New Media Research Studio http://www.mushon.com/spr08/nmrs Research Tools & Media Environments | NYU Media Culture & Communication | Spring 2008 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:17:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Is this real?! http://www.mushon.com/spr08/nmrs/08/23/is-this-real/ http://www.mushon.com/spr08/nmrs/08/23/is-this-real/#comments Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:17:49 +0000 David http://www.mushon.com/spr08/nmrs/?p=523 My friend linked me to this and it seems too unreal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t89WwcsOj9U

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]]> http://www.mushon.com/spr08/nmrs/08/23/is-this-real/feed/ More Wii Hacking http://www.mushon.com/spr08/nmrs/06/13/more-wii-hacking/ http://www.mushon.com/spr08/nmrs/06/13/more-wii-hacking/#comments Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:49:31 +0000 Jacob Gaboury http://www.mushon.com/spr08/nmrs/?p=522

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqbcfSqPnLA

]]> http://www.mushon.com/spr08/nmrs/06/13/more-wii-hacking/feed/ I remember someone did something on twitter… http://www.mushon.com/spr08/nmrs/06/08/i-remember-someone-did-something-on-twitter/ http://www.mushon.com/spr08/nmrs/06/08/i-remember-someone-did-something-on-twitter/#comments Mon, 09 Jun 2008 02:06:52 +0000 David http://www.mushon.com/spr08/nmrs/?p=520 the main comic site is www.penny-arcade.com. They do comics on mostly games and some random tech and geeky stuff. Random, I know but entertaining

it can also be seen here if the gallery thing doesnt work.

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]]> http://www.mushon.com/spr08/nmrs/06/08/i-remember-someone-did-something-on-twitter/feed/ update to the one laptop per child thang http://www.mushon.com/spr08/nmrs/05/21/update-to-the-one-laptop-per-child-thang/ http://www.mushon.com/spr08/nmrs/05/21/update-to-the-one-laptop-per-child-thang/#comments Wed, 21 May 2008 06:45:28 +0000 David http://www.mushon.com/spr08/nmrs/?p=519 i like the blue color

There’s no info on whether it will feature linux or windows however.

new 1lpc

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////jury:
The winner will be selected by a formula that combines the Gambling Online and the algorithm DEEP DREDD.

////rewards:

+ In this edition you can bet for the prize-winning video and gain some good money to cash or to spend on our favourite website virtual casino: UNIBET

+ THE VIDEO WINNER WILL INCREASE HIS/HER ECONOMY IN AT LEAST 500 EUROS.

+ watch the Bingo conference for the presentation of the festival (spanish)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=65141081480C642C[/youtube]

////dates:

1 April - 5 May : UPLOAD videos
5 May - 9 May : BETTING on videos
10 May : online PRIZING

////requisites:

_ fill up the application form
_ upload the 1 second video (.mov .wmv .avi .mpg) _ upload a snapshot of the vide

]]> http://www.mushon.com/spr08/nmrs/04/30/one-second-film-festival/feed/ i.mirror: Second Life Documentary http://www.mushon.com/spr08/nmrs/04/29/imirror-second-life-documentary/ http://www.mushon.com/spr08/nmrs/04/29/imirror-second-life-documentary/#comments Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:58:29 +0000 Natalie S http://www.mushon.com/spr08/nmrs/?p=517 I saw this film/machinima at NYUFF last month, I found them on Youtube and I thought you guys might be interested. It was also featured as part of the China Pavilion in the 2007 Venice Biennale

i.Mirror is a documentary in three acts recorded through China Tracy, the Second Life avatar of artist Cao Fei. The video opens with a poetic overture to the world of Second Life, followed by a waltzing, in-game romance between the artist and a man not exactly who he seems. i.Mirror’s conclusion is a montaged roll call of Second Life’s citizens, each peering into the camera—China Tracy—as they might the reflection of their own eyes. As the sequence crescendos, the mood of yearning held throughout the video shifts to triumph and the auras of real people peek through their digital fantasies. (NYUFF catalog description)

PART 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vcR7OkzHkI

PART 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD8yZhMWkw0

PART 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB-ILJlnWEE

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OLPC

]]> http://www.mushon.com/spr08/nmrs/04/29/more-on-the-workings-of-olpc/feed/ Closing post- My Youtube videos http://www.mushon.com/spr08/nmrs/04/29/closing-post-my-youtube-videos/ http://www.mushon.com/spr08/nmrs/04/29/closing-post-my-youtube-videos/#comments Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:16:52 +0000 Karina http://www.mushon.com/spr08/nmrs/?p=515 After constructing two completely different videos, I have received a total of 260 views, (114 for the older video 146 for the newer one.)  If you haven’t seen them yet, feel free to check out my youtube channel where you will find both of them.

I have learned SO much from inserting myself into the youtube community.  Here’s a little summary of the main points:

  • Making a video that the world can see does not guarantee that the world will see it
  • Creating content can be difficult and daunting for first time users
  • Comments and views often must be solicited in order to garner any response
So basically, I have realized that there is an art and skill involved in getting noticed in this community, pretty similar I would assumed to most other internet communities.  For that reason, there are a select group of people leading these online communities, while others simple enjoy/read what was created.  These people/leaders have the time, technological capability, agenda/passion, and online community smarts to create content that garners responses.
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MORE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO MY VIDEOS;
  1. As Mushon suggested after viewing my first video, narratives take more advantage of the medium of video rather than still images.  For this reason I believe my second video was more successful.
  2. Nick S.’s advice (mentioning the amount of views that he as received for the video of his cats and the political videos are a dime a dozen) shows that people who use youtube are often looking for a laugh, perhaps an escape from the real world.
  3. Finally, I think another reason my second video received more responses is that it was picked up by aggregator websites which led to more views.  This is probably because I placed many more tags on this video than the first one.
After this experience, if I ever decide to make another video I think I have enough knowledge on how to game the youtube community so that I could get more views and hopefully some comments.  :)  

 

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]]> http://www.mushon.com/spr08/nmrs/04/29/closing-post-my-youtube-videos/feed/ What Fresh Hell is THIS?!?!?! http://www.mushon.com/spr08/nmrs/04/29/what-fresh-hell-is-this/ http://www.mushon.com/spr08/nmrs/04/29/what-fresh-hell-is-this/#comments Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:59:15 +0000 nickdamelio http://www.mushon.com/spr08/nmrs/?p=514 PLAGIARIZED I SAY

http://8bitcollective.com/images/GonZo/Donkey+Kong+IN+REAL+LIFE%21%21/

This guy…he basically ripped my idea and my title! This is quite an interesting little development; I think it’s a little too similar to be happenstance. I’ll post a comment and see what happens…maybe we’ll see how the Creative Commons licensed 8-bit community takes to this kind of thing…

]]> http://www.mushon.com/spr08/nmrs/04/29/what-fresh-hell-is-this/feed/ a little more current update on the happenings of the OLPC project… http://www.mushon.com/spr08/nmrs/04/28/a-little-more-current-update-on-the-happenings-of-the-olpc-project/ http://www.mushon.com/spr08/nmrs/04/28/a-little-more-current-update-on-the-happenings-of-the-olpc-project/#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:36:13 +0000 Max Salzberg http://www.mushon.com/spr08/nmrs/?p=513 Sad to say, but perhaps the nice video of Dr. Negropronte might be a spector of days gone by…if you want to get edumacated on whats happing right now, try this:

http://www.olpcnews.com/

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