Reflections on the times we spent together

In this class I learned that digital media uses many of the artistic
principles and means of communication that have never shared quite a
unity and parallel to a human's mode of processing information.

Not only did I learn the joys and challenges of blogging and digital
design as enhancement of a virtual experience, but acquired new means
to express myself. I think hypertext is one of the most exciting
developments in digital media and an incredible way to communicate. When I
read something or see an art work- I am instantly curious about the
piece's sources, influences, and connection to further thought. If
computers are making us less reliant on our memories to absorb
information - hypertext is encouraging our minds beyond their physical-
social capacity so that we are more connected and informed
than we would normally be by simply relying on our immediate surroundings. I love that by reading a digital text one can actually follow the thought process of the author by following their hyptext tangents.
I can imagine David Foster Wallace - RIP- who enjoyed lengthy and
gratuitous footnotes to his fiction -using hypertext to birth a web of
spiralling thoughts from each sentence – had he have had the chance.

I enjoyed the sampling of different approaches to digital expression, and definitely felt that we scratched the surface of many interesting media; This class has definitely moved me one peg closer to realizing an interesting and artistic sense of journalism using sound clips, hypetext, photogrphy and video - as in an opportunity to create and entire DIY media center!
I look forward to continuing exploration of these new programs and html coding, while using the design and artistic lens that we were exposed to with Prof Anderson and Prof Lucas..and the awesome TA's and computer lab helpers!

Thank you everyone and enjoy the break!