Readings for Wednesday

I've sent email to everyone in class about the readings for Wednesday; since some of them are PDFs from the library, they cannot be posted to this forum.

In addition to the reading, please come to class ready to discuss your feelings about technology in the arts, technology tools and your fear (or excitement) w/r/t programming.

See you tomorrow!

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Readings for Monday

Here are some readings about persuasive technology and environmental psychology.

This an essay by BJ Fogg which provides some background context for what exactly persuasive technology is. The essay presents five perspectives on computers and persuasion. One of the perspectives discusses the ethicalness of persuasive technology.

http://0-delivery.acm.org.bianca.penlib.du.edu/10.1145/280000/274677/p225-fogg.pdf?key1=274677&key2=0128019821&coll=DL&dl=ACM&CFID=112570179&CFTOKEN=54784503

This article focusses on environmental psychology by reviewing interventional programs aimed at reducing energy consumption in the home. Although these programs do not utilize computer systems many of these interventions can easily be adopted to persuasive technology.

http://0-www.sciencedirect.com.bianca.penlib.du.edu/science?_ob=MImg&_imagekey=B6WJ8-4HJ482W-2-7&_cdi=6872&_user=1497530&_pii=S027249440500054X&_origin=search&_coverDate=09%2F30%2F2005&_sk=999749996&view=c&wchp=dGLbVtz-zSkWA&md5=1b138d553f1b647777fd26fb181801b5&ie=/sdarticle.pdf

Here are some examples of using persuasive technology to encourage pro-environmental behaviors.

http://0-portal.acm.org.bianca.penlib.du.edu/citation.cfm?id=1541948.1541968

In order to read some of these I think you will have to log into the penrose library. When you click on a link it should take you to the login page and than to the article. If anyone has any problems let me know and I can send you the articles by email.

Wabi Sabi & Software Development

Hi! Here's some reading for Monday!

What is Wabi Sabi?

This essay provides a concise description of Wabi Sabi and Japanese aesthetic.

(Unfortunately, there was not a citation)

Japanese Aesthetics, Wabi-Sabi, and the Tea Ceremony

How Wabi Sabi has been applied in software development.

WABI SABI & SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT GENERAL

O’Reilly FYI -- Why Ugly Teams Win – Scott Berkun’s essay from Beautiful Teams

WABI SABI & PRESENTATION VISUALS

Presentation Zen -- Garr Reynolds’ blog on issues related to professional presentation design.

Wabi Sabi and Presentation Visuals Part I

Wabi Sabi and Presentation Visuals Part II

WABI SABI & AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

BLOG Wabi Sabi and Agile Development by Alex Singh

WABI SABI & EXPERIENCE DESIGN

Zen and the Art of Experience Design – Wabi Sabi and Experience Design

WABI SABI & WIKI

Wabi Sabi Wiki For Dummies.PDF

Smart People Talking about Music and Technology

This video, produced as a joke to help publicize Brian Eno's newest release, is actually indicative of many musician's feelings about academic engagement in the field of current music and audio production. Why is there the need to flood the person "doing it" with information about why and how they are producing what they produce?

Taking a swipe at the semiotic overload of popular cultural studies might seem like easy targeting, but kudos to Eno for being willing to make fun of a system and process that he himself often embraces.

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Random Acts of Culture

I found this clip where the Philadelphia Opera Chorus gathered as a flash mob to sing the Hallelujah Chorus in Macy's. It was just this past weekend, too. That's taking the music a little outside the concert hall.

Transmedia Journalism: A teaser

Readings to scan in advance of my tear-jerking and spiritually uplifting presentation Wednesday:

Henry Jenkins (the father of the term) on what transmedia is in the entertainment world. His seven principles:

Part A
Part B

Though nobody I have found directly addresses how transmedia would work in journalism, some of transmedia's most influential students -- Jenkins and consultant Christy Dena -- have stated that it is a possibility.

Sam Ford, a former MIT student of Jenkins, former journalist and a blogger for the Convergence Culture Consortium, addressed it most directly on the C3 blog. But he also goes little further than noting it is possible and hints that it happens on its own from time to time by virtue of the technology. His writing also predates some of the codification of the idea of transmedia done in the past year by Jenkins, Dena and Frank Rose.

Bring your tissues. And a vuvuzela or two.