Archive for January, 2009

Egalitarianism vs Elitism

January 30th, 2009

Encyclopedia Britannica has announced an initiative which will permit readers to be involved in updating its content. Jorge Cauz president of Encyclopedia Britannica stated that
“we believe that the creation and documentation of knowledge is a collaborative process but not a democratic one” [1]
The content, added by regular users, to the site will not feature the […]

PrettyLoaded

January 19th, 2009

Pretty Loaded is an initiative undertaken by Big Spaceship to archive preloaders on the rapidly evolving web. In this world of here today gone tomorrow web design, this is a very commendable attempt to record a wealth of digital information that would otherwise be lost.
I would also recommend a visit to Big Spaceship’s website and […]

PICOL Blog

January 9th, 2009

My tutor Chris pointed me in the direction of PICOL the Pictorial Communication Language blog of Melih Bilgil. As part of his diploma Melih has been doing some fascinating work on creating new icons to provide a universal pictorial language for electronic communication.
This work has culminated in a documentary depicting the history of the Internet […]

Happy New Year!

January 7th, 2009

Happy New Year everyone, apologies for not writing in such a long time. I managed to get the flu for Christmas but I am back on my feet now determined to make good progress and be very positive in 09.
At present I am focusing on my comparative study as well as further refining of my […]