Once in awhile I rewrite an introduction to my dissertation to keep in practice explaining it, and to reveal to myself what changes have been taking place in my own thinking about the project, to suggest new directions and to refocus myself. Here’s what I came up with about a week ago.
What many of the [...]
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Dissertation (re)Intro
March 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment · General
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Reseach tools
January 28th, 2009 · 2 Comments · General
Steven Johnson has a good essay on Boinboing detailing how he goes about writing a book, which is basically: reasearch like crazy, then sit down and write. One of the tools he mentions is Devonthink, which I’ve never used, and can’t because I don’t own a Mac.In the comments, someone posted a link to Windows [...]
Diss mindmap
February 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · General
I made this mindmap probably a year ago, and much has changed, but I wanted to test the mind42.com mindmap publishing feature, so I just imported this old mindmap from freemind.mind42 via Bruce Eisner
Restate my assumptions
November 28th, 2007 · No Comments · General
The emergence of digital technology has affected film production and spectatorship in several specific ways:
digital imaging has created malleable images, encouraging a reception environment that no longer privileges indexicality, in favor of a more spectacular aesthetics
technology such as the GUI and video games has introduced interactivity into our notion of moving images
the internet and mobile [...]
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Quarterlife
November 23rd, 2007 · 1 Comment · General
Here’s an edited, but still rough, excerpt from the chapter I am working on, on spectatorship and the internet. I won’t review the quality of the tv show here, just the technology.
The series Quarterlife follows the life of a video blogger, Dylan, and her mid-twenties friends. The show, consisting of 8 minute segments, “airs” twice [...]
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