tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57441432196983465062024-02-08T12:23:47.601-05:00Digital Writing in the GenresEnglish 344, Spring 2008. George Mason UniversityDean Taciuchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00238127241557147003noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744143219698346506.post-86469962382560648112008-04-17T08:22:00.001-04:002008-04-17T08:24:56.863-04:00Digital Writing from Penguin Press (UK)I just found this site today (linked from <a href="http://boingboing.net/">Boing Boing</a>): We Tell Stories is a digital fiction site frpm Penguin Press (UK).<br /><br /><a href="http://wetellstories.co.uk/">http://wetellstories.co.uk/</a>Dean Taciuchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00238127241557147003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744143219698346506.post-44131055986704417572008-04-08T09:13:00.002-04:002008-04-08T09:19:00.693-04:00Online Academics--An (Unfair) ComparisonTwo sources for this week's discussion of academics online. The comparison isn't really fair, as it is strongly biased towards Creative Commons style openness. But still, which of these models seems more appropriate for education:<br /><br /><a href="http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm">MIT OpenCourseWare</a><br /><br /><a href="http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/04/prof-sues-note.html">Lawsuit Claim: Student Notes Infringe On Prof's Copyright</a><br /><br />--dr tDean Taciuchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00238127241557147003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744143219698346506.post-89238378318379828602008-03-24T21:21:00.002-04:002008-03-24T21:23:23.726-04:00Groups, Please postPlease post a list of your group members, and your ideas for the group project, on your class blog.<br /><br />If you do not yet have a group, look over the existing groups and see if there's one you can join.<br /><br />--dr tDean Taciuchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00238127241557147003noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744143219698346506.post-69769669883621665782008-03-06T16:32:00.003-05:002008-03-06T18:16:36.560-05:00Reading for BreakI just found this (<a href="http://iat.ubalt.edu/moulthrop/talks/iowa/readBlue/readBlue.fwk.html">http://iat.ubalt.edu/moulthrop/talks/iowa/readBlue/readBlue.fwk.html</a>) online. Stuart Moulthrop talking about Joyc'es Twelve Blue.<br /><br />Read this and the <a href="http://www.hf.uib.no/cybertext/Ergodic.html">Aarseth sample chapter</a><a href="http://www.hf.uib.no/cybertext/Ergodic.html"> </a>as you consider the the question for this week:<br /><br />what <span style="font-style: italic;">is</span> narrative?<br /><br />--dr tDean Taciuchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00238127241557147003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744143219698346506.post-14618664694754146492008-03-03T08:58:00.004-05:002008-03-06T16:38:01.157-05:00Readings for Week 7-8The next set of readings will be hypertext and interactive fiction from the <a href="http://collection.eliterature.org/1/">ELC.</a><br /><ul><li>Shelley Jackson "My Body"</li><li>Michael Joyce "12 Blue"</li><li>Stuart Moulthrop "Reagan Library"</li><li>Emily Short "Galeatea" and "Savior Faire"</li></ul>Dean Taciuchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00238127241557147003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744143219698346506.post-33699101903405039782008-02-11T11:01:00.000-05:002008-02-11T11:04:56.576-05:00Post for weeks 2-3Before you begin the <a href="http://mason.gmu.edu/%7Edtaciuch/2008/spring08/344/remix.html">Remix project</a>, post your ideas to your class blog. <br /><br /><ul><li>What materials will you work with (public domain, CC, your own)?</li><li>What are you trying to do, and why?</li><li>What tools will you use (html, Flash, etc)?</li></ul>Dean Taciuchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00238127241557147003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744143219698346506.post-90002494821785491272008-02-11T10:56:00.000-05:002008-02-11T11:01:10.392-05:00Not just artistsThe need for open access to cultural material is not just an issue for artists. Academics, like <a href="http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2008/02/06/openaccess_is_t.html">Danah Boyd</a>, also see the need to make information (such as academic articles) freely available.<br /><br />In the sciences, the Public Library of Science (<a href="http://www.plos.org/">PLoS</a>) has been operating for several years.<br /><br />--dr tDean Taciuchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00238127241557147003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744143219698346506.post-4718678873357507562008-01-31T09:30:00.000-05:002008-01-31T09:39:20.919-05:00Library of Congress Flickr siteIf you need some photos for a project, here's a great site--the LoC has put two massive photo collections online: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/</a><br /><br />These are Public Domain images ("no known copyright restrictions). The "1930s-1940s in color" set is amazing.Dean Taciuchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00238127241557147003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744143219698346506.post-34804949971135345042008-01-28T21:50:00.000-05:002008-01-28T21:53:55.869-05:00Electronic Literature CollectionSo, what do you think of the ELC? Choose a work which you find appealing, irritating, engaging, confusing, whatever. Post a few paragraphs to your class blog for this week:<br /><br />What did you like?<br />Why?<br />What did you expect electronic literature to be?<br />What genre is the piece you choose (poetry? fiction? other?)Dean Taciuchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00238127241557147003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744143219698346506.post-72635029294092730712008-01-23T15:52:00.000-05:002008-01-23T15:55:32.864-05:00Welcome MessageWelcome to English 344 (Digital Writing in the Genres: Creative and Non-Fiction). I will post the prompts for your weekly blog posts here, and you may post comments, questions, observations, links, and the like. But I expect your main posts will be on your own blogs, which will be listed in the sidebar.Dean Taciuchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00238127241557147003noreply@blogger.com0