I 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 …