Monthly Archives: October 2013

10 Oct

YES.

YES.

Fabulous. The same level of awesome as the skating Vine.     Now go read Kevin’s blog.  

 
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06 Oct

SITTING IN A LECTURE THEATRE…

SITTING IN A LECTURE THEATRE…

I’d just like to mention something I keep forgetting to talk about in my posts about the lectures. This post, however, is about all of …

 
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06 Oct

WORK INSPIRES WORK

WORK INSPIRES WORK

So, my absolute favourite ever director is Danny Boyle and my absolute favourite ever movie is Slumdog Millionaire. (Another absolute favourite ever director is Baz …

 
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05 Oct

THINKING SPACE

THINKING SPACE

I’m dedicating an entire post to one point that Manovich discusses in his paper, Database as Symbolic Form. Manovich considers the linear tendency of new media – …

 
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05 Oct

DATABASE VS. NARRATIVE

DATABASE VS. NARRATIVE

HOLA. The web represents the Web.   I found Lev Manovich’s Database as a Symbolic Form to be full of contradictions. He discusses database vs. narrative in the world …

 
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04 Oct

TECHULTURE

TECHULTURE

The reading, Introduction: ‘Culture’ and ‘Technology’, essentially spends a whole ten pages trying to define culture and technology. Well, no, I lie. It doesn’t try to …

 
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03 Oct

DATABASES, EH?

DATABASES, EH?

Yeah. The image above is there coz it’s cool. We don’t need another reason.   In this week’s lecture, Adrian also discussed databases. Unfortunately, I have become …

 
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03 Oct

I. LIKE. CHOCOLATE.

I. LIKE. CHOCOLATE.

Firstly, I’d like to thank Eddie for his chocolatey donation to me and Tiana. Well, I think it was initially for Tiana, but I couldn’t …

 
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