A few Galloway points
Every society has its diagrams The reading argues that the Internet is distributed not decentralized and that it is in fact highly controlled despite having few if any central points of control. A distributed architecture is precisely that which makes…
The 80/20 Rule
Outside academia Pareto is best known for one of his empirical observations. An avid gardener, he noticed that 80 percent of his peas were produced by only 20 percent of the peapods. A careful observer of economic inequalities, be saw…
Basis: A small and clustered world
From Barabasi’s Small World: Clustering in society is something we understand intuitively. Humans have an inborn desire to form cliques and clusters that offer familiarity, safety, and intimacy. However, a property of the social network is only of interest to…
The UnConference Conversation
HOW DOES HYPERTEXT RELATE TO STORYTELLING IN DIFFFRERNT MEDIA FORMATS? Hypertext gives an archaeology, it is dated but present. All about small parts and how they are connected. Navigation is trivial, it is actually about the structure, the formal relations…
Beyonce fan Breakdown
What have I done My life is over There’s nothing left for me to live for This dramatic breakdown followed the sudden realisation that I‘m not going to Beyonce. BEYONCE FREAKIN KNOWLES!!! My adoration for this woman cannot be expressed…