I hate the new Facebook.
according to all the group invitations I have been recieving on my social Facebook, I am not alone.
I did originally only moderately dislike it, finding its tabbed navigation only mildly inconvenient.
That was before I saw what it did to my profile HTML.
It ATE it.
Its still there. But its mangled. And there doesn't seem to be a way to fix it. I tried expanding it on my profile, and giving it its own application tab. Facebook pretends these things have actually happened, but when I come back its reverted to its 'new Facebook' messy remainder of what USED to be some nicely set out, brightly coloured links and images.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
Mobile phone content production process
Melissa & RomiConcept-
Original ideas- rapping to polyphonic ringtone, but found 'Under the Sea' from the Little Mermaid and decided to sing it instead.
Costume-Using the materials available (pens, highlighters, etc) we coloured our hands into the characters Flounder and Sebastian- used the Internet to locate pictures of these characters to help us
Content-Song lyrics were downloaded and printed from a Disney song lyrics website to help us with our production
Location-Difficult to find an isolated location, which would allow us to record without any interruptions. Eventually decided to record against a purple wall, which we used to symbolise the sea.
Production-Utilised both phones in our production- one to provide the polyphonic audio sound, the other to record the video. Took two takes to maximise the production quality of our piece
Post Production-Were not able to post onto the computer using bluetooth, will continue later and attempt to edit the 3 scene music video and post it later for inclusion on our websites
Original ideas- rapping to polyphonic ringtone, but found 'Under the Sea' from the Little Mermaid and decided to sing it instead.
Costume-Using the materials available (pens, highlighters, etc) we coloured our hands into the characters Flounder and Sebastian- used the Internet to locate pictures of these characters to help us
Content-Song lyrics were downloaded and printed from a Disney song lyrics website to help us with our production
Location-Difficult to find an isolated location, which would allow us to record without any interruptions. Eventually decided to record against a purple wall, which we used to symbolise the sea.
Production-Utilised both phones in our production- one to provide the polyphonic audio sound, the other to record the video. Took two takes to maximise the production quality of our piece
Post Production-Were not able to post onto the computer using bluetooth, will continue later and attempt to edit the 3 scene music video and post it later for inclusion on our websites
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Wk 9 e-learning post: from telephone to mobile phone
"Contribute on the e-learning site some personal history about the use of phones in your household and the integration of the mobile phone into your everyday lives over the last 15 years. "
In the last 5 years I have come into contact with just about every phone that has ever been made. This is mostly due to having a boyfriend that has managed to lose or destroy an amazing number of phones- at least 20 in that 5 year period. He's had flip phones, slide phones, keyboard phones, camera phones, old phones, new phones, red phones, blue phones. Ever looking for a phone charger? He probably has the one you need. To his credit though, he did manage to hang onto his phone when someone attempted to mug him- apparently it was an interesting experience for the person he was on the phone to at the time.My own experience with losing a phone earlier this year was an interesting one. I decided not to replace it for a while in order to punish myself for the stupidity required to lose it the way I did (really it was more to save some of the money I lost along with it but you get the idea). I held out for about 2 weeks. I added the "upgraded" model of the phone I had lost onto my plan, only to discover that "upgraded" really meant "we took away some of the best features and made them be extras that you have to pay for separately. sucked in." I was a little annoyed, but at least it came in hot pink. The thing is, being without a phone made me less dependent on it, so I was able to lower my cap- losing my phone ended up saving me money. At my house we still have a couple of those really old brick phones with the tiny screens floating around somewhere. If mobile phones are anything like fashion they'll be super cool in the next couple of years. I find it really funny that my dad's work gave him a super-phone with everything you could possibly imagine on it, but he doesn't know how to send a text message. I think he would prefer to still be using the brick phone.
In the last 5 years I have come into contact with just about every phone that has ever been made. This is mostly due to having a boyfriend that has managed to lose or destroy an amazing number of phones- at least 20 in that 5 year period. He's had flip phones, slide phones, keyboard phones, camera phones, old phones, new phones, red phones, blue phones. Ever looking for a phone charger? He probably has the one you need. To his credit though, he did manage to hang onto his phone when someone attempted to mug him- apparently it was an interesting experience for the person he was on the phone to at the time.My own experience with losing a phone earlier this year was an interesting one. I decided not to replace it for a while in order to punish myself for the stupidity required to lose it the way I did (really it was more to save some of the money I lost along with it but you get the idea). I held out for about 2 weeks. I added the "upgraded" model of the phone I had lost onto my plan, only to discover that "upgraded" really meant "we took away some of the best features and made them be extras that you have to pay for separately. sucked in." I was a little annoyed, but at least it came in hot pink. The thing is, being without a phone made me less dependent on it, so I was able to lower my cap- losing my phone ended up saving me money. At my house we still have a couple of those really old brick phones with the tiny screens floating around somewhere. If mobile phones are anything like fashion they'll be super cool in the next couple of years. I find it really funny that my dad's work gave him a super-phone with everything you could possibly imagine on it, but he doesn't know how to send a text message. I think he would prefer to still be using the brick phone.
wk 8 e-learning post: the Blogosphere
Link to results of me & Romi's investigation into blogging about the paralympics:
sports blogging
sports blogging
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Website Development
I went through my Myspace page and adjusted the links so that they opened in new windows, and added links to the Myspace pages of all my favourite bands. I had a bit of a problem when none of these worked, but eventually realised that it was because I left out the http:// part of all the addresses so that was that solved.
