Well, it’s that time of the semester. Yup. It’s time to talk
about my progress in the class. Unfortunately. I’m not all that fond of
classifying and analyzing what I have and haven’t done. It is, however, useful
to take a closer look at what I’ve done and what I should be striving to do.
I read the book Age of Distraction earlier this semester, partly because it was one of the few books on the list I was both
interested in and able to find. It had some interesting theories and
speculations, but I largely did not agree with them, and so I didn’t bother to
do much applying of those theories to other aspects of Digital Culture that
interest me. I was a little surprised to look back and realize that I’d only
posted about one of the topics in the book that I’d been interested in. I’m
sure I have notes on some of the other topics and my reactions to them. I think
I wanted to talk a bit more about the author’s assumptions about religion in
the digital age.
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When I do write that discussion about the author
of Age of Distraction’s assumptions about religion in the Digital Age, I’d like
to make an additional section or post about how religion was portrayed in To
Say Nothing of the Dog (by Connie Willis). I also have another blog post in the
draft stage on being genre savvy in real life.
- As far as self-directed learning goes, well,
there should have been a bit more of that. Procrastination is a very real and
detrimental part of everyday life. I wonder if that’s more common in this day
and age or if people have had issues with procrastination always. I’m guessing
always, since Alma the Younger cautioned against “procrastinating the day of
your repentance” and all. My favourite post I’ve made relating to self-directed
learning was my post on fanfiction. It wasn’t a definitive discussion on the
topic, but it hit a fair number of the points I’d been thinking about.
Fanfiction/fan culture and religion are some of the more interesting topics
that I’ve thought about relating to Digital Culture.
- I’m not really the most social of people, but I’ve
enjoyed reading Sarah’s posts (partly because I’ve known her a long time and
partly because we have certain similarities in personalities and interests),
and I’ve enjoyed working with my group on a collaborative novel/novella. That’s
actually a pretty big deal, since I usually hate group work. We have a lot of
people who are obviously deeply interested in Digital Culture (or at least
certain aspects of it), and it’s interesting to see what they have to say. It’s
also always nice when people give positive feedback.
So basically, I have a lot I still need to write.
