Redundant Media?

Ok, I'm going to divert a little bit from the content I have previously peen posting :-(.... After reading the criteria for this blog for a unit called “Networked Media Production”, I've come to the understanding I've been going around this the wrong way. In light of recent events, these posts will be more related to different branches of networked media such as html, css, content, presentation, layout etc....

I would like to talk about my understanding of media.... here's a pictorial view of my logic I draw up in paint..... So here we have tool little chumps communicating and expressing ideas to each other. But what's interesting in this diagram is the poorly drawn line referred to as the medium... The line is symbolic to how mediums can take different forms. Audio, text, and visuals are all forms of media (media, plural for medium)... in fact, I'm expressing my ideas through this post. I think the advancement of IT has had a dramatic effect on how media is interpreted. No point in history has information become so freely available. I strongly believe media challenges the mind to think and act in a certain way according to the producer's intent. However society is growing resistant to this manner of interpretation. Namely, being constantly bombarded with advertisement every day, from your online social networking profile to a massive drive by billboard, it starts to get obvious that people will grow bored of this and eventually take no notice of media. This raises to important question:

To what lengths must a producer go to, to keep their work fresh and persuasive?

References

Picture produced in MS-Paint

Logic

It’s about 10:33 pm, I’m sitting in a comfortable computer chair thinking to myself, “oh god, do I really wan to write this entry”… but being the genuine guy I am, I felt implied to do so.
This week I’ve been thinking about life, and what it is composed of. As a software developer, I like to try and relate reality in terms of a computer. At times this can be difficult, but one concept that fits well is logic. Logic can be defined in two ways:
* formal
* informal
Formal is the definition mathematicians tend to use. They enjoy systematically proving propositions by examining if the concluding directly draws from their hypothesis, although there are many methods for proving propositions, my favorite in particular proof by contradiction

Informally, logic could be described as an intellective process that involves solving a particular problem intuitively. As humans grow, so do their understanding of the world. i.e. logic would tell a person if something is hot then don’t touch it or you will be burnt. Ironically enough this statement could be expressed in symbols using discrete mathematics. Note that in the real world, quantities are generally expressed in a continuous manner. Although in the digital world this is quite the inverse. With that said I invite you to check out this YouTube video I found of a guy replicating logic using dominoes, enjoy…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SudixyugiX4

HTML & CSS

Maintainability

The aim of web development is to separate content and presentation. This extends the life of

the code, allowing it to be reused, ported and easily maintained. Using this method processing

becomes centralized and modifications can be made from a single reference point. When coding in a programming language I try to keep to this

convention. After looking at HTML, I wondered how this same convention could be used, then i discovered CSS.

My Approach

HTML differs from many other languages is the sense it's a markup language that describes what is being presented rather then computing an algorithm. I learnt in class that HTML was never designed for formatting text, although it is included anyway. Saying this it is often misused... CSS on the other hand allow web developers to design templates to control the formatting aspects of the information being presented. Using CSS in conjunction with HTML it is possible to adopt the conventions described previously. To further your knowledge take a look at....

http://www.w3schools.com/htmL/, extensive tutorials for beginners

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML, little bit of back ground knowledge

references

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lastexile/412067070/sizes/t/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML

http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/

http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/tut/

Who am I, u Ask?

I am not going to reveal my identity for security purposes, I go by the alias Dr X. My intension's in creating this web-log is to connect with people who have similar interests, i.e. programming, game developm t. And hopefully encourage those who have looked into it, but haven't took that plunge. Software development is an exiting world, so many possibilities. An uncharted terrain waiting to be explored. Once stepping into it, no turning back... trust me
This web-log is not intended to demonstrate my intelligence, “hate people who do that”, but to unite developers for the common good. I hope to challenge my audience to think dynamically and be more accepting to look at the larger picture. Ever heard the phrase think outside of the box, I ask you what is outside of that box?

To the question, Who am I? This can be best answered by recapping how this web-log you are reading came into existence. At school, education wasn't exactly my strong point, saying that I struggled with certain literacy based subjects. In year 8, I transferred schools and met a friend called Luke who has had a dramatic effect on who I am today. As school progressed our interests in software grew and our electives concluded that. As of the start of 2009, Luke and I are currently studying software engineering at different universities. I am grateful for other significant people in my life, to many to be mentioned. But in particular my mathematics teacher Mr Watter's.

My inspiration for what I do comes from the satisfaction of idea that everything created is the result of some intellectual process. On the other hand I also enjoy the satisfaction of creating something from scratch and seeing it work correctly. I strongly believe that software development is an art, just like any other that can be expressed in different forms. It challenges the mind to think a certain way, opens new doors and more importantly influence who we become. For those who are interested in contacting me, I am going to create a new hot mail where we can speak on msn. I will update this post as soon as I do...