Posted by kegill on May 29, 2007
Groups that wish to present tonight:
These blogs needs to have categories enabled in navigation (Presentation). Grades to-date.
- Barrie
- Kevin
- Kristina
- Luke
- Vaun
Individual projects of note: Kristina (mpg), Vaun (mpg) Chloe (videos)
Review deliverables for Monday 4 June at 6 pm; Tuesday schedule.
- COM586 “page” should have links to all three stories
- COM586 “page” should have info about your discussion leader presentation
- Abstract (tag “discussion leader”)
- PPT should be in abstract or on COM586 page
- Any other media used (such as YouTube clips) should be linked as well
- Followup post (tag “discussion leader”)
- COM586 page should have link to your group project
- Complete peer evaluation by Tuesday 5 June at 6 pm
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Posted by kegill on May 22, 2007
Participatory Media
- Guest Speaker, Lee LeFever of CommonCraft
- “Companies of the future will rely on their community of customers to remain competitive.”
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Posted by kegill on May 15, 2007
Online Credibility
Guest Lecture, Paige West (del.icio.us links)
Director of Interactive Projects, MSNBC.com
Formerly, SecondStory
- Step by step (step player)
- MSNBC: a linear animation explaining the concept of extra-solar planets
- NYT: Virginia Tech shooting
- Galleries that can be filtered:
- “Celebrity Universe” – MSNBC: Shrek
- NYT: Va Tech casualties (includes UGC)
- What makes a great interactive?
- Challenge of one-offs
- Video
- BBC (kathy): Mapping the violence in Baghdad
- Why do people gravitate towards video? (passive)
Blog posts (reading reflection) of note:
Student led-discussion (group 1)
- Barrie
- relationship between interactivity and credibility?
- Kristina
- where to put corrections?
- Tony
Last Week’s Assignment
Review the final “text + pictures” story of your peer group partner/s. Send an e-mail with feedback by end of day Thursday — cc Kathy. Rec’d cc’s from
- Chloe on Luke, Vaun
- Kaichen on Magnus
- Kristina on Tony
- Tony on Kristina
- Vaun on Chloe, Luke
Students who didn’t have anything linked on com586 page that could be peer reviewed:
- Barrie
- Kevin
- Luke
- Stephanie
Status of first story (text/pix) and second story (audio script) draft
The com586 page should contain a LINK to two things — the FINAL version of the first iteration of the story and the DRAFT script.
NOTE: I will no longer search your blog for the links to your work — and please don’t expect your fellow students to do so in order to provide you with peer feedback.
Discussion Questions:
- What exactly is “dynamism,” and why does it affect perceived credibility?
- What role does search engine optimization play – if any – in creating website credibility?
- Are trust antecedents the primary measuring stick for risk?
- Can ease of use make up for other deficiencies in a website, including its underlying credibility?
- lots here!
- How do we determine credibility of online information if it’s being provided by a sole author?
- What is the advantage of ‘non-traditional’ sources of information (i.e. sources that can’t verify their authenticity)?
- The more online-active we are, do we become less trusting or more trusting of visited sites?
- What site do you trust?
- Are there certain designs or elements that elicit trust?
- Do brand names influence trust regardless of site design?
- Parenthetical: what is the real value of this research? Will my findings help make this a better world, or just help people mess it up some more?
LAB:
- Editing with Audacity
- Convert audio files with Zamzar
NEXT WEEK:
- Bring four-five photos that you want to use in your final project. We’ll “insert” them into a Flash slideshow template in lab.
Reading posted.
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Posted by kegill on May 11, 2007
Information Architects of Japan lists its 2006 picks for services, news, social networks, social links, corporations and blogs. Its heuristics: content, design, usability, behavior and marketing. For reference, it includes a website’s Alexa rating, but that’s not a measurement.
Some sites that might be new to you:
- 37signals – I would have put this in the services camp. Time called the company a “rising star.” Their online (Web 2.0) services: Basecamp (project management); Backpack (information manager), Campfire (real-time group chat), Highrise (a simple CRM tool). Unlike many Web 2.0 technologies, these are free only for a trial (30 day) period — except for Campfire, which is free for four simultaneous connections.
- memeorandum – My personal favorite for finding out what the political blogosphere is talking about right now. Recently added an achieve feature. Maybe they were thinking about academics, researchers?
- reddit.com – IA’s “clear winner” in link lists trumped digg as well as de.licio.us (but not by much).
- subtraction – A blog written by the (35 yo) creative director at the NYT online.
Note, I found IA because of their Web Trend Map. I no longer remember how I found out about it, though!
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