First time with DSLR Video
Today, I got a chance to borrow my roommate’s Canon 5Dii in order to shoot my video art exploration. The exploration was rather simple, I simply had to create a 3 minute, silent film on the subject of...
View ArticleDesigning Experiences, Not Applications
Along with many other interesting pieces of information, I saw this article among Kathy Gill’s Tweets. Written by Tomi Ahonen, the article explores the economics of the current iPhone app store...
View ArticleAn ode to “Death to Distraction”
I really need to go visit the great folks at the UW MCDM program when I get on campus in the fall. If you read Sunday’s post, you will know that I come across tons of fascinating pieces online thanks...
View ArticleIf the medium is the message, Twitter has a lot to say
While I had originally intended to post about the New Media Literacies paper “Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture,” I opened my computer and found Paul Levinson’s chapter on Twitter,...
View ArticleRoad warriors where there is no road
One of my favorite things about doing a photo shoot is knowing that later that night I’ll be grabbing a cup of tea, turning on some Explosions in the Sky, and start working through the days photos....
View ArticleTED Tuesday #8 – With interest comes education [2/2]
In watching videos for this week’s TED Tuesday, a common theme arose between my selections – education as a self-organized and self-sustaining process. Both Professor Sugatra Mitra and TED Curator...
View ArticleThe problem with “social media blackouts”
Foreword: While I am definitely not attempting to argue any sort of complete and total immersion in media, or the recoding of your entire life into 0s and 1s, I want to make the case for how schools...
View ArticleA Brief Reflection on Digital Dualism
Note: Cross-posted at Cyborgology It feels like every time I’m at a gathering of social researchers, within 15 minutes of being there I’ll hear the words “digital world” and “real world” being used to...
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