my week 12 self
I made it! After beginning the semester quite sceptical about the model of learning for Network Media I am so happy I opened up my mind and enabled myself to speculate and create. In Letter to my Week 12 self…
Future Predictions
I found this interesting website that has a speculative timeline of future history. Part fact and part fiction, the timeline is based on detailed research that includes analysis of current trends, long-term environmental changes, advances in technology such as Moore’s…
Weird examples to help explain
Do you know of any racing car driver who doesn’t have a deep understanding of cars, engines, tyres, and of course driving – they don’t just drive. Do you know of any dancer that doesn’t have a deep understanding of…
The Last UnLecture
individuals in relation to new technologies are like sponges, we soak it up and can’t get enough institutions in relation to new technologies are like bricks, they put in more and more walls to prevent people from using it outside…
w11 unlecture
The question was raised why didn’t Tim Berners- Lee patent the web? I found this interesting article with ideas about where the world would be today if the World Wide Web had been patented- • Rather than an open World…
Living with Robots
Currently working on an Artificial Intelligence Niki, I came across some interesting images that really made me speculate what it could be like living amongst Robots in the future. And how soon could this be our reality…
ANT in simple terms
I was left quite confused after the Latour reading and couldn’t quite grasp the idea of ANT. Deciding to investigate the web for a clearer explanation, good old Wikipedia pulled through with summarizing the approach in much clearer terminology. Even…
Foucault Refresher
This weeks readings mention Foucaults analysis of micro powers, to refresh myself on his theories I can across this interesting scholarly article. Micro Powers
Stress Land
With not long to go I’m running on lattes, an abundance of cheese croissants and pure adrenaline. There I was naively thinking everything was going to plan: Flights to South America- check Contiki paid off – check Spendings saved up-…
Unlecture Ideas
– Understanding a mechanism of how networks develop – Networks have a logic of organisation but uneven distribution – Even though we have hubs that accumulate data over time, the new nodes can flourish and become much larger – Scale…