Feb 23
Ask anyone, like your parents or maybe your grandparents if your parents happen to be of the “progressive type” and they will tell you that communication / interaction over distance has gotten wayyyyy much easier. My parents use Skype to talk to their friends in distant lands….My parents don’t really speak English…but they can speak …
Feb 20
This piece is a response to the following articles: Why We Twitter: Understanding Microblogging Usage and Communities by Akshay Java, Tim Finin, Xiaodan Song, and Belle Tseng Great Wall of Facebook: The Social Network’s Plan to Dominate the Internet – and Keep Google Out by Fred Vogelstein Why The Future Doesn’t Need Us, by Bill …
Feb 20
In researching about social media and what direction it is likely to go in, i came across this quote: “The blending of the offline and online world for consumers will drive the biggest change in how content is shared over the next few years,” said David Hargreaves, CEO, Beyond (article). I think this quote is …
Feb 19
Twitter is a service I feel is here to stay. The concept of micro-blogging and sharing short anecdotal stories, news or events have become a popular shift in Internet usage. Twitter provides a platform for users to connect and share information in real time. With the ability to ‘follow’ users who are leaders in communities …
Feb 18
This post is for the group exercise in class on February 2nd where we had to choose between a hair dryer, a dishwasher or a microwave and give these objects social, critical and feedback capabilities. In my group were Vanessa, Youmna and Conor. Below is a summary of our chosen objects: Hair Dryer – functions …
Feb 16
I changed my project idea. I though further after the “Why the Future doesn’t need us” reading about uncontrolled self-replication and that Self replication equalling total destruction. That brought me to the word TOTAL. The quality or state of being total. Complete, utter, absolute…however, total can also stand for wrecking completely, demolishing. In visual sense, I am …
Feb 16
I wanted to iterate on a point I brought up in class that I didn’t really get to explain the other day because I had trouble articulating my thoughts on the spot. I remember coming across the “Great Wall of Facebook” article last semester, and being taken up by the story of the intense competition …
Feb 14
I posted about the GreedSpider Project over at my Blog. Here’s a link to follow to my post.
Feb 14
Jonah, Here’s that link to the phonebooth project i referred to in the previous post:
Feb 13
Check out the post on my blog: http://conorrussomanno.wordpress.com/2012/02/13/kinematics-to-color-conversion-game/
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