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Once the words of a book appear onscreen, they are no longer simply themselves; they have become a part of something else. They now occupy the same space, not only as every other digital text, but as every other medium, too. ”
As a medium, electronic screens possess infinite capacities and instant interconnections, turning words into a new kind of active agent in the world. ”
David Brinkley was an icon of modern broadcast journalism, a brilliant writer who could say in a few words what the country needed to hear during times of crisis, tragedy and triumph. ”
All video games are games, obviously. They're designed. They're digital. They have rules; they give an audience some type of vicarious experience. ”
Sport-based video games occupy an odd space within the sphere of modern home entertainment. Reliably enjoyed by millions, the sport-based video game stands at what sometimes feels like an oblique angle from the larger medium, and in ways that can be hard to articulate. ”
I had looked at dating sites and niche communities like BlackPlanet, AsianAvenue, and MiGente, as well as Friendster, and I thought, 'They're thinking way too small.' ”
The connection between someone in Leeds and a comedian in Los Angeles would probably never happen if it weren't for MySpace, so it enables friendship and connection far more than it limits it. ”
It's not as much fun to go to karaoke alone, but when you do it through the Internet or on your MySpace page, then you can share it with people. ”
When you go to a band's MySpace page you will have the full discography of everything they've ever recorded that you can listen to online. ”
The idea was that if it was a cool thing to do online, you should be able to do it on MySpace. ”