fotolog essay
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i’m writing an essay about the fotolog phenomenon and just decided to left my raw ideas in the open. it’s true it looks like a powerpoint presentation by now, but bit by bit i’ll populate the topics with complete paragraphs and republish it when it’s all done.
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well, it’s a blog, and it’s natural of digital media to blur the production stages (no original to preserve), so get used to it. also, part in portuguese, part in english, because that’s how it came to my senses. get used to it™ too.
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- com advento da web, teóricos professam a vitória da imagem. postliterate world.
- corporations offer content/news (mc luhan)
- contact, no content (rushkoff)

teclado available
—mail
—newsgroups
—IM
—forum
—blogs

now, critical mass of
- broadband
- digital cameras

fotolog
- started as a photographer community
- turn out as a social column
- o que eh? atualmente…

contras:
- usabilidade ruim
- personalizacao grosseira (no copy templates, just colors with no clue)
- problemas de administracao
- trafego, shutdown

pros
- friends/favorites features (blogroll? clusters)
- personalidade fixa (menos flamewars, deleta)

from now on:
- narrativa aprovada de sharing the fotos
- feedback loop entra cameras digitais e sistema
- tutoriais e apps que reduzem a curva de aprendizado e organizam as fotos (photoshop elements, iphoto) s?o bem vindos

video
- still cameras/moving pictures
videolog? convite para videos
cellphones?

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eu não entendi nada… mas adorei!

meu ícone no computerlove, que já abriu.
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o newstoday apaga qquer mensagem de crítica ao site, é rídiculo. meio infantil, entende?