January 10, 2006

retrievr

Find Flickr images by drawing.

There have been scads of plugins and whatnot created for Flickr. There, right there, is a whole topic for someone to write about: the histories and genealogies of such phenomena—trends, influences, and the cultural work these artifacts are doing online. Why is no one doing work like that in new media studies?

Posted by mgk at January 10, 2006 05:53 PM
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I think people are, but not necessarily from our side of the fence. I see stuff on this - or at least on social networks like Friendster and so on - that pop up on AoIR. I suspect that social science folks tend to jump on these items a touch quicker, maybe because the social effects are easier to see (or study?) than the "humanities effect," which leans towards longevity.

But you're right - plugins are where it's at. You have them for everything: google maps, flickr ... games like Asheron's Call. Wait. Someone I know wrote on that...

;)

Posted by: Jason at January 10, 2006 10:42 PM | Link to Comment

Hey, I'm just here to set those lines up for you. ;-)

Posted by: MGK at January 10, 2006 11:19 PM | Link to Comment
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