Quick questions: When do you use the acronym ‘lol’? Is there are different between ikr and IKR? When did we start using the phrase “it be” How many crying/laughing emojis do you use? Why? Is the Internet ruining the English language? Well, if you’ve ever thought about these questions, or even if you haven’t but… Read More Because Internet by Gretchen McCulloch
I was going through my Overdrive TBR when in the six or seventh page, I stumbled across this. I’m still very into reading about how the internet and social media affects us so I checked this book out immediately. Also, I guess my habit of adding books to my TBR list and then waiting for… Read More Irresistible by Adam Alter
Now that I’m doing a smartphone detox, I’m more curious than normal about how the internet and social media work, as well as how using them affect our brains. So when I heard about The Shallows, I was extremely interested since the subtitle was “what the internet is doing to our brains”. The Shallows covers… Read More The Shallows by Nicholas Carr
I like to think of myself as a serial optimist when it comes to online communities. Apart from blogging, I’ve also been in WriteOn, Google+, Wattpad, 500px, and Dayre communities (apart from the usual Instagram/Facebook/LinkedIn networks). And since I’ve moved to WordPress, I’ve started following people using the WordPress community “Followed Sites” section, which it… Read More When Should You Leave An Online Community?
[There is nothing worse than writing an entire review, only to find out that nothing was saved. This is one of the reviews so let’s hope the rewritten version doesn’t leave anything out – though I doubt anyone but I will care] After reading How to Do Nothing, I was motivated to continue reading about… Read More Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
I first heard this book from the Would Quitting Instagram Make You Happier episode of Why’d You Push That Button. One of the hosts mentioned that How to Do Nothing captured her feelings about social media pretty well, and it got me curious enough to read. This is a pretty difficult book to summarise in… Read More How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell
Subtitle: A response to the Buzzfeed article (sort of) So here’s the thing. Unless I’m following a series, I tend to be really bad at remembering author’s names. In general, I try not to judge books based on their authors either. But, there is one exception: I don’t read anything by Kathleen Hale. Even if… Read More Why I’m Still Uncomfortable with Kathleen Hale