It’s Tuesday night and I’m reading Potts Murphie theory in my lapses of attention in Foreign Correspondent. Both texts coincidentally merge in subject; technology. Correspondent Eric is wandering through a desolate Nepalese landscape and happens to stumble across a small,… Continue Reading
As far as I have gathered, hypertext is designed to mimic the way that we think, and is designed to imitate a conversational interaction between people. It is true that we don’t think linearly, in that we don’t know the… Continue Reading
When I was in grade 6, my class sat a literacy test at the beginning of the year. After the test, myself and about 4 others were taken aside and told we had a reading age of a 16 year… Continue Reading
I enjoyed reading Haisi’s post about what gives somebody authority on the internet. I agree that we all have the ability to be “authors” on the internet, through contributing to others’ content, linking out to various places on the internet… Continue Reading
Last week I learnt about IFTTT from the font of knowledge about all things digital – it seems – Elliot. So the idea behind IFTTT is to streamline wherever you can. It’s about creating ‘recipes’ by linking certain sites one… Continue Reading
“What you write down for your own use should always be available from a screen, not randomly lost and buried. Birthdays; appointments; possibilities to be kept track of…” Ted, in choosing this quote it’s clear to see I’ve missed the… Continue Reading
After today’s symposium, my understanding of what it means to be “network literate” has developed. While it is about giving as much as we take, and referencing from where we take, it is far deeper than just this. It is… Continue Reading
I will be taking the position of pro-essay and defending it. I see value in the essay we were taught to write at school. I see value in taking a position and defending it. As with Philosophy, it’s about forming… Continue Reading
This is a long reading. I did find it enlightening as to exactly what being network literate means. Using print literacy as an analogy for network literacy was clever, and being print literate “implies considerably more than just being able… Continue Reading
After watching CC’s video, the need for “creative commons” has become apparent to me. It’s a great idea that allows artists to share their material without having to individually consent to every request they receive. Creative commons enables artists to… Continue Reading