Wanted to keep this video that Anne tweeted. Among many other things, it’s a good reminder that dichotomies like pedagogy v. technology–or digital versus ‘analogue’!–are flawed at levels that we often don’t realise.
The Net
Anyone remember this one from nearly twenty years ago? The Net wasn’t exactly the mind control of Sight, but made good use of the term ‘identity theft’ to generally freak people out. In this case, it seemed to be a combination of the idea that the web is a cache of personal information for The Man with the more provocative notion that it opens up the risk of actually losing one’s real identity by participating in a virtual environment.
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overheard
Screenshot of a fb post that is a screenshot of another fb post, neither of which has a permanent hyperlink, and which was brought to my attention by a third fb post on my timeline.The sentiment is apropos as well ; ) And interesting how the value is put on the information rather than the ability to contribute/interact oneself…
digital democracy
This project highlights a main issue in online grass-roots political action: people may be more willing to trust something that is centralised, or organised by someone they already trust, rather than earnest but unknown campaigners in cyberspace.
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Yahoo home page
‘ a world of unparalleled but ultimately meaningless choice‘ – Hand (p. 18)
- 15 brand names
- 4 paid-for adverts (one with ‘choice’ and feedback options)
- 6 celebrity names
- ‘Favourites’ (never chosen)
- Location-specific news and weather
Nissan Leaf goes Tron
NISSAN LEAF COMMERCIAL from Bastien BRENOT on Vimeo.
I was looking for the Nissan advert from yesterday’s Synchtube session when I came upon this one. While the people are ethnically neutral, they’re a hetrosexual (unless that’s a kilt…?) two-kid family made entirely of electricity… This is certainly suggesting that when you go digital (=electricity) and not analogue (=gas/petrol), you’re entering some other sort of world…the world of iPhones, remote start-up, and two-dimensional floating shapes…
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