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A Man Walks Into A Bar…. I’m Not Allowed To Say The Rest
The old gossip in me wants to bring up the old tale of Ryan Giggs’ affair with Imogen Thomas. Also pointing out that Imogen Thomas was not so happy about it claiming that she was not able to afford a … Continue reading
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Tagged Bad Press, Chomsky, Independant blogs, Press, Ryan Giggs
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Is this Real Life or a Computer Game?
It is no surprise that like with many of new technologies, computers and gaming have developed through time (Jenkins, 2006). The very early video games have expanded from A.S Doglas and his adaption of OXO Which then caught onto the … Continue reading
Is Art Changing Or Are We Just Throwing A Few Pixels In The Mix?
Following on from intellectual property, and the notion of creative texts being online easier to access. I will move onto art. Dadaism is known as art against art, with Marcel Duchamp at the front line who claimed that the “creative … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Art history, Dada, Dadaism, Fluxus, Internet meme, Marcel Duchamp, Meme, Web 2.0
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When The Cosumer Becomes The Consumed
Maybe I take back that previous blog title that the internet is the new hip place to be at. Maybe it’s actually a bit uncool, and business like, as Stallabrass calls it the “online clash of culture and commerce” (2003). … Continue reading
The Internet! The New Hip Place To Be At.
So, it maybe pretty evident from my previous posts, or from current news stories that get told everyday, but incase you have been living under a rock (or shall we say, on the other side of the digital divide…) there … Continue reading
Augmented People The Cyborgs Part 2
The strengthening relationship between humans and technologies (Bell, 2001) reminds me of my previous blog post on Augmented People. Hayles claims that “the prospect of becoming post human both evokes terror and excites pleasure” (1999:283). Maybe it is seen as … Continue reading
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Tagged Creativity, Cyborg, Frankenstein, Post Human, Robots, Stelarc, Technology
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The World White Web
It is evident that technology is everywhere, “in different contexts and take a wide variety of forms, but it will affect every one of us, whether we’re aware of it or not” (Greenfield 2006:9) due its ubiquity nature. As technology … Continue reading
Free Information* *T&Cs Apply
It is clear that one of the positive aspects of the internet is how easily accessible and the vast source of information is stored on the web (Turkle, 2011). To look previously how information was captivated before the birth of … Continue reading
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Tagged Facebook, Google, Richard Stallman, Steve Jobs, Stewart Brand, Tim Berners-Lee, World Wide Web
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Augmented Reality People
The ever changing and ever evolving media is seen through the development of mobile media (Fidler, 1997). As technology changes inevitably so does society. As Bell discusses “technological determination” where by technology impact society as driving the development and social … Continue reading
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Tagged Augmented reality, Google, Manuel Castells, Project Glass, Technology, Virtual reality
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