Lecture 10, Blog 11

08/12/2009
Danielle Boden
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E-Publishing
Lecture 10
Blog 11

What is technology?

What components does the following technologies need to make them possible?

Technology is created when something is applied to a digital media this results in the creation of a technology.

Finance; this is so deeply embedded that we don’t see it as a technology anymore like books.

PDF; this is a fundamental technology that affects its distribution, it ensures that everything is embedded and that it doesn’t change so that you can open files in the format it was created.

Lulu, web publishing technology; word processing, printers, graphic design software/ image editing software, PDF files, internet (IPTCP, HTML), website (active server pages), forum tools, xml, post script, CC e-commerce, encryption/security/verification = secure servers, rss.

Blogging; html, host website, embedding, rss, hyperlinks, Internet, www, database,

Interactive Fiction; platform, programming language, distribution and content (technology is used to create and achieve this), xml, algorithms, internet, inform, software.

Visual novels; audio, graphic design to create animation, audio, development platforms, content, distribution, internet, flash, programming, graphic editing software, digital interactive formats.

Publishing on demand; PDF, databases, printers, networks, mobile phones (distribution), photocopiers, internet, websites, books (printing press, product of technology, gives an easy way of accessing data), post script.

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