Incredibly slow

I feel like this process is slowing and I need to find momentum. I've spent the last two weeks reading Geeks Bearing Gifts and Literary Machines - both by Ted Nelson. Now that I have two books under my belt, I feel I have a good bearing to move forward in a positive way. I have a grasp on what my thesis project really is, and small ideas on how to tie together concepts.

Although these two books are my only repertoire thus far, I will have no problem finding other references (scholarly and professional) to use. Believe it or not, I'm not that scared of writing the Literature Review portion either. I have written two in the past and feel confident in that process now. I know that in order to do a good Lit Review, I have to be comfortable with the material at hand. That is what my goal has been during these first weeks of the semester.

Beyond the momentum that I need to find, I do have one additional thought. I've been thinking about the Vignette portion of my thesis proposal and I'm a little confused about what information needs to go in that section. I'd like to fully understand this part in the next few days.

Moleskine Musings

Welcome everyone! I've began the journey of document my thesis ideas many times before. I even keep my favorite Moleskine with me at all times so I can record them as they occur. But now the time is really here and I need to have THE idea!

Over the past six months, I've thought a lot about the process of the Thesis. I thought it best to start at the beginning with keywords and evolve from there. Some I have noted include: collaboration, emerging technology, new media, social media, subcultures, and the concept that content is king (not in a James-Cameron-king-of-the-world way).

Some ideas written down include:

1. Embracing User-generated content as a catalyst to social change.
2. New media and interactivity - a one-to-many or many-to-many approach?
3. What your Facebook status says about you: Can they be categorized?
4. Texting and microblogging: the age of BBM, SMS, Bit.ly, and everything else acronym.

My place of work is also implementing a Learning Management System in the upcoming months - it will be installed, tested, and rolled out by September. If there was ever a good project to do with perfect timing, it'd be that one. But what research question would I pose? Is it possible to even research and implement simultaneously? Because of the prospect of parallel work, I'm more apt to go the traditional Thesis route.

So, what's my favorite idea? Number 4. Now if I could only give it a little framing.