Joyce Walker, Textural Textuality
Lev Manovich, Generation Flash
Cheryl Ball, Heading South
They Rule
The Ball and Walker articles are certainly fun to click through, almost like Living Books I am not sure, really, how to respond to those, though. The non-linear method of organization makes it hard for me to "read" and, yet, I am not sure how to "play" them. I didn't feel that the affordances for entering the text were clear. While I enjoyed exploring the sites in the context for this class, I would not explore them if I were looking for either entertainment or information. I am more comfortable with a left-menu or top-menu structure that makes clear where materials are. They actually remind me of really sophisticated Hypercard stacks.
The "They Rule" site on the other hand, I found very interesting and engaging. I only stumbled a tiny bit over the navigation. Once the initial stumble was over, I began tracking connections. Whoever would have guessed that Aramark (who has my university's catering contract) is only three people separated from AutoZone? I wonder if Kevin Bacon is actually listed on the site somewhere?
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