information.