Connector by Jacquelyn Whiting https://padlet.com/whitingj1/lqqzh39l4atx Post your reading responses here. This padlet is public so anyone can see it and contribute without logging in. en-us 2017-11-02 11:27:05 UTC 2017-11-06 16:38:28 UTC hello@padlet.com How to add to this padlet whitingj1 https://padlet.com/whitingj1/lqqzh39l4atx/wish/202840192 Click the + button in the bottom right corner of the screen

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Click anywhere on the screen outside of the box to add your post to the padlet.]]> 2017-11-02 11:27:55 UTC https://padlet.com/whitingj1/lqqzh39l4atx/wish/202840192 Of what are you reminded when you read this passage? (book, movie, tv, current event…) Why? whitingj1 https://padlet.com/whitingj1/lqqzh39l4atx/wish/203091456 2017-11-02 19:23:35 UTC https://padlet.com/whitingj1/lqqzh39l4atx/wish/203091456 I immediately thought of Geeks (book about boys in Iowa who used the internet to make it big) and The Graduate (taught in Texts and Contexts) https://padlet.com/whitingj1/lqqzh39l4atx/wish/203967190 2017-11-06 16:20:27 UTC https://padlet.com/whitingj1/lqqzh39l4atx/wish/203967190 The Graduate mccaffreyc2_1 https://padlet.com/whitingj1/lqqzh39l4atx/wish/203967195 2017-11-06 16:20:28 UTC https://padlet.com/whitingj1/lqqzh39l4atx/wish/203967195 Mac Users https://padlet.com/whitingj1/lqqzh39l4atx/wish/203967259 ...do indeed feel that they are a special breed.  My family is in the arts, and they feel that no one understands them!



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]]> 2017-11-06 16:22:35 UTC https://padlet.com/whitingj1/lqqzh39l4atx/wish/203968718 Apple Ad: Think Different https://padlet.com/whitingj1/lqqzh39l4atx/wish/203969956 The Apple commercials also show the attitude that Apple is a defferent breed. ...Just noticed that I keep writing about Apple.

]]> 2017-11-06 16:24:27 UTC https://padlet.com/whitingj1/lqqzh39l4atx/wish/203969956 I had never heard of Linux until this weekend. My sister is in marketing and my son is taking AP Comp Sci. He showed her an app that he made in class, and she hired him to learn Linux and create an app for her company. https://padlet.com/whitingj1/lqqzh39l4atx/wish/203970393

]]> 2017-11-06 16:25:07 UTC https://padlet.com/whitingj1/lqqzh39l4atx/wish/203970393 https://padlet.com/whitingj1/lqqzh39l4atx/wish/203970553 Bill Bryson's The Lost Continent, about growing up in America's heartland, is one similar memoir.

]]> 2017-11-06 16:25:22 UTC https://padlet.com/whitingj1/lqqzh39l4atx/wish/203970553 Groupthink jacobsb10_1 https://padlet.com/whitingj1/lqqzh39l4atx/wish/203971245 In a way, he is describing a variant on the idea of groupthink - although the situation Stephenson is describing isn't necessarily going to end in disaster, it illustrates people's willingness to overlook obvious evidence that is 
contrary to popular thinking and go with the group's consensus, even if (in retrospect or to the outside observer) the decision doesn't make sense.]]> 2017-11-06 16:26:23 UTC https://padlet.com/whitingj1/lqqzh39l4atx/wish/203971245 I love how he focuses on our love/hate relationship with technology, specifically cars. Writers like King (in Christine) might represent the hate/fear side while novels like Travels With Charlie by Steinbeck (thanks Barb!). https://padlet.com/whitingj1/lqqzh39l4atx/wish/203972209 2017-11-06 16:28:04 UTC https://padlet.com/whitingj1/lqqzh39l4atx/wish/203972209 i https://padlet.com/whitingj1/lqqzh39l4atx/wish/203972761 2017-11-06 16:29:01 UTC https://padlet.com/whitingj1/lqqzh39l4atx/wish/203972761 I like the analogy between computer operating systems and cars. The choice of car we drive makes a statement about personality and priorities. https://padlet.com/whitingj1/lqqzh39l4atx/wish/203972765 2017-11-06 16:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/whitingj1/lqqzh39l4atx/wish/203972765 We have this book: https://padlet.com/whitingj1/lqqzh39l4atx/wish/203976585 My first car : [recollections of first cars from Jay Leno, Tony Stewart, Carroll Shelby, Dan Ackroyd, Tom Wolfe, and many more]]]> 2017-11-06 16:35:23 UTC https://padlet.com/whitingj1/lqqzh39l4atx/wish/203976585 How does "Title" mccaffreyc2_1 https://padlet.com/whitingj1/lqqzh39l4atx/wish/203976897 differ from text - do I need a title?





]]> 2017-11-06 16:35:53 UTC https://padlet.com/whitingj1/lqqzh39l4atx/wish/203976897 Meta Snobbery mccaffreyc2_1 https://padlet.com/whitingj1/lqqzh39l4atx/wish/203977428 When he refers to those "who turn up their noses" at the philistines, is he discussing why his Apple snobbery and my inability to understand his metaphor]]> 2017-11-06 16:36:43 UTC https://padlet.com/whitingj1/lqqzh39l4atx/wish/203977428