Something interesting happened today: some random stranger submitted a comment to one of our posts (either that, or a classmate posted a comment using a false name). It’s in my moderation queue, and I’m not sure what to do with it, so I thought I would ask the class. Your choices are: (a) Keep the…
OK, I’m just back from the UK and see I have a lot of posts to catch up on. I see Hyewon is picking on me, but I’m ready for it. 🙂 A few notes about this week’s readings: The Barnard reading is not online because you should have the book! Let me know ASAP…
Last week Erik bring us to the issues about Interactive designer and the relationship of material, tools, and designer as a three requirement of digital artifact. I always think about the designer as the most energetic component in process of design, designer has to know the material and tools well-include knowing drawbacks, merit. Designer need…
By reading the introduction of Manovich’s book, I realized the necessity of analyzing and theorizing the present new media. Manovich used the example of cinema art theory to clarify his idea. He also said, “The advantage of placing new media within a large historical perspective is that we begin to see the long trajectories that…
On pages 15-16, Manovich makes several interesting observations + Cultural representations are inevitably biased + Cultural objects both represent and construct. + Representations construct new referents He gives an example of hierarchical and non-hierarchical file systems to illustrate his point that software interfaces at as representations. Clay Sherky elaborates on Manovich’s example of hierarchical and…
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