Monthly Archives: January 2014

Hypertext, you’re hyperconfusing

(Image: Cardiff University) It’s quite difficult to visualize what hypertext fiction is like, so here’s a video of Michael Joyce’s hypertextual novel afternoon in action: Hypertext fiction is like the evil twin brother of good ol’ fiction. In a nutshell, the … Continue reading

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Technological determinism

During the symposium on Wednesday, Elliot raised an interesting point on technological determinism. This theory postulates that technology is the force that shapes society. This coincided with what I read in the David Weinberger reading, Small Pieces Loosely Joined: A … Continue reading

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How to add, crop and delete images

One of the best things about blogging is the ability to accompany text with images and videos. Humans, being predominantly visual creatures, just can’t resist the allure of attractive images and videos! Most of you should know how to add … Continue reading

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Essays, surprises and life

Wow. Peter Graham’s The Age of the Essay was a spectacular read. I compiled a few points he made that I found bookmark-worthy. In the things you write in school you are, in theory, merely explaining yourself to the reader. In … Continue reading

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Markets, Singapore-style

Over Christmas and New Year’s, I headed home to Singapore. One of my favourite places is the wet market – basically a less swanky version of Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Market. The butchers and fishmongers don’t enjoy air-conditioning and there is … Continue reading

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Blogs and jobs

Allow me to backtrack a little and reflect on the first lesson’s reading, Adrian Miles’ Blogs in Media Education. There are so many advantages to owning a blog, especially when it comes to applying for jobs. We’ve been warned about … Continue reading

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100 years into the future

What do you see? Can you imagine that 100 years ago, present-day technologies such as the iPhone and Google Glass would have been considered design fiction? I can’t even begin to wonder what new fictions we would have another 100 … Continue reading

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How design fiction impacts the media industry

In today’s symposium, Elliot brought up some very interesting points, but one stood out most of all to a communications professional like myself: design fiction’s impact on the media industry. More specifically, how do these new technologies impact the way … Continue reading

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Design fiction

Design fiction is defined as “an approach to design that speculates about new ideas through prototyping and storytelling”. What it really is is professional dreaming. For the clueless, Sterling included a super cool example of design fiction: Corning – A … Continue reading

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Not your typical Sunday

Today, I was robbed. Literally. This happened at approximately 2:30pm today. I was sitting in a tram, cruising along Smith Street, about to grab lunch from one of those Vietnamese bakeries. But lunch had to wait – someone decided it … Continue reading

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