“My Virtual Life” I didn’t find this article very interesting. We sort of touched upon the topic of Second Life already, but I learned that you could actually profit from the game? It’s a possible incentive but the “residents” seem to invest more than just a way to make money. Question: Do you see the [...]
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Readings 14: Spacetime and Virtual Reality
Posted in Readings on December 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Readings 12: Democracy, Politics, and Technology
Posted in Readings on November 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Flicker Here, Twittering There” It was interesting to read that Utah has Politicopia which is a wiki that citizens can update and influence the legislature. Internet occupancy has now become a way to connect to citizens when it comes to politics. Obama has more friends on FB and followers on Twitter than McCain. This probably [...]
Readings 11: Photography and Lying
Posted in Readings on November 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Picturing Texts” Digital images have been manipulated and enhanced for many years. Photographers have used techniques such as burning (overexposing) and dodging (underexposing) portions of an image to artificially emphasize parts of an image. What we see today is affected by what we’ve seem, heard, or read about in the past. We think something should [...]
Readings 10: Technology and the Body
Posted in Readings on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Play the Game: Grand Theft Desire” This article discusses the widespread, violent saga video game, Grand Theft Auto, or as my 5 year old cousin likes to call “Shoot The Cops.” The author doesn’t deny the severity of the game. He talks about how the main character CJ and how the people who play this [...]
Readings 9: Privacy, Surveillance + Exhibitionism
Posted in Readings on November 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“On the Record, All the Time” Lifeblogging- the idea that you constantly record your life either/or images and audio. Audio seems to have more legal problems. Example of how it would be beneficial: Health (used as a way to help strengthen Alzheimer’s patients memory. Example of how it would be detrimental: There are some things [...]
Readings 8: Copyright and Creativity
Posted in Readings on October 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“The Generational Divide in Copyright Morality” PyMusique- a hackware program which strips the copy protection off of songs from the iTunes music store. The author made it seem that he created the program yet doesn’t endorse the use of it. That part left me a little confused. He said that people responded with examples of [...]
Readings 7: Self-Publishing and DIY
Posted in Readings on October 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Full Text: Keen vs. Weinberger Keen: Keen believes that Web 2.0 is the “democratization of media which is enabling anyone to publish anything on the internet”. It can transform anyone, any age into a “digital writer, musical artist, movie makers, journalists”. We are all so consumed with being read, being seen, and being heard that [...]
Readings 6: Mobile Devices
Posted in Readings on October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
World of Witness I found this article very interesting. It is a well-known fact that so much can be accomplished with the advancements of technology but I didn’t realize how fine tuned some aspects have become. The fact that South African people can text to find out where the nearest HIV testing clinic is shows [...]
Readings 5: Dialog
Posted in Readings on October 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Web 2.0: The Machine is Using Us: I found the video to be very interesting, especially towards the end. The video drove the fundamental point that machines are becoming essential tools for our culture. The machine and internet has changed the aspects of copyright, authorship, and privacy. Rethinking and reevaluating how we use these machines [...]
Week 4: Elements of the Computer
Posted in Readings on September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Metaforas Using numbers to describe things (counting/numbering) Analog systems are continuous and have no breaks or steps; when copied they lose clarity and quality because you can’t copy a physical object perfectly Analog (physical trace is made)/Digital (infinitely reproducible)=storage/encoding Algorithms-set of rules for finding the solution to a problem; basis for modern computer programming History [...]
