NM definition part 1: Vin Crosbie

a) The first "issue" my project would have with his definition, is that he does little to address the "art" side of New Media. It is hard to say what does and doesn't fit into his definition because of this. He does bring up computer games, and I would say if anything my project comes closest to a game in the way that it brings things together, but even this doesn't fully commit to his definition as it is not quite accurate enough.

b)It took me a little while to fully comprehend where Vin Crosbie was coming from with his definition of New Media, but looking now on it, I love the idea of starting with transportation and working from there. It was a bit confusing at first why he was talking about the land and sea in relation to New Media, but when it leads into defining a New Medium, I think it all becomes quite clear. In addressing it from a different direction like this, it makes it much more apparent that the emphasis on "new" is much more about the possibilities of a completely new form of information "transportation", and less about how much technology it contains.