Comments on: Space Invaders http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/stephaniec/2013/03/26/invaders/ part of the MSc in E-learning at the University of Edinburgh Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:22:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Steph Carr http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/stephaniec/2013/03/26/invaders/#comment-1146 Steph Carr Sun, 07 Apr 2013 15:15:03 +0000 http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/stephaniec/?p=296#comment-1146 Thanks for the comment Chantelle. I think that the mobile hijacks might be part of the ambient intelligence that we were discussing the other day. The piece that I read had a great bit about consumerism and advertising wherein the technologies we are surrounded by and use might have the ability to tell us what we want before we know we want it, because of the memories they have of what we've done already and how they fit into patterns and norms. Creepy? Or useful? Or just seeping capitalism? I can't quite decide! I was also wondering about who got hijacked and why in terms of youtube ads. I wondered if it were only successful videos which were plagued by them. But I've had a bit of look and I *think* that the owner of the video can opt in/out of having ads played at the beginning of the video. If they opt in they get a payment, (probably dependent on some conditions). So, it seems, another money-making explanation. Thanks for the comment Chantelle. I think that the mobile hijacks might be part of the ambient intelligence that we were discussing the other day. The piece that I read had a great bit about consumerism and advertising wherein the technologies we are surrounded by and use might have the ability to tell us what we want before we know we want it, because of the memories they have of what we’ve done already and how they fit into patterns and norms. Creepy? Or useful? Or just seeping capitalism? I can’t quite decide!

I was also wondering about who got hijacked and why in terms of youtube ads. I wondered if it were only successful videos which were plagued by them. But I’ve had a bit of look and I *think* that the owner of the video can opt in/out of having ads played at the beginning of the video. If they opt in they get a payment, (probably dependent on some conditions). So, it seems, another money-making explanation.

]]> By: cmeckenstock http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/stephaniec/2013/03/26/invaders/#comment-958 cmeckenstock Thu, 28 Mar 2013 05:44:51 +0000 http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/stephaniec/?p=296#comment-958 How true, Steph. I have been mulling over these crossovers, and constantly thinking how our present society is being taken over by technologies reflected in the icons and advertisements that flood one's internet pages, and when one is mobile (still attached to technology aka mobile phones). And also whether anyone is less or more hijacked, and why. How true, Steph. I have been mulling over these crossovers, and constantly thinking how our present society is being taken over by technologies reflected in the icons and advertisements that flood one’s internet pages, and when one is mobile (still attached to technology aka mobile phones). And also whether anyone is less or more hijacked, and why.

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