10.00 Outline of the NMNT 2012 course
10.15 Memex Revisited
We will review Vannavar Bush's groundbreaking article in which he outlines the internet in a complete analog way in 1945. We will look for similarities and differences between his idea and the current internet. This is a pioneering new media paper so interesting by itself, but also a good example that the ideas and concepts behind today's new media can often be traced back to the early days, and that by reflecting on these old examples one can actually get inspiration how to evolve today's new media into the future.
Vannavar Bush. As We May Think. Reprint from The Atlantic Monthly, July, 1945. Interactions, March 1996.
Please do the following:
Watch the movies, and then read the article in detail. You can start with the intro, section 1, and then section 6 onwards
Capture examples of similarities between the Memex and the Web
Capture examples of functional differences - how does the Memex deviate from standard functional web use
Fastforward into the future by picking one of the differences, and design a novel imaginary app or capability inspired by this difference
We will then have a short group discussion about your findings
12:00 Lunch
12:45 Back to the Future
An overview of New Media History:
All Media was Once New
Hardware, Interfaces, Humans
Narrative and Hypermedia
14.00 New Media History Timeline
We are going to build an analogue physical timeline (media: post it, brick wall). Students will select a number of key new media examples, good and bad, and post these offline. In the second round we will 'like' the posts, and provide tags or comments.
16.00 Fire starter for assignment 1
See Lab 1