Blog 1:
Writing the first blog of the class at the end is probably not ideal but it definitely provided a more knowledgeable foundation of answering this question. In O’Reily’s article he essentially talking about the explosive nature and direction our “Web” has become. The concept of Web 2.0 is to pretty much mark the point in which the turning point in many web functions. He provided a comparative list of a variety of “what was than is now” examples on the internet.
In terms of the relevance of the article to my professional goals I would have to say the key word would be adaptability. With the web constantly improving and modifying it is important to be aware that many processes that people may become accustomed to may change very quickly.
As of now the most impressive application is the Hype Machine. A music website that lets you sample full material of a musical artist, but the is not place to download the music, just listening to in on the website. They write if you are interested in this artist and want to download it, they suggest places in which to legally purchase it. I find this an interesting middle between purchasing the music and illegally downloading it.
Blog 4 :
Weinberger and O’Reilly deal with many similar topics. The most notable that I found of importance is the concept of tagging and the concept of making the internet a smarter creature by using things like tagging, hyperlinks and database connections. There are many other connections that they both deal with but the most important connection is the organization of information.
As O’Reily discussed in Web 2.0, the new internet. It is important that a system of categorization is defined and understood. As the internet grows methods to organize it all is crucially important.
Blog 7:
de Bourgoing’s main point deal with the individual, commonalities, and the communication of those previous. This idea of information and identity is a common discussion between de Bourgoing and the first half of the class. This idea of identification and communication are very prevalent in both.
Miller is talking about how communication is based on previous interactions and that thee interactions are used to produce new experience. Miller and de Bourgoing are dealing heavily with the idea of communication and how new methods of communication will arise to create new ways to visualize the individual.
Blog 10:
I chose the UPular Remix from the movie UP. I didn’t post the video because we saw it earlier in class.
The first point that relates closely to lessee is the idea of what simply is a remix. He defines it in much broader terms than say a musician would but it doesn't effect his overall point. Another connection I liked and how I visualize many remixes, is by his idea of the “digital cupboard”, where you can pull things from this and that and create something different with many or few “ingredients”. For example in my video the ingredients are fairly simple and limited, everything from lyrics to music was pulled out of just the film.
This UPular video is the first I have seen of its kind. The final connection I made is how towards the end lessig writes how the central core of remix stays very much the same but the “dance” so to speak changes constantly.
