No longer Tweeting about (just) me
When Twitter first started, the question was “What are you doing? (reply in 140 characters or less)” Many took the question literally. So there were a lot of people writing […]
Category Archives: being digital
About cyberspace, games, digital life, Second Life, etc.
Facebook is slow in developing microtransactions content
Facebook announced that it is now selling music; a move that I believe took extremely long, given that music was a huge driving force for Myspace and Cyworld. I sometimes […]
The fun factor
As complicated as games can get these days, I think developers sometimes forget a very important factor that makes games successful: fun. This post was triggered directly by this video, […]
Personal updates
I’m doing research on a bunch of interesting things; social science is so fascinating because you’re studying human subjects and their behavior, trying to determine causality and effects by quantitative […]
The fantasy of Asian men: female images in games
Asian men have fantasies about women that tend to fall into two drastic stereotypes: the innocent, naive virgin and the mean femme fatale. Healthy, funny, sound-of-mind types (think of what […]
Biased video game studies
I’ve ranted about this before, but I really hate when social scientists conduct studies that produce results that are obviously going to support what they are looking for due to […]
Becoming a political tweeter and hating it
Those few people who read my blog will know that for some time, I’ve been complaining about political tweeting, digital narcissism, and my longing for more sociable networking. It’s not […]
Are Digital brats are middle aged?
I am beginning to notice that the digital brat phenomena is not so prevalent among younger users of technology. In fact, not only are young people more adept at using […]
D. Yvette Wohn 