New Yorker articles

I found the Michael Cera article, My Man Jeremy, really interesting. Firstly, I liked the article was mostly comprised of messages sent between Michael and Jeremy. That's a cool way of retelling the events of a relationship forming, and later crumbling. Personally, I don't think I would've tried to be friends with someone who texted me by mistake. I would have just said "sorry, wrong number" and left it at that. I also find it interesting that Cera also tries to analyze how Jeremy responds or how Jeremy is feeling about talking to him. Its also interesting to note that it appears that Cera is trying very hard to make Jeremy understand that they are friends but also grows impatient quickly. Cera wants to form a social relationship with Jeremy and is putting forth a great deal of effort yet Jeremy seems unwilling to do the same. I think this might be because Cera assumes that Jeremy is as connected as himself leading to some irritation on Cera's part when Jeremy doesn't respond.

Lauren Collins's article, The Love App, is about an app developed in South Korea called "Between". "Between" is an app that allows couples to document events, share photos, and privately message each other. This app is designed to keep couples in constant connection with one another. "Between" utilizes the constant connectivity that South Korean young adults have as a means of maintaining a relationship. The creators of this app want the couples who use it to feel that when they use the app, it's their own private space to talk and share things without running the risk of sending something to someone else unintentionally. Messages sent in error are often just brushed off as an accident. But in Michael Cera's case, it was the start of a journey to try and make a new friend. A line from The Love App that I found interesting was that if "Facebook is a high school reunion and Twitter is a cocktail party, Between is staying home witha  boxed set and ordering pizza" (Collins). This is interesting because it paints "Between" as a more intimate application than Facebook or Twitter, which makes sense considering how public Facebook and Twitter are.