Phone Commercials and Changing Mobile Media Practices: Relentless creation
Michael GallagherI feel I know what marketing and advertising is about. I am aware of how it is designed to manipulate emotions, harken back to some real or imagined nostalgia, epitomize…
Taipei ambient sounds: audio backdrop of a book conference, more din
I was in Taipei, Taiwan last week for a very large book conference. I wrote a blog post about this a few days ago, but wanted to revisit this with…
The contradictions of ambient audio: flip sides of a protest in Mapo, Seoul from the 23rd floor
I posted a few weeks ago on the use of Audioboo for ambient cityscape audio, capturing and geolocating audio clips from various parts of the city. Specifically, I was posting…
Elearning and the torrents of sound; some thoughts on sound in elearning
Working on a research project at the University of Edinburgh that is meant to explore the notion of space for elearners, namely what does it mean to be at a…
Mobile history and data capture in the field: Hyun (현) family street in Insadong (인사동), Jongno Gu (종로구) in Seoul
I will spare everyone the ongoing epic poem I am crafting of my love for mobile learning, except to say that I did all of the following using only my…
Siri voice programming: offloading process & optimizing reflective attention
(even the examples highlighted for Siri are either process oriented or low-order (low attention) cognitive tasks) I think of Siri and the automation (programming) of routine, how its greatest contribution…
Modern literacies and music composition: To compose and to perform?
I have been doing some thinking about modern literacies recently. What does it mean to be literate in an information driven world? Does literacy pertain to technological skills, the ability…