h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Hello and welcome to H2G2.
My name is Crystal Butterfly and I am an Assistant Community Editor {ACE} one of a group of volunteers to like to meet and greet and hopefully befriend new researchers.
This is an awesome site, and it does take a little getting used to at first.
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Crystal Butterfly db

Hi Crystal!

I spend all weekend wondering what I could write about and discussing the subject with a former college mate who came over to see me - I attended Falmouth College of Arts.

I have something cooking, but I am not sure what kind of stuff is ok or not. I see entries about baroque music on the one hand and articles about various lovemaking techniques on the other...I haven't read anything yet, I have just registered and my internet access is at work which means that I can't really spend loads of time reading stuff and generally faffing about [though my collegues seem to have mastered that art].

Anyway I came up with a subject: I thought I could meditate on differences between virtual texts [like this site, anything stored on a computer and no where else] and physical texts [paper archives, mycrofilm, books etc] on a cultural level mainly and 'our' relationship to these very different yet similar mediums.

I am no Freud but, these days I have been very interested in the psychological relationship people have with text and books and how this relationship is disrupted [?] changed [?] enriched [?] by the importance computers and the internet has taken and is taking in western culture and society.

Sadly this is the kind of stuff I think about pretty intensely, maybe I need to get a life, but the hhgg will give me an opportunity to research the subject and discuss my opinions and sources with others.

Another thing is that this environment means that I don't have to write something terribly academic like I did in College so, hopefully it will be fun to read and people will not take drastic action to distract themselves from the bordom. [throwing themselves out of windows, taking up karaoke, collecting furbies, reading the phone book...]

Do you have any advice or writing guidances to provide? Do you happen to have a PhD in Psychology??

Any help and ideas are welcome! Take Care


xo

Nessie