Apr
7
Analysis of Switchfoot and the influence of its music
April 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Switchfoot, a band originally with a Christian foundation, is now an American alternative rock band. Started in 1996 as Chin Up, Jon Foreman, his brother Tim, and Chad Butler were the founders of the current band. Then the band was signed into Re:think records. Because Re:think was originally a Christian giant called Sparrow records, Switchfoot’s [...]
Apr
6
Readings for my project
April 6, 2009 | 1 Comment
I will be using
“Will There Be Condominiums in Data Space?” by Bill Viola
“The Medium is the Message” by McLuhan
and
“Time Frames” by McCloud
In Viola’s reading, I’ll mainly be comparing how Viola writes about finding questions rather than answers–for Switchfoot said something similar in an interview.
In McLuhan’s I’ll be comparing how his reading is about how the [...]
Mar
31
Switchfoot
March 31, 2009 | 1 Comment
Organizing just exactly what I’ll be doing for my project:
1) Create a wetpaint page where I’ll lay out the process of my research.
2) Research on Switchfoot. This will include interviews, music videos, lyrics, webpages, etc.
3) Research on the response of different audiences by reading comments on videos and interviews and perhaps even the quantity of [...]
Mar
25
What do you think?
March 25, 2009 | 1 Comment
After talking to both christian and non-christian friends, I have decided that my previous idea for my class project is a bit over the top. After a few talks with friends, I realized that my idea would very likely cause unnecessary angry debates and negative emotions.
So, as a solution, I was contemplating on creating a [...]
Mar
23
Gamelan music!
March 23, 2009 | 1 Comment
Listen to what Gamelan music sounds like:
Gamelan music!
I find it amusing that Viola’s friend ethnomusicologist tried to make people play only parts of this kind of music. And I can’t really even pinpoint why it seems so absurd to me. Maybe because it’s repetitive? Or perhaps the whole is the music and only parts of [...]
Mar
18
Complexity vs. simplicity
March 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment
When I look at comics…
I do not see what Mcloud sees. But after reading the article–which was interesting to read b/c it was a comic informing the reader of comics–I guess I appreciated the depth of comics a bit more.
Honestly, however, when I read comics–I just want to look at them like a child does [...]
Mar
5
Project to find truth
March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment
I’m still unsure about what I want to do.
I had in mind, like I mentioned in a previoius post, to make a wiki site for religious discussion.
By using interactive technology, people who enter this site I have in mind will be able to explore different truths in different perspectives. They will enter with questions or [...]
Feb
23
Getting above “meh”
February 23, 2009 | 1 Comment
In our last class, Dr. C emphasized that we should get above “meh”–meaning we should begin to create things that will not result in “meh” as a response.
We failed to see the intricate details in the TED talk that we could have elaborated on with our annotations because our filter was too tight.
When thinking about [...]
Feb
18
My class project idea
February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment
I want to work with the topic of religious exploration and debate. I want to create a project that will reveal what the power of the communicative internet can do in helping people find answers to their questions–if not finding the answers, learning all the while along the way.
As of now, I do not know how [...]
Feb
14
This wonderful place
February 14, 2009 | 1 Comment
Thursday’s discussion reminded me of a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson,
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
Is our current education system the best we can do? Or can we create a realistic, new system where learning is at its absolute max?
Relating to Emerson’s [...]