Monthly Archives: November 2012

Denver Woman Cheats Jury Duty; Charged for Second-Degree Perjury

As a U.S. citizen, it is bound to happen at some point in one’s life to do the civil duty of being summoned to jury duty. One could argue that it disrupts away from the normal life routine of work, …

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Virtual Dating The New Trend

In today’s society, it is very uncommon to be involved with social media. It is too enticing for one. People would make you feel sort of “Left Out The Loop” if you didn’t own one anyways. People have Facebook pages, …

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Anonymity Breeding Malicious Behavior?

It is through personal experience with role-playing games that I have concluded that you can find out a lot about someone from their first character build. In a table top game that is as open as Dungeons and Dragons, first …

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Are Wireless Keyboards in Class Necessary ?

With advancements in technology there are always pros and cons.  In high school, taking notes meant writing everything by hand on to paper.  In college, taking notes went from typing on a laptop, to typing on a bluetooth keyboard linked …

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The Demise of Groupon

There is an animation of the Titanic pointing straight down into a vast, blue ocean.  Halfway into the abyss this ship is doomed.  Instead of the Titanic name on the ship, it reads “Groupon”.  I’m surprised, I thought Groupon was …

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Facebook Gets a Stock Poke

Since the Initial IPO for the Facebook company optimism has been a hard pill to swallow, but the value of this social powerhouse may be on the rise. According to an article in the CNN website Facebook has been looking …

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Media Shapes Generation X

We talk a lot about how we are in a ‘digital age.’ Generation X is constantly talked about as being the generation that is tech savvy. We (I being a part of Generation X) are the generation that grew up …

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Digital Families and Digital Relationships

The first time I saw a social networking site, which, for me, happened to be MySpace, I had a nagging thought in the back of my head that sounded like a cranky old relative. All I could think about was …

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A Generation’s Understanding of Solitude

When reading the article “The End of Solitude” I realized that I have noticed everything said in the article through my younger sister and myself. The difference in our generations can be seen as very similar at times, but when …

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We’re supposed to do what on that computer?

Our generation has been dubbed many names such as the iGeneration or Generation X or something along the lines of a tech-savvy named generation. With these names comes a standard on how others outside of that generation believe we should …

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