Foreword: While I am definitely not attempting to argue any sort of complete and total immersion in media, or the recoding of your entire life into 0s and 1s, I want to make the case for how schools imposing “social media blackouts” is problematic not just for the student, but for their family and network [...]
Archive for the ‘Multimedia’ Category
September 14, 2010
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TED Tuesday #8 – With interest comes education [2/2]
By Behzod in Culture, Digital Culture, Education, Multimedia, Technology, WorldIn watching videos for this week’s TED Tuesday, a common theme arose between my selections – education as a self-organized and self-sustaining process. Both Professor Sugatra Mitra and TED Curator Chris Anderson touch on these ideas in the videos I’ve posted. Professor Mitra explains various experiments that he has done around the world as part [...]
Tags: Chris Anderson, Education, Hole in the wall, India, TED, Ted Tuesday
September 6, 2010
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Road warriors where there is no road
By Behzod in Art, Multimedia, WorldOne of my favorite things about doing a photo shoot is knowing that later that night I’ll be grabbing a cup of tea, turning on some Explosions in the Sky, and start working through the days photos. While I have the end result in mind, rarely do I want to be sitting in front of [...]
Tags: Climbing, Cory Richards, Himalayas, Nepal, Renan Ozturk
August 16, 2010
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If the medium is the message, Twitter has a lot to say
By Behzod in Digital Culture, Multimedia, TechnologyWhile I had originally intended to post about the New Media Literacies paper “Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture,” I opened my computer and found Paul Levinson’s chapter on Twitter, from his book New New Media, thanks to the mass amounts of PDFs which I downloaded from my school library and have yet to read. [...]
Tags: McLuhan, New Media, New Media Literacies, Paul Levinson, Twitter
June 29, 2010
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An ode to “Death to Distraction”
By Behzod in Digital Culture, Multimedia, Technology, WellnessI really need to go visit the great folks at the UW MCDM program when I get on campus in the fall. If you read Sunday’s post, you will know that I come across tons of fascinating pieces online thanks to MCDM Professor Kathy Gill. This afternoon’s internet post that resonated with me came from [...]
Tags: Emilie, Hanson Hosein, interactions, MCDM
June 27, 2010
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Designing Experiences, Not Applications
By Behzod in Design, Digital Culture, Multimedia, TechnologyAlong with many other interesting pieces of information, I saw this article among Kathy Gill’s Tweets. Written by Tomi Ahonen, the article explores the economics of the current iPhone app store environment, at least in one perspective. While I don’t agree with everything that Ahonen says, I find his extensive thoughts, as well as many [...]
Tags: Application, Apps, iPhone, Kathy Gill, Smartphone, Tomi Ahonen, University of Washington, User Experience, UW
September 25, 2009
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First time with DSLR Video
By Behzod in Multimedia, PhotographyToday, I got a chance to borrow my roommate’s Canon 5Dii in order to shoot my video art exploration. The exploration was rather simple, I simply had to create a 3 minute, silent film on the subject of inside/outside. I had the concept mapped out in my head, and with the help of my friend [...]