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Exercise 3: Metadata Archaeology
This exercise helps us understand what metadata is and why it’s helpful for preserving podcasts.
Tools/steps* needed to complete this exercise:
-a computer with internet/WiFi connection
-Navigate to this URL to play Metadata Archaeology: bit.ly/2NsJkhs
*If you don’t have a computer or internet connection handy, that’s perfectly okay. Read on!
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So I’m mousing around my laptop...and, hm, weird.
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Name
unknown
-click-
-click-
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Name
unknown.mp3
maybe_final.wav
idunno.jpeg
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Crap…
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I come across a folder on my computer called unknown...containing unknown files
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What are some steps Mary can take to figure out what this mysterious folder’s contents holds? Write some ideas below:
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Ideas:
-play back the files
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Hint: she is not doomed!
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