Cuba + Online Media
*** When referring to ‘we’ or ‘us’ in this post I am referring to the privileged living within a western and democratic society. We live in a world with just a few clicks we have access to almost unlimited amounts…
NetMed Reflection
Over the past six week’s in Networked Media, I have attempted many of the advised tasks to begin my blogging experience. I have specifically tried to follow Adrian Miles advice: “The use of blogs can also explore questions about online…
Who do you think I am, Mr.Bubbles9560?
“Yeah, I know what happened five years ago in Miami. You think I’m a fucking idiot? You think I’m Mr. Bubbles 9560? [bowls a near-perfect strike] Nope. You’re dealing with me, bitch. This is a line from one of the…
My Communities
In this week’s Tutorial for Networked Media we started discussing internet communities. Internet communities are something I find extremely interesting – as I am an active participant in many – as well as an active viewer of some. I…
My Hyperlink Journey.
https://vimeo.com/161588756 “Find 2-3 ‘stories’, articles or posts online about your area of interest, that have an interactive element – at least some hyperlinks, but hopefully more than that. This can be anything; news articles, twitter threads, fiction, forums – anything that…
SXSW: President Obama on Media and the Government.
SXSW (South By Southwest) for those who don’t know is a yearly media orientated festival in Austin, Texas. This year the keynote speaker at the festival was President Barack Obama (watch the video HERE). The President spoke about many of…
Networked Media Exercise: Multimedia on my blog
Today’s exercise is to upload media (video, audio, or photos) to my blog and discuss how they add to the theme. As I’ve already uploaded media in all of the above forms to this blog I want to focus on…
Women’s History Month: The Queen of Code
As I stated in my last post I am giving coding a try. One of the things that sparked my interest in coding was Gillian Jacobs The Queen of Code documentary (click here to watch via vimeo). The Queen of Code…
A New Definition of Literate.
Networked Media : Week 2 In the reading and the lecture for Networked Media the idea of being ‘literate’ was widely discussed. When I think about literacy I immediately think of print literacy and the ability to read. Though just…
Women’s History Month: Michelle Obama on International Women’s day
Michelle Obama for the past 7 years has proven herself to be a true role model for me and for others alike. In The United States it has become standard practice for First Lady’s to campaign for social issues during…
