Web 2.0 Video – text-only transcript

clive — Sun, 25 May 2008 13:44:26 +0000

This is a text-only transceript created by Access- by design as an alternative for “Web 2.0 -the net is changing” video by Mike Wesch. Description of movement and action is ommitted in this transcript.

Main content text is shown in speach marks

[Video starts – music]

“Text is linear”

“Text in unlinear”

“Said to be”

“often said to be”

”when written on paper”

”Digital text is different”

“Digital text is more flexible”

“Digital text is movable”

“Digital text is above all… hyper.”

”Digital hypertext is above all”

“Hypertext is above all”]

“Hypertext can link”

“link”

“here”

“or here”

“virtually anywhere”

“anywhere virtually”

“anywhere virtual”

“take me back”

“View Source”

“Most early websites were written in HTML”

“HTML was designed to define the structure of a document”

“

is a structural element referring to a Paragraph”

“

is a structural element referring to a list item”

“As HTML expanded more elements were added including stylistic elements”

“like for bold”

“and for italic”

“Such elements decided how content would be formatted”

“in other words form and content became inseparable in html”

“digital text can do better. Form and content can be separated”

“XML was designed to do just that”

 “Title does not define the form. It defines the content <link> “same with <Link>” <description>] “and <description>” “and virtually all other elements in this document” “They describe the content. Not the form “So the data can be exported free of formatting constraints” “With form separated from content, users did not need to know complicated code to upload content to the web” “and its not just text…” “upload photograph” “xml facilitates automated data exchange” “Two sites can “mash” data together” “flickr maps” “who will manage all this data?” “tag” “we will.” “you will.” “xml and u & me create a database-backed web” ”a database-backed web is different” ”the web is different” ”we are the web” “when we post and then tag pictures” “we are teaching the Machine” ”Each time we forge a link” ”We teach it an idea” ”Think of the 100 billion times per day humans click on a web page” “we are teaching the Machine” ”the machine is using us” “the machine is us” “Digital text is no longer just linking information” “hypertext is no longer just linking information” “the web is no longer just linking information” ”the web is linking information” ”the web is linking people…” ”web 2.O is linking people…” “people sharing, trading, collaborating” “edit this page” “We’ll need to rethink a few things” “We’ll need to rethink copyright” “We’ll need to rethink authorship” “We’ll need to rethink identity” “We’ll need to rethink ethics” “We’ll need to rethink aesthetics” “We’ll need to rethink rhetorics” “We’ll need to rethink governance” “We’ll need to rethink privacy” “We’ll need to rethink commerce” “We’ll need to rethink love” “We’ll need to rethink family” “We’ll need to rethink ourselves.” [Video Ends] [Credits] By Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor or Cultural Anthropology, Kansas State University </article> <article> <h1>Web 2.0 Video – Full Transcript</h1> clive — Sun, 25 May 2008 13:28:56 +0000 This is a full transcript created by Access- by design as an alternative for “Web 2.0 -the net is changing” video by Mike Wesch. Description of movement and action is described in square brackets [] Main content text is shown in speech marksn “” [Video starts – music] [A pencil writes the words “text is linear”] [Squeezes in the letters 'un' to read] “Text in unlinear” [Writes underneath] “Said to be” [Adds another word so it reads] “often said to be” [erases words underneath and writes] ”when written on paper” [erases everything] [typing begins] ”Digital text is different” [the word ‘different’ is highlighted and deleted and replaced with] “more flexible” [the words “more flexible” are deleted and replaced with] “movable” [text moves left] [the word “movable” is deleted and the text now reads] “Digital text is above all… hyper.” [the word “hyper is selected and moved so it now reads] ”Digital hypertext is above all” [The word "digital" is deleted, and “hyper" is reselected and moved so it reads] “hypertext is above all” [The words “is above all” is deleted and replaced with] “hypertext can link” [The word] “link” [becomes into a blue, underlined web hyperlink] [The word “link” is selected” and we are taken to another “page” with the word] “here” [also a hyperlink] [The word “here” is selected and we are taken to another “page” with the word ]“here” [again in a different position and italicised – also a hyperlink] [the word “here” is selected and we are taken to another “page” with the words] “or here” [also a hyperlink] [the words “or here” are selected and we are taken to another “page” with the words] “virtually anywhere” [also a hyperlink] [the words “virtually anywhere” are selected and we are taken to another “page” with the words] “anywhere virtually” [also a hyperlink] [the words “anywhere virtually” are selected and we are taken to another “page” with the words] “anywhere virtual” [also a hyperlink] [We are shown an “old style” Yahoo search engine page with a button that reads] “take me back” [The button is selected by the mouse icon] [We are shown a web archive. The mouse brings up an option menu and highlights] “View Source” [We are shown the source code of a webpage. A new line of text appears at the top of the page that reads] “Most early websites were written in HTML” [Further down a new line appears that reads] “HTML was designed to define the structure of a document” [Further down a new line appears that reads] “ is a structural element referring to a Paragraph” [Further down a new line appears that reads] “<LI>is a structural element referring to a list item” [Further down a new line appears that reads] “As HTML expanded more elements were added including stylistic elements” [Further down a new line appears that reads] “like for bold” [Further down a new line appears that reads] “and for italic” [Further down a new line appears that reads] “Such elements decided how content would be formatted” [Further down a new line appears that reads] “in other words form and content became inseparable in html” [webpage fades] [A blank page appears and typing reads] “digital text can do better. Form and content can be separated” [page rapidly changes to a CNN news webpage, scrolls down and selects “RSS” button] {mouse brings up a menu and again selects] “view source” [Source code of the page appears. Typing emerges again at the top of the page