The first article we read was by David Pogue. In it he discussed how different websites were more useful than others for different purposes. I've heard of some of the sites he mentioned, but to be honest I never heard of Flickr.com till now. Others, such as Shutterfly, Photobucket, and Snapfish I have heard of, but never used. At the end he mentions that three of them are technologically fool-proof, even for technology illiterate people, which I think is a reference to the beginning where his mom was spending hours trying to order pictures from Flickr, something he could have done in 10 minutes.
The second article was a piece YouTube, and how we all watch it because we see little pieces of ourselves in each video.
The final piece was on the topic of checking our sources and making sure they are valid (this being for papers and the such, not photographs so much). It told us to ask questions about sources, such as if it’s on topic, or if the publishing date makes it relevant. An example: a book from 1980 on Biology won’t do much good as a source on modern biology these days, as we have advanced so much that nearly everything in it is probably underrated.
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