Author Archives: mcquaid

Living Fabric

Posted on December 3, 2012 by mcquaid

Like my thoughts on remediation earlier on, I have been wrestling with what to say here to sum things up / make connections. I’ve known the essence of what I want to say for a while, but with others’ great, … Continue reading →

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Fairy Tales for Twentysomethings

Posted on November 29, 2012 by mcquaid

Sleeping Beauty was lying in bed checking Facebook from her phone, just feeling so completely alone in her depression. Then she came across a post from an acquaintance about how sad he was, it was a darkness that made him … Continue reading →

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The Latest Meme: Multiliteracies Emerging, Mainly Everyday (and what to do about them)

Posted on November 24, 2012 by mcquaid

The recent form or state of the Internet is often referred to as “Web 2.0”, which signifies a large change in form and use since it was first used widely. In his 2008 article, Bryan Alexander defines Web 2.0 as … Continue reading →

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The Power of Images and Sound

Posted on November 23, 2012 by mcquaid

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/48236494[/vimeo] I came upon this video by accident today, and, aside from bringing a rush of feelings and memories, it made me think of this course. It reminded me of our readings about text forms becoming more visual (for better … Continue reading →

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Wrestling with Remediation

Posted on November 11, 2012 by mcquaid

Throughout our fourth module, the term remediation – and the concept of it – has stuck with me the most. In J. D. Bolter’s book, Writing Space, the inferred definition could be “change with some kind of clash or one-upmanship” … Continue reading →

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The Original RT – Radio to Television

Posted on October 28, 2012 by mcquaid

Introduction Today, the Internet commands so much attention that it is easy to forget about pre-established channels of media that are mixed up within its melting pot: radio and television. Although not a purely direct line, we would not have … Continue reading →

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Write & Wrong

Posted on September 30, 2012 by mcquaid

Introduction In the first few weeks of our course, we have read and talked about two separate cultures – oral ones, and literate ones. In the past, especially, oral cultures have been thought to be more simple, primitive, and not … Continue reading →

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Evolution of text, technology, and us

Posted on September 22, 2012 by mcquaid

During the readings and posts this past week, I was reminded of a great video from several years ago by Pearl Jam, called “Do the Evolution”. The video is a great animated history of the world and society, and is pretty … Continue reading →

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Novel Writing… Live!

Posted on September 16, 2012 by mcquaid

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogPZ5CY9KoM[/youtube] I was holding off for some sort of e-divine inspiration to strike me so that I could make my post on technology. It didn’t really happen, but this is what came to me in the last day: I was … Continue reading →

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Dancing about Architecture

Posted on September 15, 2012 by mcquaid

“Framing all the great music out there only drags down its immediacy. The songs are lyrics, not speeches, and they’re tunes, not paintings. Writing about music is like dancing about architecture—it’s a really stupid thing to want to do.” – … Continue reading →

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