by andflywrite | Oct 24, 2018 | BEST LINKS EVER
Here’s two articles from the Nov. 2018 Atlantic Magazine, the first of which delves deeply into the human to aural personal assistant connection, and the second, into another sort of deep connection between humans and machines (AI). The most relatable...
by andflywrite | Oct 24, 2018 | BEST LINKS EVER
Marshall McLuhan often talked about changes in our “sense ratios” that occur with various changes in media. Such as the change between a high reliance on what we “heard” with pre literate stories, myths, tribal knowledge around the...
by andflywrite | Oct 21, 2018 | BEST LINKS EVER
This article, tries to clear up what various “reality” acronyms are supposed to “mean”. Seems a bit helpful at that task, but it’s larger use might be to point out how easily we throw around the word “reality” today and that...
by andflywrite | Oct 21, 2018 | BEST LINKS EVER
Exploring Future Reality is NYC Media Lab’s annual event focused on XR and future interfaces. Through innovative presentations, interactive demos, and hands-on workshops, attendees will explore the impact of immersive media on industry and society, including...
by andflywrite | Oct 20, 2018 | BEST LINKS EVER
This audio recording of McLuhan has some technical difficulties, but still overall “good enough”, and is one of McLuhan’s more playful lectures, with, as per usual, a high rate of insights per minute. He gets into some typical McLuhan...
by andflywrite | Oct 18, 2018 | BEST LINKS EVER
As has been noted, Marshall McLuhan worked on developing curricula for HS students to enable “understanding media”. At that time, the big media transformation ongoing was that of from print and radio to TV. He noted that teachers born before the transition...
