Connective Visions

A Mystery and a Crime: Camilla Läckberg Is Not the Next Stieg Larsson

February 12th, 2011 by Joanna Mullins | Comments Off

Editing

Camilla Läckberg’s The Ice Princess is a lesson in why writers still need serious editors and reviewers.


American Health Care: Follies with Privacy and Paperwork

January 25th, 2011 by Joanna Mullins | Comments Off

"Does anyone know who this patient is?"

What is bothersome is the fact that I have been in this hospital with my father, preparing for this appointment, every week for a month – and still, no one seems to have the slightest idea who we are.


Words, Behavior, and the Social Network: “Friend,” “Neighbor,” and “Boundary”

January 14th, 2011 by Joanna Mullins | Comments Off

Setting online space and real space side by side can prompt a different way to consider our relationships, behaviors, and how we conduct discourse as a society.


How We Walk: A Pause at “Why Not?” on the Road

December 6th, 2010 by Joanna Mullins | Comments Off

Walkers on Jomfruland

Our resistance to positive suggestions and solutions – in world conflict and in our personal lives – undergoes some examination.


Me-me-me Meets the Meme: When Facebook Plays with the Literary Canon

December 3rd, 2010 by Joanna Mullins | Comments Off

Old book bindings at Merton College Library, Oxford

A Facebook meme on the literary canon resembles the Internet tendency toward self-referentiality.


Pausing for Thankfulness and Sharing: Good Economic Practice

November 30th, 2010 by Joanna Mullins | Comments Off

View from Hawk Mountain, Hamburg, PA

Shifting the holiday focus from sales to relationships can provide both social and economic benefits.


“And Now?” Where Real Progress Comes From

November 4th, 2010 by Joanna Mullins | 4 Comments

In the aftermath of U.S. elections, little potential for progress is found outside the individual – where it always has been.


Viral Can Be Good for You: A Sci-Fi Success Story

October 29th, 2010 by Joanna Mullins | 2 Comments

mock cover machine of death

A science fiction anthology’s rise demonstrates the grass-roots potential of IT.


The Rant Is Too Damn High: Dealing with Fat Mouths in the Thin Time

October 26th, 2010 by Joanna Mullins | 4 Comments

Watching from the dark

The twilight time of Halloween/All Saints’ corresponds all too well with the 2010 U.S. elections.


The Pastor and the Press: Attention Seeking as News

September 8th, 2010 by Joanna Mullins | 6 Comments

The Archive in Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway

The collusion of slavering media and slaves to fear makes for the worst bedfellow.



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