Project for Class

Well i have been trying to do some early research and i have found a lot of new interesting technology but i am not sure if any of it is too modern.  I am still a little confused about what i am supposed to be looking for.  If anyone who is in my group reads this just leave me a comment about what i should look for and what i should really be focusing on.

1/20 minute paper

I actually did not have time to do my blog on thursday because i had
physical therapy right after class and then i had my game. I just know
remembered that i had to do this. Thursdays class was interesting we
finally got into the groups that we will be working in and also got our
topic after many votes. I am really looking forward to getting started
on my project and i really like the group that i am in.

Minute Paper 3/20

Class was very entertaining today since we were picking our groups for our project, and finding out our topics for the project. It was entertaining since it took so long, hahaha. I finally go paired into the collapse of energy with a wonderful group of ladies, so i gathered in the 10 minutes i was talking with them, and i believe that this presentation will go smoothly and successful. Have a good break folks

Media (3-20-08)

After a long way of voting for the best two topics we finally came to
the bottom line of the exciting and challenging project ahead of us.
Even though media is not my comfort but to work in a group by gathering
information I guess its going to be okay. When our group started
brainstorming we focused on the bigger picture which confused everybody
but then when we asked Stuart our group kind get the narrow idea of how
our scenario will looks like. Our future is the collapsed scenario of
the media. We exchange our email so that during spring break we will
send each other our ideas of how our scenario is going to be and put
things together into a complete collapsed futures of the media. Like I
mentioned above this project is going to be challenging for me and at
the same time, fun and exciting. Hope everyone a safe and sound spring
break. Looking forward to release the hotness in this project.

Minute Paper 3/20

And soooo it begins..

well today's class marks the start of our project of future studies.  I'm definitely looking forward to getting this thing rolling and I can't wait to see the ideas the other groups have came up with.  I was surprised to see the vast amount of topics that the two classes came up with!  38 different topics! lol damn..it was quite funny too on how we had a short list..and a short short list.  The final 9 or 8 was made up with some very important topics but the final two were fine choices I think.  I'm hoping that the project will go through smoothly and also have a big impact on those it will effect.  have a great spring break everyone! 

minute paper 3-20

Today in class we republicly elected 2 issues energy and media. Originally i felt i got stuck with media, however, after a quick clarification with stuart, i think i got a pretty good grasp on this collapse theory of the media. About the readings, i felt that Lasn was the type of guy who would put a death threat on my gas guzzling SUV, or be associated with the bombing of an abortion clinic. Ramos was an advocate of a more subtle and less radical approach to culture shock, and did not promote a "by any means necessary" mentality. I feel that keeping it clean, just and moral is necessary in order to keep clear of the guerilla warfare that Ramos promotes.

minute paper [20 mar]

today we brainstormed topics for our projects and voted on the two that we wanted to work with. there were tons of ideas as the class is so diverse. it took a while to vote, in the end media and energy were our two issues; they are both such broad topics that you really can't go wrong.
it was great to finally meet in our groups. i'm looking forward to getting this project started!

MIN PAPER 3/21/08

Again the future is something that is unknown but making predictions helps others draw away from unwanted outcomes of the future.  with our new projects i think we should be able explain all of possible futures. The magnitude of different ideas is a little difficult but thats the reason why we get more than on class session. choosing those futures was hillarious watching everybody agree and disagree. hahahaha crazyyyyyyy

topic received... wahoo

alright... i am pretty stoked on this project. its fun involving new people to our set of active minds! hopefully over break we'll all have time to do some researching about our topics. also, i can't believe that i was assigned collapse. i have had post collapse scenarios every single time we have had a futures project to work on. i was even given the collapse post-hurricane postcard at the beginning of the semester. i am pretty sure i am doomed. thats just a thought. good luck info-hunting everyone!

Minute Paper 3/20

I must admit that I was more than a little sad that we removed population from the list even though it was four votes in the lead, but I guess that’s the way it goes. Anyways, I’m glad that the guidelines are set and the groups are decided so that we can focus on our projects. I do have one question though Stuart, are we mostly being graded on how our art projects come out or how we present our art in public?

