Of course both dana and frank have already detailed their analysis and viewpoints on this… I always appreciate how they blog about the most recent practices and journal their viewpoint and analysis – this becomes useful to me and my advisees as we continue our cyberethnographic explorations.
I have been gifting like crazy – sorta – and have to admit that I am a sucker for one dollar cheapies (besides it’s for a cause as well). To me this is another way in which e-commerce is functioning – perhaps getting what us academics dont always understand that clearly – that online practices are a part of our everyday life. They ARE daily practices – just look at the amount of work and conversation I got through being at home snowed in today – just the same amount (or more) as – if I had driven to my office and gotten back onto the computer…
anyway – here’s to gifting:)
Of course the fact that we had a snow day off made us all feel that being “in class” cheated us out of a holiday so we did not have “class” – but several of us met.
Does that mean I am going to say that my life is enriched by the Internet – hmmm – if you dont know me – you’d probably think that with all my blogging today…
and of COURSE I did not really talk about what I think about the gifting practices – I dont know yet…
