Digital Life a Buggles Parody
February 24, 2013 5:17 AM Subscribe
Amy Burvall made a video updating the original MTV classic by the Buggles for her final project in "E-Learning and Digital Cultures" #edcmooc a free open course offered this spring on Coursera. [warning earwormy]
Ironic DMCA takedown in 4, 3, 2....
posted by cjorgensen at 6:32 AM on February 24, 2013
posted by cjorgensen at 6:32 AM on February 24, 2013
But if that is meant to be a significant commentary...
I think she uses song parody to launch into in depth discussions from what I read. So these are the skits at the beginning of the lecture, not the lecture itself.
posted by cjorgensen at 6:37 AM on February 24, 2013
I think she uses song parody to launch into in depth discussions from what I read. So these are the skits at the beginning of the lecture, not the lecture itself.
posted by cjorgensen at 6:37 AM on February 24, 2013
Tell me more about the crankiness against edupunks? I was unaware of a backlash.
posted by humanfont at 7:44 AM on February 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by humanfont at 7:44 AM on February 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
As a side note, it's kind of interesting that video did not kill the radio star, but peaked and receded. I mean, people obviously still produce videos, but it's not the main means of exposure anymore. Which, to get back to the point, is the fate of 99% of all futurist pronouncements -- for example, the death of the book (and reading) has been announced pretty much every decade for the last century and yet books are still with us for the foreseeable future (yeah, ereaders will gain traction, but not at anything like the speed their proponents claim, and legacy books will be with us for a long long time). Similarly, I hear a lot of claims for the MOOCs, but I don't see the infrastructure elements really coming together (low completion rates are OK for unaccredited free courses, but when people start getting charged anything, it immediately becomes a serious problem).
So I guess it's a fun video with a somewhat different message for me than the creator intended.
posted by GenjiandProust at 8:39 AM on February 24, 2013 [2 favorites]
So I guess it's a fun video with a somewhat different message for me than the creator intended.
posted by GenjiandProust at 8:39 AM on February 24, 2013 [2 favorites]
I am pro all things cyborg. Also, earworm is caught in my head.
posted by RainyJay at 2:27 PM on February 24, 2013
posted by RainyJay at 2:27 PM on February 24, 2013
The scanlines are terrible. Are they supposed to be ironic? Is trying to replicate analog artifacts with digital stuff but failing horribly a thing?
posted by Monday, stony Monday at 6:14 PM on February 24, 2013
posted by Monday, stony Monday at 6:14 PM on February 24, 2013
The scanlines are terrible. Are they supposed to be ironic? Is trying to replicate analog artifacts with digital stuff but failing horribly a thing?
That's pretty much the whole instagram business model, isn't it?
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 8:15 PM on February 24, 2013
That's pretty much the whole instagram business model, isn't it?
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 8:15 PM on February 24, 2013
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