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Category Archives: digital-media
New Media Rhetoric
The first paragraph of George Oates’ recent A List Apart article “Community: From Little Things, Big Thigns Grow” reflects something I’ve been trying to articulate for a few years: People don’t like being told what to do. We like to … Continue reading
Posted in digital-media, diss, rhetoric, teaching, technology, theory-in-practice
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Violence and Metaphysics, part 2
Some rough draft I was working through today: The best liberation from violence is a certain putting into question, which makes the search for an archia tremble. Only the thought of Being can do so, and not traditional ‘philosophy’ or … Continue reading
Posted in derrida, digital-media, diss, ethics, levinas
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Reputation as Ethos for the Responsible Netizen
I picked up the quizercise from Karl Stolley (who, I am pretty sure, just adapted Janice Lauer’s “writing opportunity”): every Monday, before we begin discussing the week’s readings, I ask students some kind of question that calls on them to … Continue reading
Posted in 106blog, digital-media, internet, jobmarket, productive mess, teaching, theory-in-practice, writing-tech
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Rosa & Acceleration
(I thought I might share some recent reading notes for my dissertation, I think there’s something in here for everyone. Please excuse the awkwardness of the prose, this is first draft. Overall, Rosa’s article is insightful and definately worth a … Continue reading
Posted in digital-media, diss, sophistry, theory
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Victory is (sorta) Ours!
SoundExchange (representing the music industry) has agreed to re-think its fee structure for internet radio, 16 days before the killer rate increase. DiMA has a mixed review to the announcement. While many people are questioning the move, it at least … Continue reading
Posted in digital-media, internet, ip, music, politics
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Help Save the Music
Today is a “Day of Silence” for internet radio, the SaveNetRadio Coalition is encouraging all internet radio stations to go silent for one day in protest of the extreme rate hikes expected to go into effect July 15th. Although I … Continue reading
Posted in digital-media, internet, politics, things-to-do
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Victory is (Almost) Mine! (Standards Compliant Slideshow via ImageShack)
I recently finished working with a local dog group on a website redesign. Intially, I was particularly proud to recreate what was a table-based layout in xhtml and css. Later, the group decided they wanted to make some significant changes … Continue reading
Posted in design, digital-media, howto, standards, victory-is-mine, videogames, XHTML
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There goes Obi-Wan
I read a kind of farewell post over at Lawrence Lessig’s blog yesterday with a heavy heart. Lessig announced that he will be changing the focus of his research and activism, moving away from intellectual property and net neutrality and … Continue reading
Posted in digital-media, education, internet, net-neutrality, politics
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Sorry Casey, Still No Flying Cars
This article by Charlie Stross is making its way through the interweb. Like some of the research I am working on Stross argues that the “progress” of the future won’t concern processing power, software engineering, or even (Other help us) … Continue reading
Posted in digital-media, levinas, theory
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New Media, Video Games, and Interactivity
Feels like forever since I put up a quality post, hope to change that today. I’ve been copyediting a forthcoming book on new media and its impact on traditional conceptions of mind and body. Essentially, the author convincingly argues that … Continue reading
Posted in digital-media, interactivity, videogames
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