This isn’t quite a tech post; instead, it is about the films we are watching for class. None of them are obscure, although streaming services cost money. I will hold screenings for all of the films outside of class time. We will work together to determine suitable screening times, but screenings will be either Monday evenings or Tuesday afternoons.
The catch is that we are working with a film very early in the semester: our second meeting. And, Monday is Labor Day, and even I won’t ask you to go to a screening on Labor Day. So: I will hold a screening of Her on Tuesday, September 8, at 2:30pm, in State Hall 326. Her is probably the easiest film to get your hands on this semester; if you cannot make the screening, please stream the film. It is (at least) for “sale” on both iTunes and Amazon; it is available at many area public libraries. Edited to add: Jodi has helpfully pointed out that it is free to screen “On Demand” for Comcast subscribers; you might want to check that option out as well.
For our screenings later in the semester, please help Scott schedule a screening by filling out this poll.
For reference, here is a handy list of weeks in which there will be a screening:
Read: Kris Cohen, "Search Engine Subjectivities": http://feelings.kredati.org/download/170/
Read:
Jonathan Sterne, "Compression: A Loose History," from Signal Traffic, pp. 31-52.
Christian Sandvig, "The Internet as the Anti-Television," pp. 225-245.
Listen: Radiolab, "Million Dollar Microsecond": http://www.radiolab.org/story/267195-million-dollar-microsecond/ (Posts: Chris Gikas, Daniel Jones)
Read:
Graham Bowley, "The New Speed of Money": http://feelings.kredati.org/download/209/
Gerald Neslter, "Mayhem in Mahwah": http://feelings.kredati.org/download/212/
Karppi and Crawford, "Social Media, Financial Algorithms, and the Hack Crash": http://feelings.kredati.org/download/215/ (Post: Sandeep Sidhu)
In-class visit (by Skype) from Theodore Kuhnlohe, DRW Trading, Chicago.