The Kim family moved here from Vietnam to start a new life. Quang Kim, owner of Kim’s Food To Go on the Hill, moved his wife and four children to Boulder in 2004. 12 years later, the couple was told the restaurant would be torn down. For Kim and his wife Nguyen Lien, the community … More New Hotel and Conference Center on The Hill Could Displace Local Businesses
Artificial Intelligence has been a topic of discussion within the automated world that excelled upon the creation of the programmable digital computer, the first machine built in the 1940’s that could quantify and calculate numerical information. The success of this invention initiated talk about the breadth of possibilities surrounding artificial intelligence and the potential to … More Emerging Technology: Prompt 1
In completing this project I was able to learn more about myself than I anticipated. The creation of my site, though seemingly simple to develop, included in-depth planning and attention to detail that provided me the opportunity to delve into the various components that formed my identity. Every aspect of design served a specific purpose … More Project 3: Reflection
This project posed an unintended challenge for me in being the first assignment that I did not need to conform the literacy of my content to a particular audience. Initially, breaking down the natural barrier of my academic writing style was difficult. I began by creating an outline that was comprised of far too much … More Project 3: Poetics
Modern technology has broaden the ability for individuals to record their daily lives via tracking applications and machinery. However, in downloading these apps and purchasing these products, humans have become subject to a larger systemic surveillance procedure that logs our digital activity. For example, apple has stored every website I have visited in the past week through Safari, my … More Exercise 4: Quantified Self
After reading and reviewing the wikia page titled film and participatory culture, I approached the editing process by incorporating pieces of information and links to media that I felt would help readers understand the content better. In the first section titled, “corporeal origins”, I added a sentence that describd the term corporeal in a bit … More wiki editing summary
As an overview, this project posed quite a challenge for me. I continue to work on my wiki pages and to compile my content to upload for the finalized draft due later this evening. Despite reading and analyzing various articles and documents that explained participatory culture, I have had trouble truly defining what this new concept … More Project 2: Reflection
From the get-go I was a bit misguided on my understanding of participatory culture. Thus my the first half of the project I began to lag because I allocated a large amount of time to researching the wrong topic. Once I realized my error, I went back into lecture notes and readings to go over … More Project 2: Summary
Gary Shteyngart’s novel “Super Sad True Love Story”, displays an overarching theme of digital identity as it pertains to modern forms of mediated experience with one another. The characters develop their self-perception through instances of communication via use of various devices, interfaces, and databases. Consequentially, the relationship between humans and technology transformed the depth of … More Exercise 3
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