NCAD Cultural Studies 3: Digital cultures: 2008-10-12

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Monday, October 13, 2008

Website of the week 1

I'm thinking of establishing a 'website of the week' as a regular feature of this blog. What I wish it to do is to draw our attention to ways in which digital culture can capture our attention and reveal the world and ways of thinking the world. Hopefully it will also raise some discussion of and engagement with the topics we encounter as the course progresses.

Anyway so, this week's site of the week was developed by Laurier Rochon and Marc Beaulieu of Concordia University and involves personal hygiene, deodorant, and a usb docking station.

As the author describes it

Iamclean.org is a critique of social networking sites and devices. I was talking to a friend on msn Messenger earlier, and after pointing out that she had spent the whole day at the computer doing nothing, she added "msn, aim, icq, facebook, myspace and music. Enough to waste complete days". More specifically, this project takes aim at the idea of online "status", where you can let people know where you are at any moment in time very easily with the help of a computer and a little Internet.

Click on the link and check it out. If you have any comments insert them below.

Nominations for website of the week are also being accepted. Please email me with any suggestions and an explanation of why you think a site should be included.