Monthly Archives: January 2014

(Image: Cardiff University) It’s quite difficult to visualize what hypertext fiction is like, so here’s a video of Michael Joyce’s hypertextual novel afternoon in action: Hypertext fiction is like the evil twin brother of good ol’ fiction. In a nutshell, the … Continue reading →

During the symposium on Wednesday, Elliot raised an interesting point on technological determinism. This theory postulates that technology is the force that shapes society. This coincided with what I read in the David Weinberger reading, Small Pieces Loosely Joined: A … Continue reading →

Wow. Peter Graham’s The Age of the Essay was a spectacular read. I compiled a few points he made that I found bookmark-worthy. In the things you write in school you are, in theory, merely explaining yourself to the reader. In … Continue reading →

Allow me to backtrack a little and reflect on the first lesson’s reading, Adrian Miles’ Blogs in Media Education. There are so many advantages to owning a blog, especially when it comes to applying for jobs. We’ve been warned about … Continue reading →

What do you see? Can you imagine that 100 years ago, present-day technologies such as the iPhone and Google Glass would have been considered design fiction? I can’t even begin to wonder what new fictions we would have another 100 … Continue reading →

In today’s symposium, Elliot brought up some very interesting points, but one stood out most of all to a communications professional like myself: design fiction’s impact on the media industry. More specifically, how do these new technologies impact the way … Continue reading →

Design fiction is defined as “an approach to design that speculates about new ideas through prototyping and storytelling”. What it really is is professional dreaming. For the clueless, Sterling included a super cool example of design fiction: Corning – A … Continue reading →

Today, I was robbed. Literally. This happened at approximately 2:30pm today. I was sitting in a tram, cruising along Smith Street, about to grab lunch from one of those Vietnamese bakeries. But lunch had to wait – someone decided it … Continue reading →