Donghee Yvette Wohn

There have been quite a few illustrations depicting Steve Jobs at the pearly gates of heaven, including the famous cover of the New Yorker (above). I thought this was very ironic because Jobs is not Christian, he’s Buddhist, so he would probably believe in reincarnation rather than an after-life. Indeed I found that a Christian … Continue reading »

We need games that are like gummy bear vitamins. Games that you would play regardless of the beneficial effects. I’ve ranted about this a few times before (e.g., here and here), but I think so many social scientists are caught up with theory-testing that they forget the affordances of the media. I’ve seen games that … Continue reading »

The OJR posted an article that is by far the stupidest argument I’ve ever seen on why journalism is bound to fail. The gist of the argument is that people never paid for news, thus people will not pay for news. I believe only the former is correct, agreeing with Rupert Murdoch that people will … Continue reading »