Month: March 2018

Prof. Lev Manovich, who we will be reading soon in our class, is offering a free workshop on visualizing social media data such as photos on Instagram. I think that this workshop would be tremendously beneficial for many of you who are studying various social media’s effect on language. The workshop takes place after class on Tuesday from 6-9PM, and registration is required. Go here for all the details and registration.

Similar terms for extra credit: 250 words discussing what you learned and did. Of course, you can cite the workshop as a part of your research for your final papers, too.

Before our next class, post a comment to this blog entry of at least 250 words summarizing your reading and today’s discussion of Kittler’s “Gramophone Film Typewriter.” Focus on the phrases and key terms that I pointed out during our discussion.

Let’s begin working on the reading by reading aloud this obituary of Friedrich Kittler.

Here are some thoughts on his passing that I wrote on my blog.

And Hawking’s big moment on Star Trek: The Next Generation:

On Friday, March 23 from 5:30-8:00pm, the Friedman Center at the New York Hall of Science in Queens is hosting a “Women in STEM Night.” This is a great opportunity for women interested in STEM careers to learn from and network with professionals in those fields. City Tech is participating in the event, too. The event is free, but you’ll need to RSVP here and bring your student ID. This is also worth extra credit with a 250-word write up with details about what you learned and who you met.

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For today’s after class writing assignment, write at least 250 words summarizing what you had read in Marshall McLuhan’s “The Medium is the Message” and remember from our discussion during class.

Also, Jessica Roman told us about this educational video about McLuhan’s ideas, which I think is worth watching in whole or part:

Enter your writing into one of the categories of City Tech’s Literary Arts Festival. Winning this can be a nice addition to your resume and portfolio.

This might be of most interest to PTW majors concentrating in biology, but others interested in big data and how presentations like this present complex data for an audience might learn a few things. If you attend this lecture and write at least 250 words about what you learn and how the presentation is given (e.g., focus on the structure of the presentation, what aids does the presenter use, what does the visual/PowerPoint aspect of the presentation look like, etc.). Details about the talk are in the PDF embedded below.

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Before our next class, post a comment to this blog entry of at least 250 words summarizing your reading and the lecture on N. Katherine Hayles’ “Toward Embodied Virtuality.”