Reading Week 12
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Course Related
The Blogs Of Others
Amy writes about exercise and teeth… George turned 21 (happy birthday!) and went to a gig And Nethaniel did this… which I feel is a good representation of my understanding in this course.
The Work Of Others
Jane talks about the wikipedia game, and describes her experiences with it by stating “…we used to sit in class and choose two pages eg. Hawaii and The Plague or ‘Black Death’ (off the top of my head) and then try and… Continue Reading
The Work Of Others
Nethaniel talks about how technology can’t be neutral, by arguing that it can be neutral (basically pitting Adrian and Jason against one another), and state that “although certain technologies may appear more suited to particular tasks, this is based on the… Continue Reading
Network theories…
Okay, so after stating in my symposium post for this week that I couldn’t remember Adrian’s side to the networks discussion started by Elliott, I discovered that he has actually written his own post about it (yay!). Now you just… Continue Reading
The Work of Others
Ellen writes about the reading in terms of science, which if anything, is an interesting take on the ideas presented and one that even helped my limited understanding of the 80/20 rule… a little. Brady discusses the shutdown of of community television… Continue Reading
The Blogs Of Others
Sarah talks about the topical issue of police and the public’s relationship with them/the way they are being perceived, doing so through cultural references as an interesting comparison and analysis of the popular trend of fearing/hating the police. Ellen is supporting community… Continue Reading
Form vs. The Author
Something I found particularly interesting from the symposium this week was the idea that authors loose control over their work when they move it to an electronic platform in terms of story order, as traditional (physical) media dictates form in… Continue Reading
The Blogs Of Others
Okay, so it’s this time again… I like how George has attempted to answer the symposium questions himself, and feel that his opinion as a stand alone makes more sense than the jumbled opinions thrown at us in the Q&A style… Continue Reading
Form vs. Content
Before the symposium tomorrow, I want to get my current opinion out on the idea of form vs. content, unaltered from the discussion that will inevitably take place surrounding the importance of form as opposed to the material within it.… Continue Reading