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SUMMARY:Operational Media: Functional Design Trends Online - J. Nathan Mat
 ias
DTSTART:20100216T170000Z
DTEND:20100216T183000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Jussi Parikka
DESCRIPTION:Two prominent visions have guided the development of Internet 
 technology from its beginning: the never-ending information space of creat
 ivity and information\; and the networked tool for action. Now that market
 s for media production and search are saturated and stalling\, second gene
 ration web tech has shifted focus to media that helps people make decision
 s and get things done. This lecture provides an introduction to key issues
  in the information design and software engineering of operational media.\
 n\nBio: J. Nathan Matias is a software engineer and humanities academic ba
 sed in Cambridge\, UK. His work focuses on enhancing human capabilities an
 d understanding with digital media. Recent work has included digital histo
 ry exhibits\, work in online documentary\, research on visual collaboratio
 n\, and a visual knowledge startup. He currently spends half of his time a
 s a software engineer on SMS information services for the Knowledge Genera
 tion Bureau\, and half on digital media projects.\n\nTalk organized by Arc
 Digital and supported by CoDE-institute.
LOCATION:Anglia Ruskin University\, East Road\, room Hel 252
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