Tuesday, November 18, 2008

RADARREDUX class twelve/ outline

Class 12. November, 19

Goal: Understand how to use and upload site audio player. How to broadcast a live event via mogulus.net video. Build a page for live media.

Discuss what is the advantage of live programming. How it changes events. How it can be used.

Discussion: What do we want the station to project in terms of style and content?
• Structure
• Content
• Interviews?
• Performances?
• Films?
• How to create an audience

Assignment: Continue to set agendas and work as editorial groups creating new content. Place all current content in the site awaiting editorial approval and live placement.
Work with live media, set up a channel of your own.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

RADARREDUX class eleven/ outline

Class 11. November, 12

Goal: Complete audio set-up and begin weekly editorial uploads. Launch What to do with upper top flash. Start investigations and research into how to integrate the latest in rapid-fire social networking /text messaging. Brand logo.

Latest forms – percolating the site via text messaging/twitter and other related new technologies.
Discussion: How can cell phones/text messaging be utilized on RADARREDUX.net? Speaker: Find professional in the field to advise and discuss.

• Twitter set up
• Integrate text calls
• What can be said in 140 characters?
• Short text/abbreviated web languages


Assignment: Investigate and work out potential ways to utilize twitter or related text programming. Continue to create RADARREDUX.net content for week editorial pitch, upload, publishing.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

RADARREDUX class ten/ outline

Class 10. November, 5

Goal: 1.Beta launch. Everyone puts content online. Test back-end design, page layouts.
2.Push to take risks and work in unfamiliar media.

The positive nature of failure: the accident and how it relates to this project.

Discussion: In the process of pursuing quality and professionalism we tend to forget it is more often accidents than regimentation that create the climate for change in art and life. Failure is more important than success when breaking down barriers and on to new ideas. How can individuals take risks and challenge themselves on this project? How can we apply this to RADAREDUX.net as a whole?

  • Fear of failure
  • Breakthrough
  • The Black Swan
  • The “writers room” in comedy - an analogy
  • Accept rejection, reject acceptance
  • Change the order
  • Challenge orthodoxy
  • Go further
  • NOT about ego
  • Discreet “non-ego” maneuvers
  • Using our web publication as an experimental laboratory

Assignments: Work outside your comfort zone. Jump to different media or style to produce content. Break the mold. Create next set of internal pages.