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A DAY IN THE INTERNET
The Inner Workings
Gitelman reading routes…
Week 11’s reading had me thinking, ‘The ways people experience meaning, how they perceive the world and communicate with each other, and how they distinguish the past and identify culture’- the effect of new media. oh, you listen to vinyl?… Continue Reading
Plotting the Week 8 Symposium
Take Away Ideas/Thoughts/Revelations/Fears: “Plots Are For Dead People” A cynical revelation at best- Plots are for people who aren’t ‘living’ the truth- who don’t exist in the real world. For those existing in a dream, a fictional world of… Continue Reading
Small World Huh?
Ideas From Wk 8 Reading; Barabåsi- Small Worlds- The Importance Of Weak Social Ties We are linked to each other/new ideas/opportunities/work/play by a few weak ties – acquaintances belonging to different circles of friends. BOLD LINES VS> WEAK TIES- weak… Continue Reading
How Do New Ideas Become Crazes?
With the ever growing array of devices, facilities and services at our fingertips- too many people are asking too much of too little. Why the f*ck would i want to donate money to a shmuck ripping people off to make… Continue Reading
FOLD
http://fold.media.mit.edu/ Click here to learn more. Fold, being released in February, is a context creation platform for journalists and storytellers, allowing them to structure and craft complex stories… If you’ve been living in a hole in the ground/under a rock/subsequently lost… Continue Reading
Do we still value a character and their ‘journey’ if we bring in hypertext?
Characters are given meaning because of their experiences, journey, emotional turmoil and intellectual/personal development, pain, anguish, love, betrayal, the pursuit of happiness, conquests, challenges, overcoming adversity… If we are to understand the account, be the agent behind the ending, and… Continue Reading
You Said That, You Meant That, You Read that, You Wrote That
Intent; It’s a tricky one.. there’s no inflection in hypertext and media, tone can be difficult to understand. You mean to say something by writing what you think, and it holds true to you and the linear model of reading, yet… Continue Reading
Not a Question, but a Thinkabout
I’ve considered that technology, techniques and procedures are not necessarily separate from culture. they’re transporters or enablers for cultural literacy in the modern, globalised world. from the Industrial revolution to the cultural revolution in arts, screen printing (example from symposium),… Continue Reading
Arts, Culture, Technology, Self.
Arts and culture is a labyrinth of ideas, creativity, trends and philosophical ideologies. ‘Technology’ encompasses the tools and platforms, the ‘drivers’ to facilitate the evolution of arts and cultural ideas, advocating change and perpetuation in the 21st Century. I see… Continue Reading