Comments on: LifeStream Summary Week 6 http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/neilb/2011/11/01/lifestream-summary-week-6/ part of the MSc in E-learning at the University of Edinburgh Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:20:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Neil David Buchanan http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/neilb/2011/11/01/lifestream-summary-week-6/#comment-95 Neil David Buchanan Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:16:00 +0000 http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/neilb/?p=3492#comment-95 I am not sure if this is relevant or not as the readings have confused more than clarified (at the moment!) but I think that the LifeStream illustrates how easy it is to switch off when technology fails to deliver. I'll be honest, after all the issues I've had with feeds not loading etc, I lost interest. I remind myself that it's a graded component of the course and that has become a motivator to get back to dealing with it. I think that's a pity in a way as it becomes "something teacher wants" rather than something that enhances my experience. The ethnography, the visual representation - fascinating and things I would love to do again and again as I feel I could get better and better. But the LifeStream is a chore at the moment - I have to remember to refresh it and not fuss over things not showing up! So, I think the link to posthumanism is that the dependence on tech that delivers will act as a crucial element in the evolution of how we utilise and incorporate our online selves into our real selves. I am not sure if this is relevant or not as the readings have confused more than clarified (at the moment!) but I think that the LifeStream illustrates how easy it is to switch off when technology fails to deliver. I’ll be honest, after all the issues I’ve had with feeds not loading etc, I lost interest. I remind myself that it’s a graded component of the course and that has become a motivator to get back to dealing with it. I think that’s a pity in a way as it becomes “something teacher wants” rather than something that enhances my experience. The ethnography, the visual representation – fascinating and things I would love to do again and again as I feel I could get better and better. But the LifeStream is a chore at the moment – I have to remember to refresh it and not fuss over things not showing up! So, I think the link to posthumanism is that the dependence on tech that delivers will act as a crucial element in the evolution of how we utilise and incorporate our online selves into our real selves.

]]> By: Grace Elliott http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/neilb/2011/11/01/lifestream-summary-week-6/#comment-56 Grace Elliott Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:26:42 +0000 http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/neilb/?p=3492#comment-56 Hi Neil, I can empathise with you about the feeds in Lifestream. At the beginning I also had problems with YouTube. No sooner had I fixed that than Flickr and Deicious started playing up. Just recently fixed them. Of course, I blame anything that goes wrong on our present locale whether it’s justified or not. :) I use a pc for work and a Mac for studies which can become a little confusing (and frustrating) at times. And I get anxious about losing work so try to remember to back-up (on external hardrive and memory stick - talk about belt and braces!) but my big fear is about not getting connected. I do enjoy reading your blogs Neil, you have a really nice writing style. Hi Neil,

I can empathise with you about the feeds in Lifestream. At the beginning I also had problems with YouTube. No sooner had I fixed that than Flickr and Deicious started playing up. Just recently fixed them. Of course, I blame anything that goes wrong on our present locale whether it’s justified or not. :)

I use a pc for work and a Mac for studies which can become a little confusing (and frustrating) at times. And I get anxious about losing work so try to remember to back-up (on external hardrive and memory stick – talk about belt and braces!) but my big fear is about not getting connected.

I do enjoy reading your blogs Neil, you have a really nice writing style.

]]> By: Jen Ross http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/neilb/2011/11/01/lifestream-summary-week-6/#comment-55 Jen Ross Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:20:30 +0000 http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/neilb/?p=3492#comment-55 My favourite IT crowd moment ever - but of course not that funny when we're working right at the edges of our technical competence. And even when not, the lifestream can be something of a black box - RSS feeds (which 'drive' the stream) can be flaky, and it's not always easy to see where a problem has come from. You've shown how uncomfortable a pedagogy of disaggregation can be - is there something here that connects to posthumanism and the readings for this week, I wonder? My favourite IT crowd moment ever – but of course not that funny when we’re working right at the edges of our technical competence. And even when not, the lifestream can be something of a black box – RSS feeds (which ‘drive’ the stream) can be flaky, and it’s not always easy to see where a problem has come from. You’ve shown how uncomfortable a pedagogy of disaggregation can be – is there something here that connects to posthumanism and the readings for this week, I wonder?

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