Distance No Object » intro http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/ginar Gina's E-learning and Digital Cultures site - part of the MSc in E-learning at the University of Edinburgh Sun, 07 Apr 2013 21:58:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 This week’s activities (week 0) http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/ginar/2013/01/08/this-weeks-activities/ http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/ginar/2013/01/08/this-weeks-activities/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:04:27 +0000 Giraf87 http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/ginar/?p=29 The icebreaker is a great way of getting in the mood and swing of things.

What digital culture means is a kaleidscope of imagery… My mind always wanders… I started off with the ‘Dog image’, then there was Pixar, Mandelbrot, Blade Runner, Human League’s ‘Being Boiled’ and I had to stop myself.

1984 was a pretty crucial year for me: I decided then that computer graphics was totally fascinating. I thought it would be a great way to enhance film and TV images, music videos, even make some original electronic art… I met a few people, Edward Ihnatowics, Harold Cohen, John Landsdown all inspirational encounters, and then there was Ridley Scott’s film based on an old time favourite of mine (Philip K Dick‘s novel) and the music of the eighties, influenced by electronics, which I still listen to most days now…

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]]> http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/ginar/2013/01/08/this-weeks-activities/feed/ 2 Hello (new) world! http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/ginar/2013/01/07/hello-world/ http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/ginar/2013/01/07/hello-world/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 09:35:10 +0000 Giraf87 http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/ginar/?p=1 “Welcome to E-learning and Digital Cultures 2013. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!”

Well, this is certainly a new skill to develop, getting into WordPress, very useful indeed as by happy coincidence the day job (finally) brings an opportunity at the same time to develop a research blog for an academic community. After months of trying to persuade colleagues this may be a useful tool for sharing discussion and project development, I am about to take the plunge….

As far as this week is concerned, I intend to try out the dashboard, read some help files (no doubt I get myself in a twist) and basically take the lead (initially)  from the features of this graphic-friendly  tool (it’s like digital mascara), and let it take its course.

Perhaps the WP features will affect my thoughts?

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