Comments on: How Do You Consume the Internet? http://www.popbioethics.com/2009/12/how-do-you-consume-the-internet/ Fri, 22 Apr 2011 11:17:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Will http://www.popbioethics.com/2009/12/how-do-you-consume-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-275 Will Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:44:11 +0000 http://www.poptranshumanism.com/?p=1040#comment-275 Yeah it's google reader for me too. Part of what I find attractive is its "bottomless soup bowl" effect (I call it that because it makes me think of this: http://www.mindlesseating.org/ignobel.htm). Since I don't prune my feeds very well, I always have more information to consume. Yeah it’s google reader for me too. Part of what I find attractive is its “bottomless soup bowl” effect (I call it that because it makes me think of this: http://www.mindlesseating.org/ignobel.htm). Since I don’t prune my feeds very well, I always have more information to consume.

]]> By: megan http://www.popbioethics.com/2009/12/how-do-you-consume-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-274 megan Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:21:09 +0000 http://www.poptranshumanism.com/?p=1040#comment-274 google reader changed everything for me. i think i definitely consume more and do it more efficiently as a result (like you said, i usually don't read everything). adding the shared stories feature made me love it even more-- i've discovered new blogs to add to my feed, i get to see what is interesting to my friends, etc. tumblr was also a huge change for my internet experience, especially as it continues to grow and become more popular. the interesting thing there is the lack of attribution. i do it myself-- when i find an image i like, i oftentimes don't take the time to find its source. i do this for funny images or pictures of cats, but if its something i deem as closer to Art, i'm much more apt to do a little digging and post a link to an artist's portfolio or something like that. never really thought about it until you brought this up! google reader changed everything for me. i think i definitely consume more and do it more efficiently as a result (like you said, i usually don’t read everything). adding the shared stories feature made me love it even more– i’ve discovered new blogs to add to my feed, i get to see what is interesting to my friends, etc.

tumblr was also a huge change for my internet experience, especially as it continues to grow and become more popular. the interesting thing there is the lack of attribution. i do it myself– when i find an image i like, i oftentimes don’t take the time to find its source. i do this for funny images or pictures of cats, but if its something i deem as closer to Art, i’m much more apt to do a little digging and post a link to an artist’s portfolio or something like that. never really thought about it until you brought this up!

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