There are some interesting articles about privacy and digital memory.

1. There are directions up for your Lessig paper, which will be in place of the synthetic essay. You can find instructions on Learn@UW.

2. All the portfolios are graded. The first batch of grades were sent out yesterday / this morning, and the final batch will be sent after class. The hard-copies will come back next week.

3. No class Thursday for the Conference on College Composition and Communication

4. Today in class:

•  FWS: Can there be such a thing as online community? Does it devalue what "community" should be?
• A blog post about digital memory and living in  a world of information 
• Review of introductions, with a critique of an online forum introduction
• Online community experiences
• What constitutes community?