Choose Your Own Path in the Branching Electracy of TLC, a Converzation with Parker

'Electracy, coined by theorist Gregory Ulmer, is the cultural, cognitive, and skill-based shift from print literacy to the digital age, representing the "literacy" for electronic media like the internet, social media, and virtual worlds, emphasizing play, performance, and affective connection over purely rational thought, and involving new ways of identity, learning, and meaning-making. It's a dynamic cultural apparatus, not just a set of tech skills, blending "electricity" and "trace" to capture both technology's power and its inherent relational meanings.' We hear Parker's story and his introduction to Paul VanderKlay and TLC, along with news of and details about his search engine for the 10000 videos that have been generated by TLC affiliates. The "flotilla" is on the move!