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Announcement re: Library Posts

Posted on November 21, 2013 by lauren pressley

Due to some weird feed issues, all my posts are going to a “mother blog” associated with the new media seminar I’m participating in this semester. So, the posts I have lined up here I’ve rescheduled to post after the … Continue reading →

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One Truth, Data Space, and The Limits of Organization (RA 1/2; 1/3)

Posted on November 19, 2013 by lauren pressley

Last week I posted about research agendas. And a few days before that I posted about reading Bill Viola‘s Will There Be Condominiums in Data Space. And in the following seminar I realized that since grad school I have rarely … Continue reading →

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Posted in hierarchy, information, knowledge, knowledge & scholarship, organization, research agenda 13

The Importance of a Research Agenda

Posted on November 12, 2013 by lauren pressley

I’ve been having conversations lately about the importance of a research agenda. To me, it seems very closely to the discussion of goals that pops up from time to time. Some of my professional friends swear by goals, others swear … Continue reading →

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Posted in faculty, knowledge & scholarship, projects, publishing, research agenda 13, tenure

Condominums in Data Space and Relationships Flourishing in the Margins

Posted on November 7, 2013 by lauren pressley

This week’s reading was Bill Viola’s Will there be condominiums in data space? As with each week’s reading, I was struck by how much Viola got right: the continual recording of information, the information overload that comes with saving everything rather … Continue reading →

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Posted in digital scholarship, ebooks, technology, vtnmfs

McLuhan, the Medium, the Containers, and Libraries

Posted on October 31, 2013 by lauren pressley

Before diving in, a bit on where I’m coming from: One of my majors was Communication, and McLuhan was a major topic in several of my classes. Though I don’t find his writing as readable as some others, his ideas … Continue reading →

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Posted in digital scholarship, ebooks, edtech, future of libraries, internet culture, technology, vtnmfs

Alan Kay, Adele Goldberg, and the Potential of Computers

Posted on October 24, 2013 by lauren pressley

When reading Kay and Goldberg’s Personal Dynamic Media I found myself, again, surprised by how much they got right. This time it was less of a surprise, as it was written nearer today’s time and they helped create the technology … Continue reading →

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Posted in edtech, internet culture, technology, vtnmfs

2013: Are we there yet?

Posted on October 17, 2013 by lauren pressley

This week, for the New Media Seminar, we read Ted Nelson‘s 1965 Complex information processing: a file structure for the complex, the changing and the indeterminate (sorry the latter link is behind a paywall). I don’t have much time to write … Continue reading →

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Posted in internet culture, vtnmfs

As We May Think, in 2013

Posted on September 26, 2013 by lauren pressley

I meant to post this week about the forthcoming reading, though after today’s seminar, I’m thinking more about As We May Think, and there’s enough rattling around in my head to warrant a post-seminar entry on that topic. We’ll see how … Continue reading →

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Posted in future of libraries, internet culture, technology, vtnmfs

New Media for the Fall Semester

Posted on September 20, 2013 by lauren pressley

I am thrilled to be involved in the Virginia Tech New Media Faculty Seminar this semester. This interdisciplinary group includes staff, faculty, administrators, and grad students from across the university. I’ve been a fan of “New Media” since I first learned it was … Continue reading →

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A Presentation on Presenting

Posted on September 16, 2013 by lauren pressley

Today I gave a webinar for the NCLA Technology & Trends Round Table. Their conference is coming up, so they hosted this webinar to help people get ready. Here’s hoping you’ll have a great conference, guys! (On my birthday, and … Continue reading →

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Posted in design, presentations, presenting

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