It’s Not “Human”

May 19th, 2009

Following a meeting with my dissertation committee, it was drilled-in that what I am calling “Humanness”–the elements of face-to-face communication, such as visual (gesture, facial expression, attire, location, etc.), audio (voice intonation, volume, emotion, etc.), ability to be participatory– is really not represented well (or accurately) by that term. I need to come up with a better term (perhaps my own) for it. Read the rest of this entry »

Dissertation Topic Detailed

December 30th, 2008

As discussed in my November 25th post on Dissertation Topic - Online Video Conversations, I have focused down the topic and am moving forward. Here is an informal proposal detailing the direction I am going. As my die-hard follower(s) might notice, some of this was a portion of the ATTW proposal - that is a portion of my intended dissertation research. Read the rest of this entry »

Dissertation Topic - Online Video Conversations

November 25th, 2008

Here is a video directed at my dissertation committee. However, as it discusses my direction, I am posting it here. Read the rest of this entry »

Semi-Synchronous Communication: Adding Notes in Viddler.

October 11th, 2008

Last week, I was discussing with someone the ability one has to add textual comments (annotations) to the timeline of online videos, such as in YouTube and Viddler. In this way, one is commenting textually at certain points in the timeline of the video. This is rather exciting, since it breaks a limitation of annotating video/audio.
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