Continuing the conversation on Residually Cyclical Styles (the cyclical nature of orality and literacy), I realize the next (or most recent) cycle. In Residually Cyclical Styles, I established–entirely based on Ong (OL, Chap. 3)– that early writing style was based on oral cultures; print was mo...
Continue reading ...Continuing on with plotting and organizing my planned research, I've created another bubbl.us mindmap to outline how the dissertation be structured. To be sure, this is high-level, raw, and mailable. Nonetheless, I'm putting it out for a few folks to check out. Here is my Dissertation Outline mi...
Continue reading ...Having discovered (or been directed to) bubble.us, I have been playing with this great tool and developed some mindmaps in the general aim of the dissertation. This is really an excellent tool for organizing thoughts. Of course it is logical for applying to one's own papers. projects, and ideas. How...
Continue reading ...A research buddy just turned me on to a new research tool. This one, bubbl.us, is a mindmapping tool. In this way, one creates an account (or not) and can then add a bubble thought and branch off new ideas to create an entire sheet. The sheet can then be shared with friends, emailed, exported, or (a...
Continue reading ...In past posts, I have established digital orality as relevant to the way we communicate using non-textual (largely oral), computer-mediated communication forms, such as podcasting and vodcasting. I have juxtaposed this concept to writing, noting the differences between the two and why communicative ...
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