I did a structural and phenomenological analysis of Facebook’s people tagging feature. Just today I was able to create a semi-coherent argument from the analysis. I am curious what you all think of this: My overall thesis for the paper is that the way that a social networking community (Facebook) is designed fundamentally changes the…
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I have a bit of a rambling story to share with the Interaction Culture crew today! As some of you know, I’m immersing myself in postmodern and poststructuralist theory. While google searching for some images describing postmodernism I came across the following comic. Note: I know the comic is too big to fit in the…
I was looking at some portfolio sites for inspiration and came across this one, which I realized is a great example of Manovich’s principles of new media. Notice the lighting effects and smooth cinematic transitions–evidence of transcoding from the language of film. The extensive interface options are a perfect example of the logic of variability.
For my capstone, I aim to create a website that helps dorm residents become more aware of and reduce their use of electricity. To do so I plan to hold an energy-saving contest and then display real-time data from electric meters on the site. My inspiration comes from a project done at Oberlin College: http://www.oberlin.edu/dormenergy/…
I have a final paper question that I had planned to discuss with Jeff in person, but I’ve decided to make it a blog post instead – just in case anyone else is struggling with the same question. Topically, my paper seeks to analyze the editor UI’s of three popular 3D modeling programs (3dsmax, Maya…
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