After exploring Scratch and attempting to create an animated scene between a dog and a tennis ball, I found that the complexity of programming most interesting. Although Scratch has reduced programming into simple terms and can be used virtually be anyone, it still seems complicated and very precise. For me, it took several runs of […]
In the readings for this week I thought there were a couple of very interesting points made about digital preservation. In the video called “Why Digital Preservation is Important to Everyone” on the Library of Congress website the narrator outlines three important factors about saving personal, digital files. 1. They are FRAGILE. 2. They are […]
One of the most surprising points that Cohen made in his essay, “From Babel to Knowledge: Data Mining Large Digital Collections” is summarized in this quote: “As the size of a collection grows, you can begin to extract information and knowledge from it in ways that are impossible with small collections, even if the quality […]
In Edward Tufte’s article “Powerpoint is Evil” I found this sentence most interesting: “Audience boredom is usually a content failure, not a decoration failure.” With this point Tufte is trying to say that if your audience is bored with your presentation of some sort of information it is because the information is irrelevant, of poor […]
When I first read the Feltron Annual Reports, I was confused as to what the data was reporting. After looking through a few reports, I realized that they all represented information pertaining to Nicholas Felton (2010 is not actually about him but his dad Gordon Felton). Despite my initial confusion, the reports are fascinating displays […]
I have create a map on Google Maps that shows all the different locations where Andy Warhol’s works have been exhibited as a solo show. If you click on the locations, it will also tell you the year(s) the exhibitions took place. I can also open this map with Google Earth but I am not […]
After exploring Hypercities and watching the “Getting Started” video, I found the website’s emphasis on collaboration most interesting. In several moments of the video the narrator mentions the different types of people and organizations that contribute to the site in quotes. For example: “Hypercities is essentially a time travel application, in which high school students […]
After browsing through the various services Google has to offer, I found Google Drive the most surprising and new service that technology can provide us. With Google Drive, documents, charts, presentations and drawings saved to Google Docs are automatically saved to your computer and any other devices you wish to sync. In addition, any files […]
In Mat Honan’s article “How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws led to my Epic Hacking”, I found the ease in which the hackers were able to break into all of Honan’s accounts and devices especially disturbing. Because Honan had all his accounts linked together and his devices hooked up to iCloud once the hackers got […]
In the video “The Amen Break” I found this statement particularly interesting: “To trace the history of the amen break is to trace the history of a brief period of time when it seemed digital tools offered a potentially unlimited amount of new forms of expression, where cultural production, at least musically, was full of […]