Thursday we will be discussing Manovich’s The Language of New Media, you should focus your reading on the Intro, Chp. 1, Chp. 2, & Chp. 5, although I will probably talk about issues raised throughout the book as a whole.

If I were a poet I would find some clever lines to supply here, but I am not so . . .

All grades have been submitted and if you would like your paper back just email me and I can arrange a way to get it to you.

See you around ATEC next semester.

For the last class, watch Zittrain’s presentation on The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It. This talk last roughly an hour, you can also watch him on the Colbert Report.

After watching, post your comment here.

Leave your thoughts regarding Clay Shirky’s book below. Given the ease of access to this book (compared to say Heidegger and Derrida) I would like to have more of a discussion about this reading. So, come to class prepared to offer up not only what Shirky’s analysis is, but your take on what he offers, i.e. what are the costs and the benefits of the change he sees? And what does Shirky miss? How might we complicate his analysis?

Reminder: Don’t forget to bring an initial draft of your final paper.

Note: Class will be in Mobile Lab this week.

For Thursday read My Mother Was a Computer and comment below. Anyone who handed in paper topics last week should have received feedback via email today. If not you can email me as there was mistake. Those who were late will receive feedback by tomorrow (Saturday).

After reading The Exploit leave your thoughts below.

Leave your thoughts on the second half of Bruns here.

Read Chps 1-7 of Axel Bruns’s book
Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life, and Beyond: From Production to Produsage . Leave your comment below.

In addition to working on your midterm you should read Weinberger’s Everything is Miscellaneous. For those of you who Twitter the author can be found here. Focus on the first two chapters, and the final one as they are the most important, but you should read the whole book.

Note: We will also be meeting next week in the Mobile Lab (next to my office) as the conference room is being used at that time.

This Thursday we will move more explicitly to talking about Network Theory and reading texts that directly address what they see to be as the key changes brought about by networked knowledge. First up is Manuel Castells The Network Society. Read Chapters 1, 15, 16, & 19. You might want to look at a few other chapters depending on what subject matters interest you. Leave your comments/thoughts below.