that reads] “XML was designed to do just that” [Mouse moves down and types the code] <title>] [Type appears that reads] “Title does not define the form. It defines the content [Mouse selects the code] <link>] [Type appears that reads] “same with <Link>” [Mouse selects the code] <description> [Type appears that reads] “and <description>” [Further down a new line appears that reads] “and virtually all other elements in this document” [Further down a new line appears that reads] “They describe the content. Not the form. [Further down a new line appears that reads] “So the data can be exported free of formatting constraints” [Code fades back into CNN news page] [News page fades into another webpage where the same text from the CNN site is also displayed] [Mouse moves up to the navigation and selects RSS button] [Other web pages appear in succession. The content is placed in separate boxes to make up the content of the webpage we are now looking at] [The mouse moves up to the navigation again and chooses another set of RSS feeds] [3 more web pages appear in succession. The content is also placed in separate boxes to make up the content of the webpage we are now looking at] [The page fades into a Google Search box. Text appears which reads] “With form separated from content, users did not need to know complicated code to upload content to the web” [Google fades to the (web) Blog page “Blogger”, we watch as a blog is quickly created by filling our a quick form] [The page fades to a completed blog] [This blog fades to another bog with the headline “There’s a blog born every half second”] [We return to a search box. Type reads] “and its not just text…” [page pans out and we see we are on the social-networking video site ‘YouTube’, we are see quick clips of 3, obviously home videos on the site.] [The page dissolves into the social networking photography site ‘Flickr’.] [The mouse selects on the option] “upload photograph” [and we a large photo now on a webpage] [The page dissolves into the Google Search box again] [Typing starts, reads] “xml facilitates automated data exchange” [Typing continues] “Two sites can “mash” data together” [Typing continues] “flickr maps” [site changes to the flickr map webpage, where a map and uploaded photographs are used together, mouse moves over the map and photographs change] [Page zooms into another search box, typing begins] “who will manage all this data?” [Page zooms into a browser toolbar and the] “tag” [button is selected] [The tag of the blog (in this case anthropology) is selected and ‘tagged’] [Page zooms back to the search box, typing begins] “we will.” [Page fades back to the Google search box, typing begins] “you will.” [Full Google page is visible, typing continues] “xml and u & me create a database-backed web” [Some of the words are deleted, type now adds] ”a database-backed web is different” [Some of the words are deleted, type now adds] ”the web is different” Some of the words are deleted, type now adds] ”we are the web” [The page now fades into the online technology magazine ‘Wired’ and focuses on the headline story, an article entitled ‘We are the Web’] [the pages rushes down the text and stops and zooms in until only the following words are highlighted] “when we post and then tag pictures” [the page whizzes across to a sentence lower down the article and highlights the words] “we are teaching the Machine” [the page moves to a sentence lower down the article and highlights the words] ”Each time we forge a link” [the page moves to a sentence to the left in the article and highlights the words] ”We teach it an idea” [the page jumps up to a sentence to another section in the article and highlights the words] ”Think of the 100 billion times per day humans click on a web page” [the page returns to the previous sentence] “we are teaching the Machine” [the mouse selects the words ‘the machine’ and brings up a menu] [it selects the word “digo’ and a new menu opens, the mouse selects the option ‘highlight and sticky note’] [A public page comment text box opens, typing begins] ”the machine is using us” [the type deletes backwards until the text reads] “the machine is us” [The page fades into a plain white page, as in the beginning of the video. Typing starts] “Digital text is no longer just linking information” [the word ‘digital’ is replaced with the word ‘hyper’ so it reads] “hypertext is no longer just linking information” [the word “hyper” is replaced by the words “the web” so it reads] “the web is no longer just linking information” [the words “no longer just” are selected and deleted so it reads] ”the web is linking information” [the word “information” is replaced by the word “people…” so it reads] ”the web is linking people…” [the word “the” is selected and deleted and the numbers “2.0” are inserted so it reads] ”web 2.O is linking people…” [Typing starts underneath] “people sharing, trading, collaborating” [Page rapidly fades into the “wikipedia’ website. The mouse moves upwards and selects the tab] “edit this page” [An editing box opens and scrolls rapidly down the inputted text until it reaches a blank area at the bottom. Typing starts] “We’ll need to rethink a few things” [the words “a few things” is replaced by the word “copyright” so it reads] “We’ll need to rethink copyright” [the word “copyright” is replaced by the word “authorship” so it reads] “We’ll need to rethink authorship” [the word “authorship” is replaced by the word “identity” so it reads] “We’ll need to rethink identity” [the word “identity” is replaced by the word “ethics” so it reads] “We’ll need to rethink ethics” [the word “ethics” is replaced by the word “aesthetics” so it reads] “We’ll need to rethink aesthetics” [the word “aesthetics” is replaced by the word “rhetorics” so it reads] “We’ll need to rethink rhetorics” [the word “rhetorics” is replaced by the word “governance” so it reads] “We’ll need to rethink governance” [the word “governance” is replaced by the word “privacy” so it reads] “We’ll need to rethink privacy” [the word “privacy” is replaced by the word “commerce” so it reads] “We’ll need to rethink commerce” [the word “commerce” is replaced by the word “love” so it reads] “We’ll need to rethink love” [the word “love” is replaced by the word “family” so it reads] “We’ll need to rethink family” [the word “family” is replaced by the word “ourselves” so it reads] “We’ll need to rethink ourselves.” [Video Ends] [Credits] By Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor or Cultural Anthropology, Kansas State University </article> </main></body></html>

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