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November 12, 2014

Metaphor and Computers

Brenda Laurel’s “Six Elements” hearkens to Aristotle’s Poetics as its touchstone. This is nothing particularly new. Aristotle is a cultural monolith, and academics refer to his work ad nauseum and, it seems, ad infinitum. For Laurel, the use of Aristotle makes her … Continue reading →

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jgrun1 f14nms, New Media

November 6, 2014

Poo-tee-weet?

Listen: Bill Viola has come unstuck in time. Admittedly, my mind leaps to Vonnegut often, no matter the subject, but Viola’s “Will There Be Condominiums in Data Space?” immediately brought to mind Slaughterhouse-Five and the Tralfamadorian understanding of time: ‘The most important thing I learned on Tralfamadore was that when a person dies he only […]

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Phil Norman

November 6, 2014

the sacred, the profane, and the porcupine: thoughts on Bill Viola’s ‘Will there be condominiums in data space?’

I must admit, this piece by Bill Viola really speaks to me.  Like many others, I was utterly unfamiliar with his work prior to this week’s reading; however, also like many others, I am glad to have had the chance to explore his thoughts on art, media, and porcupines. I *think* I get the porcupine […]

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alop

November 5, 2014

Porcupine Condos

Porcupine Condos

Originally posted on Sirius Reflections:
Bill Viola‘s “Will There Be Condominiums in Data Space?” is one of the richest and most perplexing readings we engage in the New Media Seminar. As rhetorical questions go, “Will there be Condominiums in Data Space?” is a bit consternating, since the point of view behind it is not immediately…

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A. Nelson New Media Seminar, Social Media

October 30, 2014

Inevitable Media

For the NMS this semester, just read Kay and Goldberg’s (1977) “Personal Dynamic Media,” which was more or less a product review for their proposed and in-the-works “Dynabook.”  It had its interesting aspects: seeing that in 1977 the concept of…

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vtmarcz creativity, Kay and Goldberg, Media, New Media Seminar, nms14, Personal Computing

October 30, 2014

McLuhan and Determinism: I really have little choice!

Marshall McLuhan’s media work has been criticized as being technologically determinist. In other words, he supposedly argues that new media technologies (such as the printing press, radio, and TV) effectively dictate the actions of people who use the technologies.  In a determinist approach, human choice is minimized or disappears altogether. In the world of the […]

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blogrh

October 27, 2014

Kay & Goldberg: I’ve been a fool

I loved this reading. It was one of those readings that made me realize that there was a lot of thought about things that I take for granted long before I was born. In particular, I enjoyed the way in…

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safralin

October 24, 2014

Legacies Found and Lost. Wikipedia and Laika

Legacies Found and Lost. Wikipedia and Laika

I have a thing for space dogs, especially Laika, the first living being to orbit the earth. Less than a month after the launch of Sputnik 1 in October 1957, the Soviets sent Laika to the great beyond in Sputnik 2. The fact of her voyage made her an instant celebrity as well as a […]

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A. Nelson animal studies, Connected Courses, Laika, New Media Seminar, space, Space Dogs, Wikipedia

October 23, 2014

Like a Pizza, or maybe a Theremin?

Like a Pizza, or maybe a Theremin?

Originally posted on Sirius Reflections:
Last wednesday’s class kept me thinking well into the evening. (Yes, this post has been in the works for a while.  I’m thinking of this as an elastic week.)  I loved how Janine and Nathan framed our discussion — there was just the right balance between supplementary / explanatory nuggets…

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A. Nelson New Media Seminar

October 22, 2014

Tangential post with Asimov

I ran across this amazing essay by Asimov today, which I think I can tie into the new media seminar, we’ll see. It is something he wrote on creativity in the 1950s and is filled with wonderful take-aways, aka nuggets.…

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safralin

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  • Comment on The Web We Want and the Stories We Tell by CogDog December 13, 2014
    Sirius reflections indeed! what a great weaving between the ideas from the writings in the New Media Reader, especially to connect the desired web with the space/potential of comics. I had some fun this year using the 25 year marker to reflect back and forward on this history. The best find was coming across a […]
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  • Comment on Time frames and the web by A. Nelson December 11, 2014
    I love Scott McCloud's Ted Talk! The first time I led the NMS we watched it and I posted about it here:http://siriusreflections.org/2013/12/12/comic-relief/ The link to the Ted Talk is on that post in case people can't view it here (for some reason the video isn't showing up for me now). Also, I'd say that the […]
    A. Nelson
  • Comment on De-Schooling for Connection by A. Nelson December 4, 2014
    Yes indeed: http://connectedlearning.tv/connected-learning-principles It's hyperlinked after that paragraph, but might not be super obvious. I was so struck by the resonances with Illich's ideas.
    A. Nelson
  • Comment on De-Schooling for Connection by Gary Gach December 4, 2014
    Is there an Url or citation for "Principles of Connected Learning" (2014)? Am naturally curious, in general, as well, in particular, as to " ...an initial set of three educational values, three learning principles, and three design principles."”
    Gary Gach
  • Comment on A question for future instructors by Miko December 4, 2014
    I think that my field (learning science and instructional technology) forces me to have an eye on the latest trends in technology. I think in my case, I will keep that habit when teaching courses. It is always important to read and to discover what is ...
    Miko

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