Keyboard Warrior

This week we have been looking at the horrible sides of the internet, we have been discussing cyber harassment and cyber stalking.

Nobody Knows I’m A Dog

It’s that old saying “On the internet nobody knows I’m a dog” that gets people thinking about anonymity and identity on the internet.

Who Are You Online?

Recently I have been studying, and thinking, a lot about our identities online. The voices we have and how we control them. I have also been thinking about how they change through different situations, different audiences and even different days.

Following You Everyware

In 1991 Mark Weiser introduced the term ‘ubiquitous computing’ to explain what he described as “machines that fit the human environment instead of forcing humans to enter theirs”. This, in simple terms, means that a computer can blend into the background of our everyday life, moving us into a time where we are using computers almost unconsciously.

Y, ROBOT?

The word ‘robot’ most commonly creates the mental picture of a mechanical object full of wires and with a strange voice as seen in many science fiction films and novels.

But where did these robots come from? Why were they first produced? And for what purpose? These are the questions, with many others I will come across along the way, are what I aim to make clear to me and you.

New Page

When creating my blog posts I do a lot of background reading from websites, books and lecture notes.

Intimacy With The Interface

It is more apparent than ever that the relationship between computer and human is the closest it has ever been. But is it as close at is will be?

The intimacy between human and computer is achieved through an interface. So what is it?