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September, 2013

  1. Notes on The Long Tail

    September 19, 2013 by oliviapaterson

    Demonstrates the way in which an entirely new economic model for the media and entertainment industries.Unlimited selections is revealing truths about what consumers want to get in service after service…New rules for the entertainment industry.1. Make everything available. 2. Cut the price in half. 3. Help me find it.

     

     

     

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  2. Notes on Networked Media Class (week 8)

    September 18, 2013 by oliviapaterson

    Class reflection on lecture

    • How hypertext relates to Google model… assumptions about how google works turn out to be wrong assumptions.
    • Talking about the keyboard…being one of the oldest things and remains unchanged.
    • Then end point…every power structure that has ever existed has had a center and structure. How does something function without a center and without a structure?
    • The class thought that the discussion on video games was interesting and debated about weather or not they are form of hypertext.
    • Definition of a game was something that could be won.
    • Should modern ‘games’ be considered games or rather interactive experiences?

    Niki-Presentations

    RED- first impressions

    Green- what do you like about the Niki post?

    Yellow-creative opportunity. What could be added?

    White-information. What would you like to know more about?

     

    Our Feedback:

    • Generally people liked our idea and thought that it was very authentic.
    • We should add other forms of media such as 30 second video
    • Unique idea
    • Well presented and laid out
    • People thought that it was good because they did not know much about open source and that it was helpful that we explained what open source was in our niki so that they could understand the niki page.

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  3. Unwhatever 0.5

    September 18, 2013 by oliviapaterson

    Can video games be considered hypertext narratives? How? Why?

    • The relationships between different media forms…but sometimes it is clear that they are not the same. Games don’t have a narrative
    • Example: pinball does not have a narrative
    • Gaming meet television for example survivor.

     

    How do you actually write a hypertext narrative?

    • Hypertext like blogs are an emerging structure
    • When you write a hypertext narrative each individual sections make sense all by them selves similar to our blogs, to understand them you don’t usually have to read the last three weeks of posts to understand the one that your reading.  They are highly granular
    • Context of audience…why and how will the audience connect with the piece?

     

    Why is hypertext considered influential in the future development of media making and story telling?

    • Interplay between hypertext and networks and history itself.  History can be explained as a highly complex network  that has been put into narrative.
    • As human beings we always try to find a linear context to everything.
    • There is a hyper textual mode of reading that has become an important and more engaging way of reading texts.
    • Hypertext is cinematic… the only difference between film and hypertext is that film is fixed. Where hypertext there can be numerous different options, which are not fixed.
    • One shot next to another can change the meanings of both shots.
    • The meaning is not in the shot it is outside the two, its in the relationship between them. It no longer sits inside the narrative but in the connection and the relation ship that exists in the relations of the parts.

     

    The long tail seems to advocate a free market model for the entertainment industry. Anderson says this model allows for more diversity, however, do you think problems such as a recommendations hierarchy could emerge?

    • Facebook feeds… you liking some things disregards you from other things. Facebook learns what you like and then almost stops you from other interests.
    • Similarly in music, programs have started to learn our particular tastes and then discourage too much exploration.
    • Facebook has become a social media disaster…it has become overcome by advertising and it doesn’t necessary work on recommendations hierarchy.
    •  Page rank on google works on how many links go to your page.

     

    Does a network have a center? Or do we all create centers for our own networks?

    • No not necessary become they work depending on the relationships and links between people, which we make. Yet given this in a way are we the centers for networks given the necessity of our input.

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  4. Niki- OPEN SOURCE

    September 18, 2013 by oliviapaterson

    “WebForge** is dedicated at making open source projects successful.”

    Here at WebForge, we thrive on making our open source programs accessible for community collaboration, helping us to create the leading resource for open source software development and distribution. Using the tools we provide, an approximate of over 324,000 projects are created by 3.4 million developers, connecting more than 46 million consumers with these open source projects.

    WebForge is where open source happens.

    What is open source?

    Most software that you buy or download only comes in the compiled ready-to-run version. Compiled means that the actual program code that the developer created, known as the source code, has run through a special program called a compiler that translates the source code into a form that the computer can understand. It is extremely difficult to modify the compiled version of most applications and nearly impossible to see exactly how the developer created different parts of the program. Most commercial software manufacturers see this as an advantage that keeps other companies from copying their code and using it in a competing product. It also gives them control over the quality and features found in a particular product.

    Open source software is at the opposite end of the spectrum. The source code is included with the compiled version and modification or customization is actually encouraged. The software developers who support the open source concept believe that by allowing anyone who’s interested to modify the source code, the application will be more useful and error-free over the long term.

    Testimonials:

    “I usually have no clue about programming and all that…Webforge provided me with the starting tools I needed for my app…[the programs’] source code availability makes [programming] user-friendly and accessible! I am one satisfied client! :) :) ”

    – Apple-tini, CA.

    “My friends and I wanted to start looking into game [programming], but didn’t have the funding nor the knowledge to [begin]. Webforge already had preset gaming applications available for use…through research and Webforge, I am happy to say that we are on our way of creating out very own…and we are only teenagers!”

    – COD101, MI

    “I have been a co-founder of a start up company that deals in Maths tutorials for kids at home. My business partner and I have only been doing this face to face as of recent, but desired to go even further and begin a program [our clients] can download. [My business partner], unfortunately has moved to another state and didn’t know anyone who could help us with programming. Webforge has opened up new avenues for my company…and [we are] definitely grateful for its suppliers!”

    – Myangel, MA

    “I was really interested in gaining knowledge on software for gaming – apps and video gaming. Webforge was a great way to help get me started and introduce me to software that I wasn’t aware I needed. I am so thank-ful for this open source as it allowed me to have so many opportunities within this area and explore what else I can do in the future.”

    -Lozluvskeys, AUS

    ** Webforge is a fictional name and is available for external use.

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  5. THE LITTLE GUY

    September 18, 2013 by oliviapaterson

    HOME ALONE THE RANGE

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  6. oh miley…

    September 18, 2013 by oliviapaterson

    you have to give her some credit she is getting noticed !

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  7. Unwhatever 0.4

    September 18, 2013 by oliviapaterson

    What kind of genre is an interactive documentary? Is it still a documentary or would you say it is a new genre because of the hypertextual interface?

    • Genre is never just about the textual form
    • Genres are also always about the industries that help create them
    • Interactive documentary allows for a more creative and unfixed approach to documentary genres.
    • The conventions that hypertext have introduced effect the way we read other texts.
    • All stories make truth claims for example: in The World or A World.
    • Genre-on the one hand you can argue that documentary is the genre but you can also argue that there are genres within documentary. One being interactive documentary.

     

    If, interactive narratives have no singular, definitive beginnings and endings, then what would be the constraints for an author of interactive media to control the interpretation of a narrative?

    • Authors cannot control the interpretations of the audience.
    • Authors have no way to control their thoughts and should not claim to do so.
    • What we interpret is text not authors.
    • What rhymes with shop and you buy at the butchers…what do you do at a green light?
    • Hypertext allows and encourages you to generate and imagine how two separate situations can relate, as we need to find a connection between the two.

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  8. Springer!

    September 11, 2013 by oliviapaterson

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