The second reading for this week is Alexander Galloway’s ‘Protocol: How Control Exists after Decentralization’. One of the theories discussed was in the last chapter called: Periodization. Here is a verrrrry quick overview… – History can be divided into certain broad… Continue Reading
One of this week’s readings was by Lisa Gitelman, Lisa. Always Already New: Media, History, and the Data of Culture. This will be another list-y type of reading reaction because again the same old excuse exists, I have been super busy with… Continue Reading
I can’t believe it’s already up to week 10 and I’ve managed to read a reading each week. This is a new record for me I’m 90% sure of it. This week’s first reading was Lev Manovich’s ‘Database as a Symbolic… Continue Reading
The second reading for this week was The Long Tail by Chris Anderson. I actually found this reading really interested and I think this is partly because it was written in a much more conversational tone, which I find easier… Continue Reading
The first reading for this week was called the 80/20 rule. This immediately made me think of an article I read on Miranda Kerr, which said she ate according to this rule. Meaning she was healthy 80% of the time… Continue Reading
This week’s readings I found quite interesting, in particular the discussions surrounding the ‘small world problem’. This being the idea that our world is one huge network where everyone is connected to each other. I had heard of the ‘6… Continue Reading
One of this week’s readings was Culture and Technology by Murphie, Andrew and John Potts. It was quiiiiite long I must admit and I did have to skim read a few parts. Anyway, these are some ideas that stuck out to me. Firstly… Continue Reading
Both of this week’s readings were extracts from Douglas, J. Yellowlees’ ‘The End of Books — Or Books Without End?: Reading Interactive Narratives’. The first quote in reading one was written in 1939 by Vannevar Bush who said the he couldn’t… Continue Reading
This week’s reading was George Landow’s ‘Hypertext 3.0: Critical Theory and New Media in an Era of Globalization’. It was very long I must admit and covered quite a few different areas. So for this post I’ll look at one… Continue Reading
Confession #1 I didn’t know what hypertext was. According to the Reading 1 for this week (an extract from: Nelson, Theodor Holm. Literary Machines 91.1) Hypertext is “non-sequential writing text that branches and allows choices to the reader, best read at an… Continue Reading