TheLikesofBrotherCreamCat

GuestLecture@AarhusUniversity

13.Feb.2014

//introducDon

WinnieSoon(hHp://siusoon.com/)‐HK‐

//TheLikesofBrotherCreamCat

DiscussionDme

//blackbox(Latour,1999)

“Facebookisablackbox(Latour,1999),andthereforeitisdifficulttoexaminesomeoftheopaquetechniquesattheinformaDonallevelthatparDcipateinshapingspecificrepresentaDonsofusersandpoliDcalprocesses.”

(Langlous,Elmer,McKelvey,Devereaux:424)

//blackbox(Latour,1999)

‘blackboxing’as“thewayscienDficandtechnicalworkismadeinvisiblebyitsownsuccess.Whenamachinerunsefficiently,whenamaHeroffactisseHled,oneneedfocusonlyonitsinputsandoutputsandnotonitsinternalcomplexity.Thus,paradoxically,themorescienceandtechnologysucceed,themoreopaqueandobscuretheybecome.” (Latour1999,myemphasis)

//MonitoringinFacebook

Trackyourcursoronscreen

Newshere:hHp://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2013/10/30/facebook‐considers‐vast‐increase‐in‐data‐collecDon/tab/comments/

//greatthings

“I’mreallylookingforwardtothischangeasittakesouralreadyincrediblyaggressivereleaseprocessanddoublesdownonit,offeringustwicetheopportunitytoshipgreatthings.It’sexciDngandIthinkitcrusheswhatanyoneelseofoursizeandimpactisdoing.Shipearlyandshiptwiceasoden”

(ChunkRossi,anengineerfromFacebookInc)

hHps://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook‐engineering/ship‐early‐and‐ship‐twice‐as‐oden/10150985860363920

//criDcalcodestudies

“codeitselfisaculturaltextworthyofanalysisandrichwithpossibiliDesforinterpretaDon”

(Marino2006)

//aboutBrotherCreamCat

Video:hHp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj5BG7DyTmk&list=PLbPSeb4gHXVqSik8exGyjVu7cxmEL9md3#t=185

//ThelikesofBrotherCreamCat

ThePowerof‘likes’

Goto:hHp://www.thelikesoqrothercreamcat.net/

//installaDon&discussion

Goto:hHp://www.thelikesoqrothercreamcat.net/andreadthetext

1/DownloadFirefoxbrowser2/DownloadGreasemonkey3/Downloadtheadd‐on4/LogintoFacebookandbrowsearound5/Findthebrothercreamcatfanspage

Whatisaugmentedbrowsing?Andhowitcanbeexperiencedinthiswork?

//aestheDcsprogramming

hHp://userscripts.org/scripts/review/176963‐Javascript‐>conceptofsourcecode>codingpracDces‐WorkingwithFBdata‐>viewInspectelement

DocumentObjectModel

//aestheDcsprogramming:discussion

hHp://userscripts.org/scripts/review/176963

OtherthanblocksoffuncDons,whatelsedoyousee/feel/experienceinthesourcecode?

//code

CodingisanideologicalpracDces

hHp://sensingstreetcats.blogspot.hk/

//otheradd‐onpracDces

1/fileformat:xxx.user.js

2/startcodingwithaneditor(e.gtextWrangler)

3/startourhelloworldprogram

4/savefileanddragtoyourfirefoxbrowser‐>restartbrowser

//otheradd‐onpracDces

Morehere…hHp://www.tuxradar.com/content/greasemonkey‐beginners

Imageref:• hHp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Hong_Kong_de_noche.jpg• hHp://www.telegraph.co.uk/incoming/arDcle54082.ece/ALTERNATES/w620/hk‐city.jpg• hHp://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3F1TK_nykytaideHa‐black‐box?guid=954afcq‐ae02‐44ed‐bb7f‐6f058d42833a• hHp://staDc.rappler.com/images/wrap‐Facebook‐track‐cursor‐screen‐11012013‐ver2.jpg• hHp://www.kiHyarmy.com/brother‐cream‐the‐puss‐in‐books/• hHp://www.w3schools.com/js/pic_htmltree.gif