Comments on: The End of “The Paper”? http://blog.richmond.edu/as/2007/12/11/the-end-of-%e2%80%9cthe-paper%e2%80%9d/ Blogging for the liberal arts Tue, 13 May 2008 13:12:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.5 By: Mr. ADSL http://blog.richmond.edu/as/2007/12/11/the-end-of-%e2%80%9cthe-paper%e2%80%9d/#comment-82 Mr. ADSL Sun, 16 Mar 2008 02:15:44 +0000 http://blog.richmond.edu/as/2007/12/11/the-end-of-%e2%80%9cthe-paper%e2%80%9d/#comment-82 It would be nice to see a follow up on this post. SL seems to be dying quickly and loads of companies are leaving, at least here in Europe... It would be nice to see a follow up on this post. SL seems to be dying quickly and loads of companies are leaving, at least here in Europe…

]]> By: Joe Essid http://blog.richmond.edu/as/2007/12/11/the-end-of-%e2%80%9cthe-paper%e2%80%9d/#comment-17 Joe Essid Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:19:28 +0000 http://blog.richmond.edu/as/2007/12/11/the-end-of-%e2%80%9cthe-paper%e2%80%9d/#comment-17 GL, Second Life was over-hyped and overly damned here, just as for the early Web. What interests me now is how some of the major companies are leaving (most had awful sites in-world) while start-ups and education are coming in. We'll likely see a second generation of more savvy corporate residents (Scion Motors, for instance--good work by them) as well as more of the sophisticated content I'm now seeing. One year in, the "world" is getting more stable and better designed, if you know how and where to look (most journalists do NOT). SL is still growing though not as rapidly as it did a year ago. Now we see more multi-lingual residents and international content...that's wonderful. Tom, the reaction to me about my decision to "give up on the paper" ranges from bemused skepticism to apoplexy by humanist colleagues. If they don't kill me, I'll provide an update. But I know I'm right on this score...and it does not equal an "end of the book," by the way. The decline in pleasure reading is a different issue... GL, Second Life was over-hyped and overly damned here, just as for the early Web.

What interests me now is how some of the major companies are leaving (most had awful sites in-world) while start-ups and education are coming in. We’ll likely see a second generation of more savvy corporate residents (Scion Motors, for instance–good work by them) as well as more of the sophisticated content I’m now seeing. One year in, the “world” is getting more stable and better designed, if you know how and where to look (most journalists do NOT).

SL is still growing though not as rapidly as it did a year ago. Now we see more multi-lingual residents and international content…that’s wonderful.

Tom, the reaction to me about my decision to “give up on the paper” ranges from bemused skepticism to apoplexy by humanist colleagues. If they don’t kill me, I’ll provide an update. But I know I’m right on this score…and it does not equal an “end of the book,” by the way. The decline in pleasure reading is a different issue…

]]> By: Geld Lenen http://blog.richmond.edu/as/2007/12/11/the-end-of-%e2%80%9cthe-paper%e2%80%9d/#comment-4 Geld Lenen Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:12:58 +0000 http://blog.richmond.edu/as/2007/12/11/the-end-of-%e2%80%9cthe-paper%e2%80%9d/#comment-4 Dear Joe, Here in Europe (The Netherlands) the Second Life hype really is over now and we don't hear much more about it. Seems in the USA completely different? Looking at the available stats it tells me something else... GL http://geld-lenen.welij.nl The Netherlands Dear Joe,

Here in Europe (The Netherlands) the Second Life hype really is over now and we don’t hear much more about it. Seems in the USA completely different? Looking at the available stats it tells me something else…

GL
http://geld-lenen.welij.nl

The Netherlands

]]> By: Tom http://blog.richmond.edu/as/2007/12/11/the-end-of-%e2%80%9cthe-paper%e2%80%9d/#comment-3 Tom Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:01:40 +0000 http://blog.richmond.edu/as/2007/12/11/the-end-of-%e2%80%9cthe-paper%e2%80%9d/#comment-3 <a href="http://www.digitalrhetoric.org/" rel="nofollow">This site</a> by Dr. Elizabeth Losh, University of California, Irvine brings up some similar points and frames it directly in terms of rhetoric and the impact of multimedia on the form. What was really interesting to me is the cost of not properly educating students to communicate in all the media forms that they will be using in their careers. Huge and far reaching mistakes can and are made based on poorly created visual information or when individuals bend their presentations to PowerPoint rather than using the software to serve their needs. On a semi-humorous note, we've all sat through PowerPoints that were physically painful. The speaker reading slides covered with text in the tiniest of font sizes. We could help end that. We could make the world of meetings and conferences a far better place. I think that's reason enough to start focusing on visual communication and how to use it to deliver a message with skill and precision. This site by Dr. Elizabeth Losh, University of California, Irvine brings up some similar points and frames it directly in terms of rhetoric and the impact of multimedia on the form.

What was really interesting to me is the cost of not properly educating students to communicate in all the media forms that they will be using in their careers. Huge and far reaching mistakes can and are made based on poorly created visual information or when individuals bend their presentations to PowerPoint rather than using the software to serve their needs.

On a semi-humorous note, we’ve all sat through PowerPoints that were physically painful. The speaker reading slides covered with text in the tiniest of font sizes. We could help end that. We could make the world of meetings and conferences a far better place.

I think that’s reason enough to start focusing on visual communication and how to use it to deliver a message with skill and precision.

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