CUNY Academic Commons | Jamal George | Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/jamalg/activity/ Activity feed for Jamal George. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 05c3bedfbab47dbf3bd748a401b0ea01 Jamal George commented on the post, The Richest Literary Experience for the iPad Friendly Reading Age, on the site The Digital Caribbean http://digitalcaribbean.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/04/30/the-richest-literary-experience-for-the-ipad-friendly-reading-age/#comment-2598 Sun, 04 May 2014 03:43:46 -0400 You know Maribi, I have to disagree that the book’s website not appearing in the top Google search results is genius. From a marketing stand point it is quite the opposite actually. Let’s face it, just like you […]

]]> 468f7f3732b051c8a2fc66b365a3bea1 Jamal George commented on the post, Caribbean Post-Soul: As Flies To Whatless Boys, on the site The Digital Caribbean http://digitalcaribbean.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/04/30/caribbean-post-soul-as-flies-to-whatless-boys/#comment-2597 Sun, 04 May 2014 03:23:46 -0400 Even though Antoni’s novel is generally categorize as fiction, there are some very factual elements in there about Trinidad’s history. His description of the island, the people and the events seem so spot on that […]

]]> 83a6c4ecaeba05e595ca0e751bbd8e0d Jamal George commented on the post, As "Links" to Whatless Boys, on the site The Digital Caribbean http://digitalcaribbean.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/04/29/as-links-to-whatless-boys/#comment-2596 Sun, 04 May 2014 03:10:06 -0400 I could not agree with you more (as you know). Context! Context! Context! It is missing totally from the website. I questioned his thought process after our class session. Why would he think, without any […]

]]> f5ea5445ef192cce356b65fc493a20c0 Jamal George commented on the post, A Digital Vision Actualized-Anthurium , on the site The Digital Caribbean http://digitalcaribbean.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/04/09/a-digital-vision-actualized-anthurium/#comment-707 Tue, 15 Apr 2014 20:17:12 -0400 It really amazes me how bureaucratic the systems of academia are, especially that of publishing. I cannot agree more that what should matter most in scholarly publishing is scholarship. Unfortunately, the system […]

]]> ab672df7c8907ee10ef84172c5459d98 Jamal George commented on the post, Are We There Yet? Is It Really There? , on the site The Digital Caribbean http://digitalcaribbean.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/04/01/are-we-there-yet-is-it-really-there/#comment-423 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 03:01:40 -0400 I find it interesting how the photos and “paradisiacal” promises used to market destinations have a greater influence over potential tourists than reports in mainstream media about criminal activity and a lack of […]

]]> 01db85bab45bd89967bc473477e3318e Jamal George commented on the post, Put On Your Caribbean, Tourists are Here., on the site The Digital Caribbean http://digitalcaribbean.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/04/02/put-on-your-caribbean-tourists-are-here/#comment-421 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 02:12:49 -0400 I have to admit that I have been THAT tourist. The one who stays at a guest house/hotel in the city instead of with family in my hometown, the one who takes private taxis everywhere instead of public […]

]]> a9e98b4e26c2386c6c03409b84c92ce5 Jamal George commented on the post, Diasporas and the Internet, on the site The Digital Caribbean http://digitalcaribbean.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/03/29/diasporas-and-the-internet/#comment-414 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 01:55:25 -0400 I would like to hone in on your point here about the internet being a great and inexpensive medium through which immigrants are able to stay connected to their homeland. Yes, yes … we have the world wide web, […]

]]> 446c07efddc83cc352b50b313e36c938 Jamal George commented on the post, Riddim inna the Market, on the site The Digital Caribbean http://digitalcaribbean.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/03/25/riddim-inna-the-market/#comment-294 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 03:59:30 -0400 You do raise an interesting point about the flagrant homophobia that exist in dancehall culture and the industry being able to reconcile this with the “globalized’ world. But it’s important to remember that hip […]

]]> ea14c47b6e2db7fa6db0074ddc912b32 Jamal George changed their profile picture https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/260737/ Fri, 21 Mar 2014 04:23:28 -0400 9cddd8adb4179884a74d3c6041b868a3 Jamal George commented on the post, Slave Revolt in Jamiaca, 1760-176: A Cartographic Narrative Site Review, on the site The Digital Caribbean http://digitalcaribbean.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/03/14/slave-revolt-in-jamiaca-1760-176-a-cartographic-narrative-site-review/#comment-168 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 02:15:50 -0400 I also found this site to be very well put together; just right. However, I have to disagree that it would appeal to anyone.

