Most of the content I reviewed were all yet another eye-opener to this crazy world of technology that is advancing at an almost scary speed. Below I briefly touch on each of the sources, it was not only an eye-opener, but also very interesting information, and there were even cool bands and documentaries.
The one thing that caught my ear, so to speak in the Instructors audio clip, was that digital media IS made up of tiny little pieces that all come together and form images, text, and sound. It was also so interesting to think about how every single thing done digitally can be translated into numbers. The text by Lev Manovich explained how "new media" is defined. It essentially said that new media is a large revolution in media. An example he used was the printing press, and now the Internet. Lev Manovich states: "We are just beginning to register its initial effects." This quote stood out to me because it is so true that this is only the beginning of the digital world. He states the five key principles of new media and summarizes each key point; the five are numerical representation, modularity, automation, variability, and transcending. The one he goes the most in depth into is variability and states that variability helps us to connect many characteristics of new media that at first sight may seem unrelated.
The Sampling Rate was a great page to help me understand the project I’m working on now and what all of the waves in the graph mean. The Chaplin video, although goofy and entertaining, was a great way to illustrate how factories back then worked and how different things are done (and speeds they are done at) in this digital nation we now live in. Next was the Did You Know video, the statistic that surprised me the most was that the amount of new technical information is doubling every two years. Although these statistics were interesting and some were even astonishing, I felt like it was just a lot of facts thrown together, in other words, it didn't really do anything for me.
I was mesmerized by the Atomic Tom video on the subway. As soon as it started I just stared in amazement until it was over. It is so cool to see what people can do with technology nowadays. Although it was a great performance, I think this should be another thing that our nation can look at and be able to say, this is really the reality our world is coming to, and this could be seen as an everyday thing in a few year; something that we won't even bat an eyelash at. Lastly the documentary, The one thing that drew me in was the introduction or opening, where he stated that this film, the people dancing, and the viewers watching the video were all illegal things, but that was the REASON he made the film. It was cool to experience a film almost based off of spite.
When I worked on my Wikileaks Mix, the graphs of the wave links looked very similar to the ones on the Sampling Rate page. It also made my project make a lot more sense, for example when I zoom in and out the wavelengths would change drastically, and sometimes worried me because I thought I had pushed the wrong button and altered my audio. After reading the Sampling Rate page, I realized it was just showing detail closer together or farther away, causing it to look completely different. After I read about the wavelengths, I went back to my audio mix-up and zoomed all the way in to look at the details in the waves, this time going into it with a better education of how to read what they mean. I also made some changes and messed around with making the waves longer and shorter to alter the volume and amplify some of the quieter clips.
Like I stated about, this content was enjoyable to listen to, read, and watch, filled my brain with a lot of facts and helped me see even more how quickly this technical world is advancing. As the saying goes, knowledge is power, and in this situation, it couldn't be more true. The best part about these documents for me was the wavelengths page, because it was so fascinating and helped me to be a little less frustrated with the project and understand what I was doing more.
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