The Source found for Google Warming was an article written for Arteneo de Manila University about Google Earth and the style off surveillance it provided for the population. Google Warming: Nations Under Surveillance looks deeper into the program Google Earth, what it provides for the people with access to the free program and how easy Google Earth makes it to be able to 'stalk' people. It also gives some insight into how the program affected the people it was designed for. The report stated that certain governments and national institutes requested discretion in the location of "Top Secret" installations and properties (Caluya 2010 Pp 3. Line 1-2). The fact that Google has created a program that has images of the entire globe that even includes a street view and is free to anyone makes Google Earth one of the top "Big Brother" style Surveillance. The report concludes with a sentence that could be considered one of the best statements in relation to Google Warming:
"The whole world is under surveillance; time is running out." (Caluya 2010. Pp. 12. Line 3)
Caluya N.R. (2010). Google Warming: Nations Under Surveillance. Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines.
The Everyday
The Design of Everyday Things (1988) by Donald Norman is a book relating to the design of everyday objects ad what makes one object more appealing to a user while at the same time being frustrating and complicated to other users. Within the book, Norman looks in-depth into simple objects such as the commonly overlooked door handle and how that is functional in the Everyday and can determine how one would interact with the door. By looking so intensely into such simple interactions that the everyday person would overlook, Norman gives a larger insight into what a person living their own personal everyday might miss. A review of the book on www.usabilitypost.com stated that due to its earlier publishing (1988), the book looks at the less technical everyday objects like water faucets, door handles and clocks. These are objects heavily overlooked in our everyday.
Norman D.A (1988) The Design of Everyday Things. London, England: The MIT Press.
DIY / Hand-Craft
DiY Culture: Party and Protest in Nineties Britain edited by George Mckay gives a minor insight into the Do It Yourself mindset of the 1990s, with quotes and examples of Do It Yourself from the several earlier decades as well. Mckay researched the development of Bitain's DiY culture that despite being conned "DiY", the book appears to be more centered around the culture of activist people that take part in the DiY style with quotes such as:
"DiY culture was born when people got together and decided that the only way forward was to do things for themselves" (Mckay, 1998)This source can be effective for some parts to the DiY culture but lacks the insight into the design and craft side of DiY which makes the book lose some of its effectiveness for this purpose. Without researching into the design and hand-craft sense, there is a higher chance that this source would not be relevant to the purpose it was needed for despite its insight into the DiY activist culture.
Mckay G. (1998) DiY Culture: Party and Protest in Nineties Britain. London, England: VersoBooks.
Critical Design
Critical Design Ethnograpthy: Designing for Change by a collaboration of Sasha A. Barab, Michael K. Thomas, Tyler Dodge, Kurt Squire and Markeda Newell can best be described as an insight into the participatory design work aimed at changing local context while creating an instructional design that can be used in multiple different contexts (Barab et all. 2004). The book looks at opportunities that are available as local critiques are made, which are then refined down into designed artifacts. The collaboration review design-based projects that critically question and "test" society such as "The Quest Atlantis Project" that combines comercial gaming environments with lessons from educational research (Ji Y. Son et all. 2006). This source can be an effective insight into the less well known critical design projects that subtly criticise ethnicity and society.
Barab, S.A. Thomas, M.K. Dodge, D. Squire, K. Newell, M. (2004), Critical Design Ethnography: Designing for Change. Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 35: 254-268.
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