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I haven't seen this film, but it seems like  it is a great take on the intersection between semiotics, and the coercive aspects of visual culture! From reading the description it might attempt to tackle some of the issues we've been focusing on in all three core courses. "BEWARE OF IMAGES is a feature-length, animated documentary about the history of visual representation. The movie explores the intricate relationship between the technology, regulation and social effects of mass media. "

I watched this on TVO today and found it explored some good concepts, particularly the difference between the collective and community. As well, I like his distinction between context vs content providers in higher education -- shaping discussion rather than trying to disseminate it.

This is an interesting article that explores the connection between indecision, workplace communication.

Helvetica the movie is a documentary about typography, graphic design, and visual culture. It discusses how a sans serif typeface created in the 1950s has become one of the most widely used, yet, for the unassuming, least noticed in the world.

Was just researching it for my PC8006 presentation with Zandra! Great post!

This article introduces the news that the Pope now has Twitter. His first tweet will be on Dec. 12th. This article provides an interesting analysis on the latest adoption of this social media platform, and the reasoning behind the chosen Twitter handle.

Interesting article showing how the internet is still a difficult place to regulate and also relates to building online identity; the topic I am doing for my educative speech.

For those of you who heard my educative presentation you probably already know about this but I think it is an interesting new use for LinkedIn.

Interesting article about our dependence on mobile technology when traveling. I also found it related well to the discussion this week and the readings on virtual teams and virtual organizations.

The author makes an interesting argument about how cellphone use and constant data connection has become "domesticated" in the last five years. He makes a strong case for being cut off every once and awhile.

I initially thought this article would point me in a different direction, but after reading it I think we are able to see cool equate to technology. In fact, while I was reading I tried to change all the "cool" words for "technology" and I still got the same message. In our society we measure coolness by your technology integration. Geek is chic.

This is an interesting article about wireless regulation (or the lack of regulation) in Canada. I thought this was especially interesting considering we were just talking about the mobile revolution and the effect it has on work.