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September 2014

There were 7 posts published in September 2014.

HONY – you legend

I couldn’t agree with Felicia more, Humans of New York is probably one of the best things that has ever happened to my Facebook feed. It amazes me that no one has ever been able to capture such a great part of human nature as well as this man has through his photography and sell it […]

September 30, 2014 | Comment

say what now?

So it is time once again to tackle the weekly readings and I’m going to be completely honest with everyone, this week’s reading has rendered my brain into porridge. Bill Seaman, i am certain that what you have to say about Recombinant Poetics and Related Database Aesthetics is very important and interesting in the Network […]

in Uncategorized | September 30, 2014 | 164 Words | Comment

Kevin Bacon… ORACLE.

I took up the challenge after this weeks symposium to discover what was the largest number of links between Kevin Bacon and a celebrity of my choosing. It is probably one of the most confusing, frustrating things i have done in my life. The ones i thought were really good, and there was no way […]

in Uncategorized | September 24, 2014 | 135 Words | Comment

Neutral technologies…

So the biggest question out of the symposium and in to the tutorial today was, what is a neutral technology? Although Adrian provided us with some very in depth examples and discussions, this concept still flew straight over my head and it seems everyone else’s. It appears that the idea of a neutral technology is […]

in Tutorials | September 17, 2014 | 217 Words | Comment

WW3

so there are a whole lot of cops crusin around on terrorism watch, my roommate is seriously talking about buying shares in armoury, and the pope is freakin out – not sure how much longer we can all STAY CALM. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29190890    

in Uncategorized | September 16, 2014 | 48 Words | Comment

are we really moving forward that quick?

It was once of the last things Adrian said in the symposium that caught my attention… and that was that we are moving at a whole lot of different speeds technologically. He used the example of a computer. The size of the computer over the last decade has decreased dramatically, and the variety of functions […]

in Symposiums, Uncategorized | September 16, 2014 | 156 Words | Comment

week 7 reading review ~~

This weeks reading is called “Theoretical Frameworks” and on the topic of technological determinism. For all those who are not quite sure, as i still was when i began the reading, technological determinism refers to the belief that technology is the agent of social change. As the article progressed, the author discusses a scholar who […]

in Uncategorized | September 8, 2014 | 207 Words | Comment

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