Free OS, another inversion of how we think media industries work. The Age’s (though it comes from Mashable) article does an good job of how disruptive and upside down this is. Then there is Tile...Read More
Where a potted history of the subject is offered, we touch on unresolved questions, and try to answer, or at least ruminate upon, the experience that may, or may not, have happened over these common t...Read More
Substitute ‘journalism’ for any other heritage media in this story and it is identical. The opening paragraph sums up this subject. The Guardian is doing well in the digital domain and the...Read More
Torika wondering what is meant by ‘culture‘ and ‘technology‘. Tony has some observations from the Potts and Murphy and how culture and technology now intertwined. Courtney on t...Read More
Jackie on the Manovich and the Seaman on database, narrative, and the need to define. Daniel on how database and narrative are different things. Jake happy to acknowledge confused about the reading,...Read More
These are small robots that have the capacity to self assemble into ‘architectural’ forms. This is a very big change, and while we can get all whatever about tech determinism the key thing...Read More
Carry over questions: (from a couple of weeks ago): Why didn’t Tim Berners-Lee patent the web? We’re used to the idea of the internet being characterised as a democratic, open, non-hierarc...Read More
A speculative piece that comes from the point of view of art to close out the semester: Dietz, Steve. “Ten Dreams of Technology.” Leonardo 35.5 (2002): 509–522. MIT Press Journals. W...Read More