This is an index of the blog posts that I've completed to date on Team Ahab:
The Sea and Solitude (Isolation and connectivity in the Digital Age)
Digital Text, Plato, and Dynamic Expression: A Vlog (XML and static/dynamic forms)
Avatars and Anonymity: Who are We? (Anonymity and online personae)
Bionic Us (Bionic implants and prosthetic technology)
God in the Whale (Melville's use of Moby Dick as a symbol for deity)
Devil in the Man: A "Hell-Bent" Captain (Capt. Ahab as Milton's Satan remade)
Don Yer Blubber, Land Lubber (The virtue of blubber/thick skin in the Digital Age)
My Research, Your Voice (Exploration of research topics and requests for social proof)
"Another and still stranger world..." (Selection of research topic as "digital worlds unseen" and a brief look at EVE Online)
In class, we've talked about various social platforms that have allowed people to meet others with similar interests and connect in meaningful ways--in many cases, in ways that would be impossible except for the Internet. Whether it's collaborative music sites like Kompoz or expansive, fantastical worlds as in EVE Online and other video games, the Internet is creating digital spaces wherein people are able to share ideas and interact in meaningful ways.
