By tracy, on October 17th, 2009
Ok I can’t resist I have to formally weigh in on Jen and Andy’s Cabinet of Curiosities discussion (and I have loved and been inspired by the interactions in this block – an idyllic learning environment indeed). To summarise, the metaphor of lifestreaming as curatorship poses several ethical questions regarding the collection of items of [...]
By tracy, on October 14th, 2009
Oh well. I tried very hard to stick to my intention to do all of my reading 100% digitally with no printing, but here in week four after 2 days of headaches centred around my eyes I gave up and printed off my texts. Sorry guys, I’m just not ready to embrace an entirely digital [...]
By tracy, on October 12th, 2009
Initially I am simply going to post my artifact, and later this week I will make a post explaining my concept. But as it is a VISUAL artifact I am interested to learn how it speaks for itself and posting it with a textual explanation would undermine what may emerge naturally from that quality. So, [...]
By tracy, on October 4th, 2009
Using a method of counting host computers and then multiplying by a projected number of users , Jordan states with reason able confidence that there were between 40 and 70 million Internet users in mid1998.
James Slevin (2000) , meanwhile, cites the figure of IS{;-180 million users in 1999. though he does not discuss the re [...]