Lecture 10: Web 2.0

Notes on Student Presentations:

Andy P

• Alice's "brain" is stored on a separate server

• although text only, the interactor has to write most of this him/herself so it's highly interactive
• the coding is elegant - xml driven language
  
• language is not just yes or no's but works with "categories" and "recursions": how much something is reiterated
• only in English right now
• Alice is not the only AI application, g.o.d: talk to god
• changes the space/time - talking not with a person but with code

Maxine

• Sessions.edu Colour Calculator
  http://www.sessions.edu/ilu/ilu_1.asp
• You first select a design and then a shape (square, triangle, etc.) to rotate around a colour wheel. The resulting colour values are listed as CMYK, RGB and HTML web-safe colours and you can either copy, download or email the number values. You can adjust the saturation and lightness of the hues
• different from a piece of paper because of the speed, and ability to try lots of different examples
• a bit limiting if you start off with a colour in mind and then it doesn't have it
• you can save all the colour information onto you clipboard
• they are all web-safe colours so not useful for print work etc...

Paul

• Fluid Forms - your unique designs
• designing your own products online
• "Personal tastes are as different as people themselves
  For this reason Fluidforms offers everyone an individual Design. Our website enables you to design according to your own preferences with but a few clicks of the mouse. Create your own unique forms, and bring to life your own individual Design"
• not enough human interaction, too limited
• long tail - niche marketing

Kieren

• Peter Howard - probability of racoons
• emote poem
• http://www.peterhoward.org/emotepoem/emotepoem.html
  
  
• java works on mobiles so could *easily* move this into a different environment
• also might show it on interactive white boards for use in galleries
• Uncyclopedia
• content here is usually hoax, jokes - look at the entry for "jesus"
• anyone can edit but according to rules - fits Strickland's number 7

Amanda:

• bbc bitesize
• Questionaut
  Journey through strange worlds and test your knowledge of English, Maths and Science on this magical mission to recover your friend’s hat.

For Next Week:

Create your own map like this for an area you know well: http://www.wayfaring.com/explore/live

Include:

• Something cultural
• Something historic
• Something personal
• Something for tourists
• Something only locals would know
• Include information about each of your waypoints

Lecture 9: Feminism, Narrative & Web 2.0

Activity in Pairs:
To Review your Reading

With a partner add this to your blog post:

• Explain two sections from Braidotti’s "Cyberfeminism with a Difference"
  
• Critically analyse Braidotti’s thinking (in your two sections)
• Define keywords which appear in your selections (such as postmodernity, post-human, irony)
• Fill in the exploratree form: http://www.exploratree.org.uk/c/?x=car38191958u406egg (1 per group)
• Include at least three links to resources that help explain or develop your interpretation (images/audio/video/reference)

Group One: Rachel and Andy P. - Introduction postmodernity
and Post-human bodies

Group Two: Max and Kieren - The politics of parody
The power of irony

Group Three: Amanda and Paul - Feminist visions on science fiction
The cyber imaginary




For Next Week:

• Read: "Born Digital: A poet in the forefront of the field explores what is—and is not—electronic literature" by Stephanie Strickland, found here: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/journal/feature.html?id=182942
• Bring a born digital example from your field of interest (online architecture, pedagogy, design, holography etc…)

Course Work

Reminder that course work (essay) is due on the 30th of January!