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This section is meant to be devoted to a smorgasbord of differing ideas and topics. In the end, they will be subdivided into multiple sections within the page.

• Many of our discussions on Facebook have been devoted to the fact that you are able to hide your true identity in favor of a self-sculpted personality. This New York Times article suggests that the future of such abilities may be limited. What does this mean for the future of Facebook users and Facebook in general, now that it is more transparent how much information you've made readily available to them?
• A fairly straightforward and optimistic article on multimedia education in colleges and universities.
• This TED talk by Geoff Mulgan focuses on an old type of multimedia learning--a kind that involves actually doing what you are learning about. I find the Studio Schools he discusses extremely intriguing and I feel strongly that Evergreen needs to incorporate more education tactics like this into its "curriculum." This talk is an especially good piece of persuasive evidence for my Suggestions for the Evergreen State College Library.
• This British-ly awkward and surprisingly intuitive TED talk is devoted to the ideas that can only be born through the Internet and the Digital Revolution. Chris Anderson, one of the curators of Technology, Entertainment, Design, offers up an interestingly specific formula to fuel the creation of innovative ideas within any field of study.
• An interesting article on the current trends in mainstream consumer music databases. Touches on iTunes, Spotify, and the newly launched, British-based Rara.
• If you are in search of any data regarding the effects of Facebook/Twitter on happiness than this is probably the most in depth piece you will find for the moment. This research paper focuses on the changes in happiness overtime utilizing posts on Twitter and specifically giving 10,000 different words "Happiness ratings" between 1 and 10 and studying the trends over a 33-month span to gauge the overall happiness of its selected users--including individuals, bots, and organizations.