]]> 35d23c64fa696d700a8ec0a4f85a6b0d Jamal George commented on the post, Legacies of Cesaire: An Online Forum , on the site The Digital Caribbean http://digitalcaribbean.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/03/12/legacies-of-cesaire-an-online-forum/#comment-167 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 01:58:28 -0400 I agree with you on the need for a section that tells the visitor about Cesaire. I have no clue who he is (should I be ashamed?) and if I was just browsing the net and came across this, I probably would not […]

]]> da28453bf64a93140570ae844d963fdd Jamal George commented on the post, F1rst = Yelp!, Caribbean Edition, on the site The Digital Caribbean http://digitalcaribbean.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/03/11/f1rst-yelp-caribbean-edition/#comment-166 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 01:41:13 -0400 I almost forgot …. I would argue that the majority of F1rst’s users are domestic tourist i.e. visitors from other Caribbean countries.

]]> 876a9aacd8515eed9b8ef1e04a6391a2 Jamal George commented on the post, F1rst = Yelp!, Caribbean Edition, on the site The Digital Caribbean http://digitalcaribbean.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/03/11/f1rst-yelp-caribbean-edition/#comment-165 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 01:37:20 -0400 Can I say that when I discovered this website (as a result of having to do this assignment) I was totally impressed and excited that this exists within the region. I have many friends who still live in T&T and […]

]]> e7ce257697cf1ecdae3ad23d24fb133c Jamal George commented on the post, The Interactive Revolt: A Site Review, on the site The Digital Caribbean http://digitalcaribbean.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/03/11/the-interactive-revolt-a-site-review/#comment-143 Wed, 12 Mar 2014 15:00:45 -0400 I am glad that we can agree that the website is not only very informative but also interesting and engaging. I have to disagree with Margaret above. Before visiting the site, I did not think that it would have […]

]]> fbb57af3718bfd767c4d4ca961af5d20 Jamal George commented on the post, Site Review - Slave Revolt in Jamaica, 1760-1761, on the site The Digital Caribbean http://digitalcaribbean.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/03/10/site-review-slave-revolt-in-jamaica-1760-1761/#comment-142 Wed, 12 Mar 2014 14:21:50 -0400 The point you raised about the editor motivated me to do a little research on him. I am also now intrigued. In reviewing the website, I preconceived that the editor was Jamaican born. After my research (and I […]

]]> 0238974564760c37c04201887f231ceb Jamal George and Margaret Cook are now friends https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/258698/ Wed, 12 Mar 2014 04:26:25 -0400 92ec7d6eb24912975b8163f2f5808ab7 Jamal George and Dwight Howard Johnson are now friends https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/258257/ Tue, 11 Mar 2014 02:06:30 -0400 1f846c8a11ba975b192ebefbb4092460 Jamal George commented on the post, The Digital Diaspora and the Caribbean New Yorker, on the site The Digital Caribbean http://digitalcaribbean.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/03/05/177/#comment-116 Sun, 09 Mar 2014 22:21:37 -0400 I have to say that I also was not impressed by Caribbean New Yorker’ website and I agree totally with your recommendations to improve. I like you referring to your identity as Caribbean New Yorker. It has a nice […]

]]> 67801f86fd6dfd841defa9aa3b8ebe04 Jamal George and Naomi Vanessa Guisintanner are now friends https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/257782/ Sun, 09 Mar 2014 19:51:57 -0400 d22dfa54ed6f8752dfbb3b67a96a1e1b Jamal George commented on the post, Diaspora for Sale, on the site The Digital Caribbean http://digitalcaribbean.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/03/05/diaspora-for-sale/#comment-113 Sun, 09 Mar 2014 16:50:49 -0400 Your question: “So, then does this site constitute a digital diaspora community?” really made me reconsider my categorization of I Am Jamaican as such. Though I am still convinced that it is, you make a very valid […]

]]> c7d36792cd23f17d0b3eb37b44729a53 Jamal George and Maribi Henriquez are now friends https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/257694/ Sun, 09 Mar 2014 03:35:14 -0400 44d2d59225477daa0801a1d984d1e9fb Jamal George commented on the post, Internet: A Creative Space for Diasporan Identities to Flourish, on the site The Digital Caribbean http://digitalcaribbean.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/03/05/i-am-a-hyphen/#comment-103 Sat, 08 Mar 2014 19:28:49 -0500 In reading this blog entry, I couldn’t help but connect the things people in the Diasporic communities today do to “recreate the dynamics of their culture” to that which our forefathers did many years ago when […]

]]> 397e17f016bfe35423008cb3294723e6 Jamal George and Lusely Martinez are now friends https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/257554/ Fri, 07 Mar 2014 20:04:06 -0500 bce0509ff80c235ed017aabfc5e9e267 Jamal George became a registered member https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/247652/ Thu, 30 Jan 2014 01:52:45 -0500