See the assignment that informed the creation of these remixes: Remix, Mashup, and Society.

October 5, 2008

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On the VP Debate, with Queen Latifah as Gwen Ifill. Fey totally nails it. 10:00+ minutes of pure genius: As of this post, 1,504,451 views. And for those of you who haven’t seen it, Fey’s parody of the Katie Couric interview: As of this post, 3,856,794 views. It is quite likely that Tina Fey will be responsible for Obama [...]

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October 4, 2008

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And in the process The Simpsons take on voting irregularities with electronic voting machines: “This doesn’t happen in America—maybe Ohio, but not in America!”

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October 2, 2008

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via Americablog: Registration Information New Jersey Registration must be postmarked by: Tuesday, October 14 Get information about voting in your state: New Jersey election website New Jersey voter hotline: 1-609-292-3760 Delaware Registration must be postmarked by: Saturday, October 11 Get information about voting in your state: Delaware election website Delaware voter hotline: 1-302-739-4277 Pennsylvania Registration must be postmarked by: Monday, October 6 Get information about voting in your state: Pennsylvania [...]

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October 2, 2008

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In honor of the essays by James Paul Gee and Scott McCloud that students in my Technologies and the Future of Writing course are reading for tomorrow: two great animations that ask us to consider the nature of digital texts, symbols, and the spaces in which both are presented. The first, Animator vs Animation, I believe [...]

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