Oh, and as a side note to Michelle and Hannah, wow I can’t believe how stupid I’ve been for taking that route out of school, five seconds after talking to you I broke out laughing at myself, so thanks for pointing out that I was seriously wasting my time =)

Mark Alexander

Andrew's Minute Paper 3/20

One important question that was asked in class that it seemed was sort of dismissed by the instructors today was a question as to who our intended audience was. The question as to whether we were aiming for on campus or broader for this project when it came to voting for topics seemed to be brushed aside. However, I feel that it was an important question, because one of the most fundamental concepts of advertising, which is what we are doing in a fashion, is to know your target consumer. From that both our product and method should be determined. Fortunately, the class chose to vote for topics of more universal enough for the broader audience, but still leaving the option of a more focused approach.
On a similar vein, there was the Ramos reading for class. In much the same way, futures studies and information need to follow that same advertising model, of trying to adapt the commercial for the target consumer, as it were. We must avoid being like some of the articles relating to the futures, in which it is viewed from an entirely clinical viewpoint.

minute paper 3/20

Class today was pretty amusing. From deciding on topics to consolidating and eliminating (I'm pretty mad about SEX being consolidated and then wrongfully taken off the list) it was a funny process. Finally, we got to see who we would be working with. I'm excited to start the project and turn some heads around campus.

Minute Paper 3/20

Today's class was necessary but really boring. I do not care what the domain for the project is so I was not interested in voting or making suggestions. I think we should've spent more time on brain-storming with our groups rather than taking that much time to find two topics. I'm sure not everyone feels the same way, but I would be fine with being assigned a domain because I think it is easier. It saves time if we are given the situation because then we do not have to figure out what exactly we want to do with this broad topic. After we figure out our exact topic, then we have to figure out exactly what direction we want to go in. This all takes time that we do not really have. Well I hope our group can be productive over the break and when we come back so we are ready for Thursday and I hope the same for all of the other groups

Future Artifact (Take Two)

Sorry I guess my first picture was from an unexceptable source so here is my revision:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APvW1OELo-k

3/18/08

On Wednesday, We went over the concepts and project we talked about in many previous classes. Stuart retold the stories of all those amazing experiences polisci class conducted at Chinatown. Which got some awes and concerns. It's perfectly understandable if somebody has concerns about that kind of experiments because It could actually cause more trouble then what we actually expect to have. However It's all good because It's really carefully thought out and try to minimize the damage. I'm looking forward to get this thing started when I comeback from Spring Break.

minute paper

yesterday was pretty much a review of what we have already been doing, as well as an introduction to the upcoming project. I really like the idea of arifacts from the future, these artifacts make it easier for us to realize or make real these potential futures, by having a tangible piece of evidence "from the future" then photographing it "in time and place" it makes the future a part of history thus much easier to swallow as if a true fact.

Minute Paper 3/18

I don't know why i didn't do this right after class yesterday, but i didn't and i'm doing it now. Class yesterday was pretty boring since we went over things that we've gone over before, but i'm still lost on what we are really doing for our project. I guess that we will find out thursday probably and hopefully i can think of something good to do for it.

i never realized how many psych majors we have in our class. do they
tell everyone in the psych department to head on over to the polisci
department? maybe the psych dep is pawning off students... just a
theory.
i am really excited about the project we are working on because it
will be great to get another new point of view from the design majors
of community members in the pacific new media class. i am curious if
we are going to pick our own groups or if they will be assigned to us.
either way it should be fun. i hope that we can come up with some
really fresh ideas to actually install or distribute. not only are we
getting a chance to express our political opinions through potentially
beautiful means, but we also get to actually show people. i feel like
great art of all kinds is made everywhere all the time but either the
makers don't share it or the viewers don't get a chance to see or
experience it.
anyways, this project will hopefully be a mind expanding experience.

Andrew's Minute Paper 3/18

In a way, I find I have trouble finding anything worthwhile to mention regarding class today because, for the most part, it was a review for us (while new for the art students). However, I did find that actually meeting the group and taking the first step in the project in the process acted as a sort of catalyst for ideas for the project. As we re-watched the videos, I started thinking about presentational and conceptual ideas from some of the examples that could be incorporated into the project. What probably stood out most in my mind was the sheer variety of approaches. Would a brochure or pamphlet from a future scenario be best, or an image, or an artifact?
Another thing that I hadn't really noticed before, but that also got me think, was that there has been a kind of focus on the negative futures, giving me a goal of presenting a positive future for this project.

Minute paper [18 mar]

It was great to finally get more information on what we will be doing for our project with the art students. Going over some of the examples of "artifacts" in class today refreshed my memory on how important it is to stimulate ideas so that people start seriously thinking about the future. I am really looking forward to getting together on Thursday so further discuss this project. I think that it will be a fun, new way to put our ideas into messages that could potentially have an impact on the community.
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