Monthly Archives: January 2006

Memory Making

Posted on January 27, 2006 by Martha

I spent today at home with a sick baby who slept a lot, so I ended up with a lot more time to catch up on blog reading than I had expected.  Something’s been tumbling around in my brain (actually … Continue reading →

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MicroPods?

Posted on January 27, 2006 by Martha

This is interesting. (via Gizmodo) I think it’s interesting that Microsoft seems to think that to add their own kind of value to an iPod-like device, they’ll need to consider including games innthe mix.  That sounds to me more like … Continue reading →

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Knocking down bookshelves

Posted on January 25, 2006 by Martha

Thanks to Steve Greenlaw for pointing me to Clay Shirky’s article Ontology is Overrated: Categories, Links, and Tags. This is a fantastic piece that serves to explain the difference between ontological and folksonomic classification approaches. You should read the whole … Continue reading →

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When is a camera not (quite) a camera?

Posted on January 20, 2006 by Martha

Over break, we ordered a number of new G5 iMacs for a lab used here at UMW by the theatre department. One feature we were excited about (and planning on using for our project with Gregg Stull’s class) was the … Continue reading →

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If only I had blogged sooner

Posted on January 18, 2006 by Martha

A funny thing happened yesterday. I was digging around in my desk through some files that I had brought from home (looking for something which I now can’t remember) and came across a series of folders from a class I … Continue reading →

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Makin’ Movies

Posted on January 2, 2006 by Martha

By far, one of the coolest gifts I received this Christmas was a copy of The Movies (from Activision). For those who haven’t heard of this game, basically it allows you to write, film, and edit movies. With characters and … Continue reading →

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