Organization Structures from the readings
Web Style Guide:
-content by inventorying what you already have
-hierarchical outline by site structure/navigation elements
-chunks of logical information
-diagramming based on a core link structure
-organization by testing with real users
O'Reilly:
-hierarchy - subdivisions of parent/child relationships
-hypertext - chunks and the links between chunks
-databases - bottom up approach that identifies content and structure
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010
#6
Weinberger Summary & Key Terms
Weinberger really liked the idea that everything in our word is miscellaneous. Its all a random mish-mash of things that create one bigger thing - like the internet, for example. The internet is a series of disorganized sites, but through search engines like Google, and tagging systems within those sites (coding keywords and tags) actually do make up an organized web. He believes that there are also three orders which organize our world. Key terms for Weinberger includes metadata, tags, miscellaneous, and web 2.0.
Jenkins Summary & Key Terms
Jenkins talked about our culture in terms of convergence. Convergence is when old media and technology is replaced by something newer and greater. An example could be the ever evolving television, which once were only available in black and white and you had to dial in the channels. Jenkins liked to use popular examples to outline his points - like the "Bert is Evil" website which parodied a famous puppet from Sesame Street in a variety of nefarious predicaments. This could be an example of what he referred to as participatory culture because so many liked his parodies, that they ended up being hosted on a variety of other sites, which in effect allows others to participate in the internet phenomenon. Key terms for Jenkins are convergence culture, participatory culture, and collective intelligence.
Lessig Summary & Key Terms
Lessig was all about the variety of ways in which our culture likes to "remix" media available to us, how copyrights affect said remixes, and how the internet has adapted to our increasing desire to get involved. Similar to Weinberger, he talked about sharing economies which represented how people like to get involved with things, even if they aren't monetarily compensated for it (like Wikipedia Contributors). Similar to this is the idea of open source software which allows anyone to download and make changes, but never be able to market it as their own, only share it with others for further editing. Key terms for Lessig are remix, copyright infringement, sharing economies, and open source.
Connections
Basically all of the books relate to each other since they all relate to the progression of the way in which the internet affects our lives. Lessig and Jenkins mostly discuss the way in which our culture likes to participate in the internet - Jenkins talks about things like cell phone porn and "Bert is Evil" while Lessig references Wikipedia and Girl Talk. Weinberger's orders correspond to Jenkins' idea that media is constantly converging on older media.
Final Project Correlation
I think Weinberger is going to have the greatest influence on our final project. Because we are going to be working with content that is already there, our job is to organize it so that is best is found in the disorganization that is the internet, and so those who are most interested in the Community Action Center will be able to find the information they are looking for on the site. I think it is also going to be important to think about how to allow a participatory culture within the site as well. Employing something like a blog or Twitter within the content of the CAC site could also be important to allow students and community members to get involved on the site.
Weinberger really liked the idea that everything in our word is miscellaneous. Its all a random mish-mash of things that create one bigger thing - like the internet, for example. The internet is a series of disorganized sites, but through search engines like Google, and tagging systems within those sites (coding keywords and tags) actually do make up an organized web. He believes that there are also three orders which organize our world. Key terms for Weinberger includes metadata, tags, miscellaneous, and web 2.0.
Jenkins Summary & Key Terms
Jenkins talked about our culture in terms of convergence. Convergence is when old media and technology is replaced by something newer and greater. An example could be the ever evolving television, which once were only available in black and white and you had to dial in the channels. Jenkins liked to use popular examples to outline his points - like the "Bert is Evil" website which parodied a famous puppet from Sesame Street in a variety of nefarious predicaments. This could be an example of what he referred to as participatory culture because so many liked his parodies, that they ended up being hosted on a variety of other sites, which in effect allows others to participate in the internet phenomenon. Key terms for Jenkins are convergence culture, participatory culture, and collective intelligence.
Lessig Summary & Key Terms
Lessig was all about the variety of ways in which our culture likes to "remix" media available to us, how copyrights affect said remixes, and how the internet has adapted to our increasing desire to get involved. Similar to Weinberger, he talked about sharing economies which represented how people like to get involved with things, even if they aren't monetarily compensated for it (like Wikipedia Contributors). Similar to this is the idea of open source software which allows anyone to download and make changes, but never be able to market it as their own, only share it with others for further editing. Key terms for Lessig are remix, copyright infringement, sharing economies, and open source.
Connections
Basically all of the books relate to each other since they all relate to the progression of the way in which the internet affects our lives. Lessig and Jenkins mostly discuss the way in which our culture likes to participate in the internet - Jenkins talks about things like cell phone porn and "Bert is Evil" while Lessig references Wikipedia and Girl Talk. Weinberger's orders correspond to Jenkins' idea that media is constantly converging on older media.
Final Project Correlation
I think Weinberger is going to have the greatest influence on our final project. Because we are going to be working with content that is already there, our job is to organize it so that is best is found in the disorganization that is the internet, and so those who are most interested in the Community Action Center will be able to find the information they are looking for on the site. I think it is also going to be important to think about how to allow a participatory culture within the site as well. Employing something like a blog or Twitter within the content of the CAC site could also be important to allow students and community members to get involved on the site.
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