First off I don’t recommend watching if you, like me, hate becoming old and would much rather return to being either 16 or 6, as this might provoke some serious flashbacks. E.g. Britney Spears, Kelly Clarkson and The Pussycat Dolls… Continue Reading
When I found out we were required to maintain a blog this semester, I was initially a little apprehensive as I had tried and failed at blogging in the past. However, despite this apprehension I was actually looking forward to… Continue Reading
Both of this week’s readings were extracts from Douglas, J. Yellowlees’ ‘The End of Books — Or Books Without End?: Reading Interactive Narratives’. The first quote in reading one was written in 1939 by Vannevar Bush who said the he couldn’t… Continue Reading
One of the questions that weren’t touched on in this week’s symposium was ‘have internet users lost a sense of privacy‘? My immediate reaction was to think back to a guest speaker that came to my high school when I… Continue Reading
First things first, this week’s Vlog is particularly short and that’s because I didn’t do much worth filming. It basically involves 2 cafes, my lip-syncing sister and a lot of driving, as per usual. On Sunday my sister Bronte and… Continue Reading
This week’s reading was George Landow’s ‘Hypertext 3.0: Critical Theory and New Media in an Era of Globalization’. It was very long I must admit and covered quite a few different areas. So for this post I’ll look at one… Continue Reading
When we were first introduced to HTML and told of the impending test, I was a little / a lot concerned. I had never attempted it before (except for a brief stint on Myspace as aforementioned). It was definitely overwhelming,… Continue Reading
This week’s Vlog (4 weeks has gone by soooo quickly) was filmed on Saturday the 16th of August. I went to the Melbourne Art Fair which was held in The Royal Exhibition Building. I had never been before as for… Continue Reading
In class today we had to read 2 other blogs from within the class. Neeve wrote a blog post about the symposium and I found that she reacted similarly to me. In particular when talking about the validity of information on the… Continue Reading
Confession #1 I didn’t know what hypertext was. According to the Reading 1 for this week (an extract from: Nelson, Theodor Holm. Literary Machines 91.1) Hypertext is “non-sequential writing text that branches and allows choices to the reader, best read at an… Continue Reading