I also realised that a lot of my Photoshop and Illustrator work that I was planning to put on my websites was on a USB drive that I lost, and I'm not sure how I would work in the stuff that I still have. If I have time I might develop some new work to include on my website, or just concentrate on developing the visual navigation of my website.
I also realised that a lot of my Photoshop and Illustrator work that I was planning to put on my websites was on a USB drive that I lost, and I'm not sure how I would work in the stuff that I still have. If I have time I might develop some new work to include on my website, or just concentrate on developing the visual navigation of my website.
Monday, September 1, 2008
Wk 6 E-learning post - Blogging
"Either construct a post that critically considers some of the phenomenon that are exemplary of the cultural production thesis: conversations that have turned into online chat, web sites that are expressions of the self, videos submitted to YouTube, and multiplayer online gaming are all good examples. Or consider to what degree blogging has become a naturalised activity: does it feel easier or harder to write a blog or an email - why? When does your blogging anonymity become a become a mirage? To what degree is blogging useful as a form of surveillance?"
I think blogging has become a naturalised activity for some, because of the different possibilities it offers. In some cases blogging can be a way in which talented writers can reach a fairly broad audience without needing to first find someone willing to publish their work. In other cases people are able to seek the opinions of others in an anonymous way- having a blog can be like having a diary that talks back. On the other hand, there are still plenty of people that do not find blogging natural or even comfortable - it can be daunting to write for an audience, whether it is real or imagined.
i find it difficult to compare blogging with email as I do not use either extensively and when i do its for very different purposes, but I guess with email you have a greater perception of control- you know who you are sending it to, and generally trust that it won't be forwarded on if you don't intend for it to be. You also generally know what is appropriate as you know who your audience is, but then in blogs I guess your work generally dictates who your audience is so basically anything goes.
Although anonymity is a possibility in blogging, it is not always a reality. Bloggers can be careful about what information they give about themselves, but may be recognised by people they know offline if they describe certain people or events, or even write in a certain way.
I think blogging has become a naturalised activity for some, because of the different possibilities it offers. In some cases blogging can be a way in which talented writers can reach a fairly broad audience without needing to first find someone willing to publish their work. In other cases people are able to seek the opinions of others in an anonymous way- having a blog can be like having a diary that talks back. On the other hand, there are still plenty of people that do not find blogging natural or even comfortable - it can be daunting to write for an audience, whether it is real or imagined.
i find it difficult to compare blogging with email as I do not use either extensively and when i do its for very different purposes, but I guess with email you have a greater perception of control- you know who you are sending it to, and generally trust that it won't be forwarded on if you don't intend for it to be. You also generally know what is appropriate as you know who your audience is, but then in blogs I guess your work generally dictates who your audience is so basically anything goes.
Although anonymity is a possibility in blogging, it is not always a reality. Bloggers can be careful about what information they give about themselves, but may be recognised by people they know offline if they describe certain people or events, or even write in a certain way.
Website development (imagined)
I have been completely neglecting to actually work on my website, but I have been thinking a lot about how I can improve it and make it interesting while including or linking to all of my other work. I really like the way Audrey has set up her Myspace as a sort of digital corkboard so I started to think about ways I could make my website more interesting by including lots of visual elements in the navigation.
One idea was to set it up to look like a journal, and have things like work info, education history, blog links, other links, etc on separate pages. That way I could have an interesting Home page that I would set up to be the 'cover', and link it so that you could click on it to open the next page, which would continue throughout to give it a linear feel.
My other idea was to set it up as a computer desktop, and create my own images in Photoshop and Illustrator to use as icons that will link to the other pages. I think I am going to go with this idea, as it has more relevance, and will make more sense when it comes to putting in links and including videos. My only problem was that maybe it would be a bit lame to have a computer within a computer but I guess I will try it and see whether it works or not.
One idea was to set it up to look like a journal, and have things like work info, education history, blog links, other links, etc on separate pages. That way I could have an interesting Home page that I would set up to be the 'cover', and link it so that you could click on it to open the next page, which would continue throughout to give it a linear feel.
My other idea was to set it up as a computer desktop, and create my own images in Photoshop and Illustrator to use as icons that will link to the other pages. I think I am going to go with this idea, as it has more relevance, and will make more sense when it comes to putting in links and including videos. My only problem was that maybe it would be a bit lame to have a computer within a computer but I guess I will try it and see whether it works or not.
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