Brief: New Media Traveler’s Log (2)

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February 12, 20083:30 am to 6:00 am

For next week:

  1. Come up with a subject for your second log, the first chapter in MCC’s Media embed program or The New Media Traveler’s Log.
    • This time you will embed yourself as an agent in a media environment you are familiar with. It can be a web service you use, a cellphone application, a media phenomena you are familiar with (telephony hacking, or Google Bombing for example), a social networking site, a media art movement, a mailing list, an audiovisual music scene you’re involved with, whatever, in or out of the web.
    • You will develop a networked research, consisting of a thread running through different parts of your chosen environment. You will have to develop your own process of travel and navigation on one hand and log and report on the other.
    • We will continue with the process of reports & comments (group1/group2)
    • You are getting an open ticket with a know first stop, and a known return address (grp1: Feb 19th, grp2 Feb: 26th)
    • For next week we will just write one short post introducing your desired ‘travel destination’. You will present it by yourself, you are encouraged to comment on one another.
    • Feel free to explore and surprise yourselves.
    • Check my email exchange with Stephanie for more clarification.
    • Post a short (~2 paragraphs) description of your chosen topic (no need to comment, but feel free to feedback on each other’s posts)
  2. Follow the rules for the class challenge - A week without Google
  3. Suggested reading:
    Alexandro Ludovico, “Interview with Christophe Bruno”, Neural Magazine
    Cory Doctorow “Scroogled”
    Tom Owad “Data Mining 101: Finding Subversives with Amazon Wishlists”
  4. David:
    • Read the three articles
    • Summarize it for us in a nicely accessible post to be published by Sunday, ideally running some threads between them.
    • Be prepared to present the articles in class
    • Post to del.icio.us some links that expand the discussion either about the text or about key themes in it.
    • Enjoy.

Remember! You’re not allowed to Google it!

Brief, events, travelogue2
Comments
Comment by Ashley Le Zhu on February 11, 2008 @ 3:39 pm

Mushon, do we need to post anything for the travel log 2 this week?

Comment by Jacob Gaboury on February 11, 2008 @ 4:33 pm

I was wondering the same thing as Ashley. As well as the follow up question: does group 2 need to comment on any posts this week?

Comment by Ashley Le Zhu on February 11, 2008 @ 6:26 pm

Yes, Jacob. Let’s wait for Mushon’s reply. I don’t think group 2 need to comment on any post though. See you in class tomorrow!

Comment by Mushon on February 11, 2008 @ 7:27 pm

all of you need to post an introduction to your journal. I’m sorry if I wasn’t more explicit about it in the post, but I did mention it in class. I have edited the post to mention that, I hope there are not any misunderstandings. No need to comment yet, though comments are always welcomed.

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