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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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 →
Continue readingI’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 →
Continue readingThis 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 →
Continue readingBefore 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 →
Continue readingWhen 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 →
Continue readingThis 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 →
Continue readingI 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 →
Continue readingI 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 →
Continue readingToday 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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