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CCR760 – Sharing is Social, Meaning is Automatic: Web 2.0/3.0 – Social Media Readings

Posted by justin on March 25, 2010 · 4 Comments

I thought the readings for the week were really interesting, if a little celebratory. . . and why shouldn’t they be? At its core, it would appear that Web 2.0 is really about extending the realm of sociality from the meat world into digital spaces. Collaborative web tools like RSS, Delicious, etc., herald a fundamentally different web that embraces constellations of networked social connections and allows for a decentralization (democratization?)... Read More

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CCR760 – Usability Readings – Just Notes

Posted by justin on March 19, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Kim, Loel, et al. “Keeping Users at the Center: Developing a Multimedia Interface for Informed Consent.” Technical Communication QuarterlyCommunication & Mass Media Complete. EBSCO. Web. 19 Mar. 2010. 17.3 (2008): 335-357. In this article the authors document their process of creating a user-centered design to develop online support for informed consent in pediatric research trials. To achieve this, the authors had to discover solutions... Read More

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New Music – 10/13/2011

Of Monsters and Men – My Head is an Animal : Such amazingly wonderful, sweet, poppy goodness from this Reykjavik-based 6 piece. I especially appreciate the omnipresent accordion and loud shout-outs that occur throughout the album. I do wish the vocals were a bit more difficult to get at . . . but I suppose [...]

New Music – 9/14/2011

The Hylozoists – L’Île de Sept Villes: This 2009 effort from Toronto based instrumental collective is based on Paul Chaisson’s book The Island Of Seven Cities. After much archaeological research trouncing about in the wayfarlands of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Chaisson argues that a Chinese presence existed in North America long before the arrival of European [...]

New Music – 8/24/2011

The Dead Trees – Whatwave : A lot of pretty nice songs for late Summer on this release. The West Coast by way of Boston quartet is signed to the German Affairs of the Heart label (who also publishes the work of one of my faves Nik Freitas). So many good LA-based bands working for [...]