Elliot Heatwole on Networked Media

Adrian just posted on the subject blog about the ACCC suing software developer Valve over its refund policy and how that illustrates the capacity in which an organisation is liable for their operations in local contexts.  I don’t necessarily agree with this and would also like to point out the infinitely negotiable nature of legislation […]

First post of the new semester; hopefully it signals the first round of spectacular communal engagement and learning experience.  I thought I’d start off by giving a bit of advice on how to succeed in the course, especially as the key learning outcomes (as well as the course itself) are extremely malleable.  The reasons for the […]

I’ve been promising to write this post for a couple of weeks now but I have been experiencing a few difficulties in sourcing appropriate articles for coming up with an authoritative definition of video games, narrative and the way the two interact (or are one in the same).  I think the most effective way of […]

Just a quick point of clarification – the essay accompanying the blog post is up to 1,000 words.

In my position it’s necessary to maintain a particular standard of professionalism, so I’ll preface this by saying that some people might find the embedded video offensive.  It primarily deals with trolls and comment negativity, which is where it draws its humor from, but this isn’t the idea I want to focus on.  Have a […]

I recently downloaded the WordPress app and found it surprisingly lacking, being essentially the same as simply running the dashboard in a mobile browser. Given that it is pretty much a given that useful UIs capitalise on the affordances of their platform, this is obviously problematic given the complexity of the dashboard, making it exceptionally […]

So Stephen was asking about how to get a twitter feed into his blog. Seeing as the version of WordPress we’re using doesn’t allow you to install plugins that are not hosted by MediaFactory and/or the specific theme you’re using, that route to getting it on there may prove elusive. Remember that widgets are essentially […]

The Chris Argyris reading may have proved a little difficult for some students. The complexity – in my opinion – comes from describing a series of models that a) assumes familiarity with the discourse, and b) does not encourage visualisation of the subject matter.  Just overheard Lauren saying that she had difficulty with the reading, […]

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