OWS First Anniversary Timeline I saw my first Verite timeline in action at a NML meeting. Mário Montenegro used it to track the history of plays about the great ideas and people that have historically influenced science. As someone that just loves timelines (and is fascinated my time more generally), I was completely blown away [...]
In this video Scott Belsky explains how an addiction to the excitement of generating new ideas can keep us from following through on any ideas at all. He suggests “short-circuiting our reward system” to get past “project plateaus.” According to Scott “seeking competition” and “creating milestones” can be used as tools that motivate us to [...]
Some thoughts on this moment at the New Media Lab: New Media Lab Intersections: culture There are many inviting physical spaces in programs and centers at the Graduate Center where discussions occur about research, methodologies, pedagogy, etc. The New Media Lab has been one such space that is interdisciplinary and not tied to any one Graduate [...]
Andrea and I have been discussing how we may be able to take the visualization from last week and make it more fully encompass the work happening in the New Media Lab. For the sake of clarity, Andrea suggested trying to make it an “annual diagram” and having it as a snapshot of the lab “right [...]
Proponents of vertical farming ask us to consider a completely different direction for the future of food production. I recently perused these photos on the topic of vertical farming. Interestingly, the topic reminded me that creative solutions often arise when our thoughts, ideas, habits and behaviors reach in a completely different direction than what we expect. [...]
For sometime now, the latest stable version of Open Journal System is 2.3.5. The current OJS installation is 2.1.x, and we should upgrade to the newest release to take advantage of the new features it has, and also because it includes security improvements (outdated software is always a potential risk in a server, as attackers [...]
What is Participatory Design? How can you use it in your project (up to you, but I bet you could)? Does it count as research ? (yes) A short seminar/workshop using your own projects as possible participatory injection sites; Thursday 3/24 in the New Media Lab 1:30-3 Please let me know if you can make [...]
learn more about participatory design and how it can help your own research work.
In last weeks General Meeting, I shared my experience using Prezi, which I blogged about here. During the Q&A /conversation portion, I mentioned a well-known talk and movie “Killing Us Softly” by Jean Kilbourne about gender stereotypes in advertising. As a follow-up to our conversation about the merits of digital and visual storytelling as a [...]
At least in my opinion it does. I view most academic research as self-unaware fumbled attempts at compelling narrative, the intended weaving together and juxtaposing of seemingly unrelated concepts, materials and media. Within my own work, I aim to render visible the invisible sheen of marketing and advertising. That is, to use similar tools of communication to [...]
