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Helpful Links to Course Material
Spring 2010 Course Library Reserves (requires UWNet login) Packet Switching Demo (from section)

Did you find something interesting that's related to lecture, readings, or discussion? Archive it here. Feel free to discuss or comment on anything you see on the page.

videos
"rip: a remix manifesto" = http://films.nfb.ca/rip-a-remix-manifesto/ "copyright criminals" = history of sampling in hip hop music/culture "good copy, bad copy" = this is the film where the tecno brega stuff i showed today is from about open source movement and operating systems = "revolution os"
 * Tecno Brega clip from class = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo2sv3jjJi8

Know your fair use rights!
Check out this project from American University http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/resources/fair_use/

Game Play
Economy - SecondLife's Linden dollars can be exchanged for US dollars - http://secondlife.com/whatis/currency.php

Encyclopedia Dramatica -- pranks, hoaxes, greifing, and just doing it for the "lulz" http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Main_Page

An interesting TED lecture on gaming and what game play can help us accomplish http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world.html

**Privacy issues on Facebook**
Today in lecture I'm going to talk a little bit about some of the privacy issues generated by Facebook terms of service. I'll reference this case brought to the attention of the Canadian Privacy Commissioner, but here's a link the full text.

**Semiotics**
If you're looking for some more examples to practice the semiotics approach or work out arguments for Manovich's borrowed cultural traditions try these:

[|Style Wars] (click on the link at the top to enter into the award winning website) [|Keith Tyson] [|WhiteVoid] [|Matthew Mahon]


 * How PR Pros are Using Social Media for Real Results**

Hey, I know we started talking about social media and here's a mashable blog post about how PR professionals use Twitter and Facebook to get information out about clients, communicate to customers, and respond to questions or problems. It is unbelievable how much social media has changed the way companies and PR professionals do business now.

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-Danielle R.


 * FCC's Broadband Plan Heads to Congress**

In lecture today there was a brief discussion about the National Broadband Plan being submitted to Congress by the FCC. Here is a blog post about it, and there is a link within the post that takes you to the FCC Web site with the link to the overview of the entire plan.

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-Danielle R.

=**Mozilla has campign for Network Neutrality**= Hey everyone,

I am was logging on to mozilla and at the bottom of the search engine it said something like if you believe in having open web go here... So I clicked on it and it looks like **Mozilla has this campaign going on in support of having an open web**. This relates really nicely to our **network neutrality** discussion..check out the Mozilla site for more info. []

-Jasmine

[|Little Brother by Cory Doctorow] - Billed as a story of "techno-geek rebellion," Little Brother is a young adult novel that addresses very adult themes of terrorism, technology and national security. It's only about 300 pages and very engrossing and evocative. It instantly came to mind when I was reading the Gillespie piece about the politics and social rammifications of technology. Cory Doctorow publishes all of his work under the Creative Commons licensing, so his books are free to download and share.

It was the birthday of the BBS a few days ago. For more on the significance of this, check out this article at [|techcrunch].

2／24 How Twitter and Facebook Make Us More Productive
Hi~ everyone!! I'm your Com Arts 346 classmate and I found this article today online. I thought this would be very intreating for you to read! please click the link here for the full article access ** http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/02/st_essay_distraction **

thanks guys~

-Naomi Cao

Red VS Blue
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Strangerhood
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iPad = Wow!!
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Beyond the Desktop metaphor:
Continuing our discussion in lecture today about the desktop metaphor and beyond, here are some other examples of multi-touch screens in use.

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These next two were suggested by Alyssa after class. One is a different sort of touch screen in use on CNN and Windows 7 as an example of another mass marketed multi-touch screen display. (Thanks, Alyssa for the tip!) media type="youtube" key="aL_qmc-BFb0" height="344" width="425" media type="youtube" key="kQAuHF9jP1E" height="344" width="425"

Another student (I didn't catch her name, but feel free to add it here) mentioned Microsoft's Surface as an example that moves beyond our traditional mouse and point and click interface. I'm probably going to talk about this technology again when we discuss ubiquitous computing, so stay tuned! media type="youtube" key="rP5y7yp06n0" height="344" width="425"

Greetings all, I just wanted to submit several of my favorite anime that deal with the Gibsonian view of cyberspace. Check them out if you haven't seen them.
 * Cyberpunk Anime** - Frank Leung

Ghost in the Shell: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113568/ Trailer: media type="youtube" key="oP2Pt6m3yKU" width="425" height="350"

Akira: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094625/ Trailer: media type="youtube" key="KQnw35kR6Pw" width="425" height="350"

And although not exactly the best definition of cyberpunk, I think certain aspects of Cowboy Bebop can be cyberpunkish: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0213338/ Trailer: media type="youtube" key="X4zcaRssOSk" width="425" height="350"

Another Anime recommendation:
I had another anime in mind along with the ones that Frank had mentioned called Serial Experiments Lain. "//Serial Experiments Lain// describes "the Wired" as the sum of human communication networks, created with the telegraph and telephone services, and expanded with the Internet and subsequent networks. The anime assumes that the Wired could be linked to a system that enables unconscious communication between people and machines without physical interface. "- Shelby

More Literature:

 * 1) [|Feed] by M.T. Anderson - According to Wikipedia this is actually Post-cyberpunk, a progression of the genre. From what I can remember instead of connecting to a computer or cyberspace, the computer is put inside your head. The body is still on earth, but you can control this computer through telepathy. It's a really interesting read. - Alex Wolf
 * 2) The Soft Machine by William Burroughs - A friend introduced me to this book. It's been on my to-read list for awhile now. Here's a synopsis I found online: "Burroughs presents an Earth inhabited by bizarre aliens, perverse doctors, brain police, seedy criminals, and verbal virus. This is the original cyberpunk novel." - Jeff Rolling