https://doingdeweydecimal.com/2013/10/23/writing-on-the-wall-review/ Just another WordPress site Sun, 09 Mar 2014 23:11:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.1 https://doingdeweydecimal.com/2013/10/23/writing-on-the-wall-review/#comment-2476 Sun, 27 Oct 2013 04:01:33 +0000 http://doingdeweydecimal.wordpress.com/?p=4474#comment-2476 […] is it just me, or are you also interested in reading Writing on the Wall by Tom Standage?  Doing Dewey’s review hooked me so much that I requested the book from the […]

]]> https://doingdeweydecimal.com/2013/10/23/writing-on-the-wall-review/#comment-2475 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 14:18:20 +0000 http://doingdeweydecimal.wordpress.com/?p=4474#comment-2475 I’m going to see if my lib has it, because I think it’s something I’d geek out about, too.

]]> https://doingdeweydecimal.com/2013/10/23/writing-on-the-wall-review/#comment-2474 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 21:19:12 +0000 http://doingdeweydecimal.wordpress.com/?p=4474#comment-2474 This would beat out any of the textbooks I’ve had by far! I would highly recommend it

]]> https://doingdeweydecimal.com/2013/10/23/writing-on-the-wall-review/#comment-2473 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 21:14:34 +0000 http://doingdeweydecimal.wordpress.com/?p=4474#comment-2473 Definitely! I thought it was very engaging and the author does talk a lot about the way social media helped shape society throughout history.

]]> https://doingdeweydecimal.com/2013/10/23/writing-on-the-wall-review/#comment-2472 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 20:34:23 +0000 http://doingdeweydecimal.wordpress.com/?p=4474#comment-2472 It was so fascinating! The way people in ancient Rome got news to each other through friends of friends was so impressive and so daunting compared to the ease with which we communicate today. The similarities were interesting too, from the things people wanted to tell each other to people’s concerns about each new form of communication. I really geeked out about this one

]]> https://doingdeweydecimal.com/2013/10/23/writing-on-the-wall-review/#comment-2471 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 19:43:33 +0000 http://doingdeweydecimal.wordpress.com/?p=4474#comment-2471 It was a great read I love both non-fiction with a lot of fun facts and non-fiction that helps bring the past to life, so this was a really good fit for me. And I was absolutely blown away by the stats he shared about facebook!

]]> https://doingdeweydecimal.com/2013/10/23/writing-on-the-wall-review/#comment-2470 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 19:33:29 +0000 http://doingdeweydecimal.wordpress.com/?p=4474#comment-2470 Wonderful! I enjoyed this one enough that I’d be excited to see other people pick it up

]]> https://doingdeweydecimal.com/2013/10/23/writing-on-the-wall-review/#comment-2469 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 19:12:29 +0000 http://doingdeweydecimal.wordpress.com/?p=4474#comment-2469 Isn’t that crazy! I can’t find the exact figure now, but there was also a statistic about the number of years people spend on facebook each month collectively which was pretty scary too. It really was an interesting book

]]> https://doingdeweydecimal.com/2013/10/23/writing-on-the-wall-review/#comment-2468 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 15:45:30 +0000 http://doingdeweydecimal.wordpress.com/?p=4474#comment-2468 This sounds like a really fun book! I majored in Communication Studies in college, and I would have LOVED to have this book as a textbook. Hell, I’d love to read it now!

]]> https://doingdeweydecimal.com/2013/10/23/writing-on-the-wall-review/#comment-2467 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 16:16:39 +0000 http://doingdeweydecimal.wordpress.com/?p=4474#comment-2467 Wow, I love this concept for a book!!! Thinking that we’re only in the “modern” form of social media, and that it’s been around longer than we may think! Cool!!

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