tracy_process

=Computing= toc

Rationale
This concept map focuses on three areas pertaining to the media platform of computing: the social implications upon its insertion into society, its mechanical and physical make-up, and its major applications. Drawing from the idea of drafting as well as from the physical attributes of computer hardware circuits, my final concept map is visually represented in the manner of a mechanical engineer/drafter's workspace. The aesthetics of the final piece calls for a reading of the medium's ability to aid in the process of conceptualization, the spread of ideas through the web and finally the manners in which packets of data sprout on the information highway.

Lacking in a good digital camera resulted in an abundance of noise on the final digital output, decreasing however minimally the readability of the hand-type on the final digital output. A scan will hopefully be posted later tonight for optimal results.

**Research**
notes from NATS1200 Summer: Professor R. Levine



**Initial Concept Maps**
left: paper and pencil, right: CMAP tool



**Experimenting with Visuals**
trying to grapple the best way to convey messages while applying the aesthetics of integrated circuits. The hardest part of the project!



**Concept Map v2.0**
David didn't like it >:



=**Concept Map Final**= Two options



=References=

Baichwal, Jennifer, 2006, Edward Burtynsky: Manufactured Landscapes. [DVD Recording] Foundry Films Inc

Castells, Manuel. __The Network Society__. Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2004.

The Economist. (2007, June 09). The Truth About Recycling. The Economist, 383 (8532), 22-26.

Frank H. Rockett, //Scientific American: The Solid-State Century//, Special Issue, Vol. 8, No. 1, 1997. pp. 18-21

John Hersey, //Maclean's//. June 6, 2005, pp. 24-30

Levine, Robert A. Lecture 6:Artificial Intellegence. June 2007.

Levine, Robert A. Lecture 7:Promises Made. June 2007.

Seth Lloyd, //Scientific American: The Solid-State Century//, Special Issue, Vol. 8, No. 1, 1997. pp. 98-104