Posts in the ‘Tools vs. Language’ Category

from theory to practice ::..

By lou suSi, posted July 15th, 2009 in Student Forum, Susi, Tools vs. Language | No Comments »

i am finding it SO difficult moving from writing about what i want to do into the mode of actually working directly on the prototyping…

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Metropath(ologies): ecstasy of communcation or ambivalence of information?

By David Tames, posted May 6th, 2009 in Student Forum, Tames, Tools vs. Language | 1 Comment »

Judith Donath recently spoke at MassArt. In anticipation of her talk I went to see the Connections exhibition of works by Donath and her Sociable…

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It’s hard to find words to describe the experience of music

By David Tames, posted April 2nd, 2009 in Tools vs. Language | 1 Comment »

Last night we went to Tufts to listen to The Brahms Project, a performance featuring Brahms’s Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Violin Sonata…

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Paging Mr. Vertov . . .

By Kent Millard, posted April 1st, 2009 in Millard, Tools vs. Language | 5 Comments »

The first half of Scott Kirsner’s lecture on ‘What Innovators can Learn from Hollywood” was a wonderful overview of how the movie industry has reinvented…

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Analog to Digital to Collaboration

By Katsumi, posted April 1st, 2009 in Take, Tools vs. Language | 1 Comment »

Scott Kirsner’s lecture pointed out a very interesting possible future for the world of film/cinema and future dynamic authorship. Started from cinema history since moving…

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a smart User?

By Eun Kyoung, posted March 31st, 2009 in Lee, Student Forum, Tools vs. Language | 2 Comments »

It was a really interesting lecture to me about the relationship among innovators, preservationists and sideline-sitters. As a designer, I always want to be in…

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Reinventing Cinema: Goodbye Hollywood, hello YouTube, seesmic, blip, vimeo …

By David Tames, posted March 29th, 2009 in Student Forum, Tames, Tools vs. Language | 2 Comments »

On Wednesday night Scott Kirsner gave a fascinating presentation on the history of Hollywood (including some wonderful clips of classic movies along the way) illustrating…

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tools + language + resistance, oh my! | part 1

By lou suSi, posted March 29th, 2009 in Student Forum, Susi, Tools vs. Language | 5 Comments »

Inventing the Movies
media tech tonic #8 … scott kirsner brought the topic + conversation ‘what innovators can learn from hollywood’ to the dmi design…

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responses to Scott’s lecture + discussion

By Jan, posted March 25th, 2009 in Tools vs. Language | 1 Comment »

Focus on:
— tools vs. languages: evolving technological inventions vs. evolving forms of communication
— resistance: to innovation (preservationists) vs. to status quo (innovators)

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