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One one: I see our job at IMD is to help you become fluent in several cultural languages relating to interactive media. For example:
--- to sit in a meeting at MicroSoft Research
--- to pitch a project to a Hollywood studio
--- to give a talk at Computer Games Developers conference
--- to publish a paper at Siggraph
--- to exhibit at Ars Electronica
for starters.
--- Definition of "Multimedia" - in the context of "interactive multimedia," was the result of Apple and Lucasfilm founding the Apple Multimedia Lab in San Francisco and simultaneously publishing a book (called "Interactive Multimedia") both in 1987.
--- Interactivity as a form of abstraction (as opposed to a straightforward tool). Good example is Jim Campbells "Untitled for Heisenberg" where moving closer to an image make it more degraded.
--- Credibility of the Internet (like Subservient President) is huge. Consider Ken Goldberg's Telegarden, Marie Sester's Access prpoject, and the work of the Yes Men/RTMark.