Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Post #2 - Seeking More Resumes for: Deadline: Thursday, April 29 - The Connections Media and Entertainment Expo Will Give 15 Scholarships

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The Connections Media and Entertainment Expo will be held on June 2 and 3, 2010 at Chelsea Studios, 151 West 26th Street, New York, NY 1001.

The expo will include almost 40 panelists/speakers in: Advertising, Fashion, Film, Television, Recording, Recording Industry, Production, and Magazine Publishing.

If interested in attending this expo, you must be a junior or senior and
you should submit a professional styled resume to Karen Woerdeman by
Thursday, April 29, 2010 at: Karen.Woerdeman@Marist.edu


For more information feel free to go to the following website:
www.connectionsnyc.com

augmented reality, data visualization, cymatics..the web a a mirror of our emotions

Today is The last day of class before our FINAL REVIEW (MAY 5th)
***remember i'm going to a confrence on monday so NO class. BUT check the blog (5/3) for your FINAL assignment/blog posting DUE MAY 5th on Keen's "solutions"

FOR today I would like to wrap up with any questions and comments about what we saw last time followed with these little video talks (mainly from TED.com) from various creative technologists and media theorists (nerds!! haha..i mean that in a POSITIVE way!) :)

KEVIN KELLY TELLS TECHNOLOGY'S EPIC STRUGGLE (16:32)
EVAN GRANT MAKING SOUND VISIBLE THROGH CYMATICS (4:37)
Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos new augmented-reality mapping technology from Microsoft (8:14)
Blaise Aguera y Arcas leads a dazzling demo of Photosynth (7:33)
the WEB'S secret stories..jon harris (17:14)
more kevin kelly how technology evolves (19:58)

Monday, April 26, 2010

Kevin Kelly: the next 5000 days of the web

People we have mentioned in regards to our discussions this semester:

Andrew Keen

Douglas Rushkoff
Rachel Dretzin
Larry Sanger
Jimmy Wales
Naomi Klein
Lev Manovich

Kevin Kelly

Kevin Kelly is Senior Maverick at Wired magazine. He co-founded Wired in 1993, and served as its Executive Editor from its inception until 1999. He is currently completing a book for Viking/Penguin publishers called "What Technology Wants," due out in the Fall 2010. He is also editor and publisher of the Cool Tools website, which gets half a million unique visitors per month. From 1984-1990 Kelly was publisher and editor of the Whole Earth Review, a journal of unorthodox technical news. He co-founded the ongoing Hackers' Conference, and was involved with the launch of the WELL, a pioneering online service started in 1985. He authored the best-selling New Rules for the New Economy and the classic book on decentralized emergent systems, Out of Control.



***I would like you to take notes on these videos and please post a blog entry with your analysis...your "take" on the content, historical, and current topics Kelly discusses in these lectures.. Please have this posted by WED 28th

NOTICE: WE ARE NOT GOING TO MEET MONDAY MAY 3RD. I HAVE TO ATTEND A CONFERENCE IN NYC, I WILL GIVE YOU AN ASSIGNMENT THIS UPCOMING WED (involving the reading passed out today "solutions"). THAT WILL BE DUE ON THAT DATE IN LIEU OF CLASS.
THEN WE WILL HAVE A FINAL REVIEW ON WED THE 5TH OF MAY FOR OUR FINAL EXAM THANKS, tyler.jacobsen1@marist.edu

VIDEO: Kevin Kelly on the next 5000 days of the web

VIDEO: Kevin Kelly on what technology wants

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

SCI FI FUTURE--FROM WEB 2.0 TO WEB 3.0




1. continue discussion of keen's exposé into the consequences of Web 2.0.. discussion questions:

compare WEB 1.0 to Web 2.0
what are some of the buzz words associated with web 2.0?
what are some of keen's examples of the negative aspects of web 2.0?

2. What direction will the web be going? (FROM 2.0 to 3.0 )

discussion..
How do you see this change unfolding?
what is the semantic web?

WATCH VIDEOs

EVOLUTION WEB 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 from dutch thinktank EBN
an introduction to the semantic web

Evolution of scientific thought...
if time permits I will "treat" you guys to my powerpoint on 10 possible hollywood scifi futures

FOR NEXT TIME:
READ HANDOUT ON WEB 3.0 DISCUSS, BY MONDAY THE 26TH CREATE A BLOG POSTING OUTLINING YOUR OWN VISION OF WEB 3.0, THE POSSIBILITIES AND DIRECTION YOU FORSEE THE WEB GOING...

Monday, April 19, 2010

andrew keen and "the truth"

1. DISCUSSION ABOUT FINAL..



2. continue this---..Andrew Keen, author of The Cult of the Amateur, is interviewed for Brazillian TV, globo.com (links above)

3. then lets watch Keen on the Colbert Report:
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/91639/august-16-2007/andrew-keen

4. finally we will watch "The Truth according to Wikipedia" until about 6:00, ending in some discussion about social media and web 2.0


Wednesday, April 14, 2010

REVERSE ENGINEERING A LOGO

how to REVERSE ENGINEER A LOGO USING ILLUSTRATOR AND SOME ONLINE TOOLS
what you'll need (remember this is for learning only, not to "pilfer" copy-written logos :) :

a link to the logo in question: http://businessenligne.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/amazon_logo_wb_2328.jpg
http://www.psi.toronto.edu/~inmar/wiml/wiml_images/google_logo.jpg

what the font: http://new.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/

and Adobe CS4 (mainly photoshop and illustrator)
MORE ANDREW KEEN AND THE CULT OF THE AMATEUR..





1. Pass out "truth and lies - CHAPTER 2" please have read by Mon. 19th


2. We may also continue this---..Andrew Keen, author of The Cult of the Amateur, is interviewed for Brazillian TV, globo.com (links above)

previous reading http://www.scribd.com/doc/29608344/Keen-1

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

reverse eng

1. Check on ILLUSTRATOR PROJECTS.. are you ALL FINISHED your Digital ILLUSTRATIONS??

****when saving remember (file->save for web and devices-> click on optimized tab....then choose .jpg or gif and set to high quality)
****then when you upload to your blog, make sure you choose it as "large" as the image size

how to REVERSE ENGINEER A LOGO USING ILLUSTRATOR AND SOME ONLINE TOOLS
what you'll need (remember this is for learning only, not to "pilfer" copy-written logos :) :

a link to the logo in question: http://businessenligne.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/amazon_logo_wb_2328.jpg
http://www.psi.toronto.edu/~inmar/wiml/wiml_images/google_logo.jpg

what the font: http://new.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/

and Adobe CS4 (mainly photoshop and illustrator)
NEXT: INTRO TO ANDREW KEEN AND THE CULT OF THE AMATEUR..





1. Pass out "the great seduction" please have read by Wed. 14th

2. We will also Possibly watch this---..Andrew Keen, author of The Cult of the Amateur, is interviewed for Brazillian TV, globo.com (links above)

FINALLY I WILL BE OUT OF TOWN MONDAY THE 12TH SO CLASS IS CANCELLED
REPEAT NO CLASS MONDAY APRIL 12TH