http://www.adambohannon.org Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:15:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.adambohannon.org/one-dimensional-us/ http://www.adambohannon.org/one-dimensional-us/#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:08:52 +0000 adam http://www.adambohannon.org/?p=670 “A machine with a doll face mimics images on television screen in search of a satisfactory visage. Doll Face presents a visual account of desires misplaced and identities fractured by our technological extension into the future.” Video created by Andrew Huang. Sometimes things just seem to happen all at the right moment.  Tonight, I finished [...]]]> http://www.adambohannon.org/one-dimensional-us/feed/ 1 http://www.adambohannon.org/let-the-reconceptualizing-begin/ http://www.adambohannon.org/let-the-reconceptualizing-begin/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:37:49 +0000 Adam http://www.adambohannon.org/blog/?p=435 From a new Ad Age white paper, with projections on the 2010 Census: “The concept of an ‘average American’ is gone, probably forever,” demographics expert Peter Francese writes in 2010 America, a new Ad Age white paper. “The average American has been replaced by a complex, multidimensional society that defies simplistic labeling.” The message to [...]]]> http://www.adambohannon.org/let-the-reconceptualizing-begin/feed/ 0 http://www.adambohannon.org/live-public-empathy/ http://www.adambohannon.org/live-public-empathy/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:45:45 +0000 Adam http://www.adambohannon.org/blog/?p=246 I came across a haunting trailer today for a documentary by (of?) Josh Harris and Ondi Timoner called We Live in Public.  According to Jason Calacanis, who wrote an excellent email-turned-blog-post about the documentary’s subject matter, “It’s a cautionary tale about the dehumanizing effects of technology, a somber topic that we all need to consider [...]]]> http://www.adambohannon.org/live-public-empathy/feed/ 2 http://www.adambohannon.org/every-7-years-we-shed-half-of-our-friends/ http://www.adambohannon.org/every-7-years-we-shed-half-of-our-friends/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:50:14 +0000 Adam http://www.adambohannon.org/blog/?p=120 Interesting research on the dynamics of online and offline social networks.  Seems like our close connections undergo some pruning as time passes. You may have more Facebook friends as the years go by, but when it comes to your close friends, you lose about half and replace them with new ones after about seven years, [...]]]> http://www.adambohannon.org/every-7-years-we-shed-half-of-our-friends/feed/ 0 http://www.adambohannon.org/praise-for-the-wire/ http://www.adambohannon.org/praise-for-the-wire/#comments Tue, 06 May 2008 03:48:57 +0000 Adam http://abo46n2.wordpress.com/?p=51 After reading a post on Savage Minds about how HBO’s The Wire might be ‘our best ethnographic text on the U.S. today’ I decided to check it out. I don’t typically watch TV let alone TV series, with the exception of a few choice shows, but I must say: The Wire is a masterpiece. It’s [...]]]> http://www.adambohannon.org/praise-for-the-wire/feed/ 3 http://www.adambohannon.org/cultural-capital-resumes-and-social-interaction/ http://www.adambohannon.org/cultural-capital-resumes-and-social-interaction/#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:41:24 +0000 Adam http://abo46n2.wordpress.com/?p=46 I’ve spent most of today hashing out a resume for a potential job offer. From a list of achievements and relevant experience I made a while back, I constructed a one page textual representation of all the recognized cultural capital I’ve acquired over the years. Resumes have always been funny to me; why can’t you [...]]]> http://www.adambohannon.org/cultural-capital-resumes-and-social-interaction/feed/ 0 http://www.adambohannon.org/teachers-embracing-technology/ http://www.adambohannon.org/teachers-embracing-technology/#comments Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:34:24 +0000 Adam http://abo46n2.wordpress.com/?p=23 In contrast with my previous post, today has actually been a refreshing day regarding pedagogy. I’ve been asked to help a sociology professor here on campus set up a blog and a netvibes universe for the students in her class. I just spent an hour or so in her office going over the various aspects [...]]]> http://www.adambohannon.org/teachers-embracing-technology/feed/ 2