Some thoughts after readings this article. “Often it would be advantageous to be able to snap the camera and to look at the picture immediately.” – Vannevar Bush Vannevar Bush wrote this in 1945. Thirty years later, Steve Sasson invented what is… Continue Reading
The amount of ourselves that we share online is always a difficult balance to achieve. Personally, I believe I’ve over-shared in the past; I’ve published far too much information about myself on the Internet and it would be impossible for… Continue Reading
Here’s me embedding a video from my Instagram on to my blog. Enjoy:
Paul Graham’s “The Age of the Essay” resonated strongly with me. Not only that, it actually made me quite angry at my high school for forcing me to write all of those pointless essays. It wasn’t even like you had… Continue Reading
“Network literacy means linking to what other people have written and inviting comments from others, it means understanding a kind of writing that is a social, collaborative process rather than an act of an individual in solitary. It means learning… Continue Reading
No matter how many simplified five minute videos on the subject of creative commons – explained using “cool” digitalised graphics and animation and soundtracked to easily digestible Muzak or Fat Boy Slim aimed at “young people” – I watch, I… Continue Reading
The symposium (though I am more inclined to call it a lecture this week) challenged our pre-conceived notions of story. Adrian attempted to explain his reasoning behind why stories must have a beginning, middle, and end. According to him, everything… Continue Reading
Anyone else have a Goodreads profile? Add me if you do.. I only have one friend.
I’m finding it quite difficult to get into the habit of regularly updating my blog. At the moment, it still feels like a hurdle in order to pass this subject. I really hope I can become habitual in my updates… Continue Reading
The idea of post industrial media is what most interested me in the first lecture. The media platforms we use are vastly more interactive and user-driven. Tying in to Alvin Toffler’s portmanteau of the proactive consumer, we are now (most… Continue Reading