So, feeling somewhat uninspired by today’s reading, I decided to cruise through TedTalks and search “most jaw-dropping”. By accident, I stumbled upon some things that we have discussed multiple times in class, specifically hyperlinks and Flikr. Photosynth, a Microsoft creation, uses various pictures found all over the internet and merges them into one picture with depth [...]
Category Archives: Art
McCloud Revisted
Monday, March 23, 2009
So after our discussion on Thursday, I went home and watched the TedTalk that McCloud had done that Dr. C. had mentioned briefly. Unfortunately, about 5 minutes into the 17 minute long video, it stopped working. However, the first 5 minutes gave me some excellent insight into McCloud. He began by talking about his father, [...]
The Hidden Message in Peanuts
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
So I haven’t really got much to say today about McCloud aside from the fact that I’m not sure I buy it. Frankly, I am not blown away every time I read the Sunday comics (and outside of that, I’ve never read a comic). At the moment, I can’t seem to fathom such depth to [...]
Polio, White Men, and Web2.0
Monday, February 23, 2009
So today, in the hopes of securing three free passes for my Theater Props class, I went to see the play Iphigenia 2.0, written by Charles Wee. The play is a fusion of the ancient Euripides play Iphigenia, and a modern reworking that puts the play in a suspension of time between the Trojan War [...]
