Alex discusses databases and how there is no beginning middle or end. Jamie also blogged about databases and how they are not limited to the internet. And finally thanks to Kenton who always puts an interesting pic to go with his words and yes, he too is discussing databases by re-capping the symposium.

OK this doesn’t count as a tick on my blog sheet but I want to say I am sick of reading about George Clooney’s wedding- over it. Also Emma Watson and her speech. OK I think that’s it.

Now to reviewing my peers…

Love Stefan’s pic of himself drinking wine, my question is where is mine? I’m so glad Gihan decided to help a friend with their joint assignment- great team work I say and very important. And I learnt a new acronym from Kenton, but not just that. He does also talk about how vague the term ‘network’ has become, so true

And finally… 3 weeks of uni to go people. 3 weeks.

Ah yes, the end is nigh. Little bits of excitement creep up every now and then that this blogging experience is nearly over. Don’t get me wrong it’s not that I have hated blogging but it is annoying having to do the same thing every week to tick boxes it takes the enjoyment out of it- for me anyway. So who will it be this week?

Amy is first up because like Amy, I  too thought the example of Cowbird was interesting. I had never heard of this website before and I think the concept is quite different to anything else I’ve seen. Amy links it to cultural memory, this is her remembering information from elsewhere and linking it in, nice work.

Stefan shares the Oracle of Kevin Bacon, which until yesterday this was another website I had never heard of.

And finally, Neeve has a great summary of yesterday’s symposium. Recapping something learned from each tutor.

Rachel makes a great point about our mindless addictions in life, and I admit since my nephew downloaded cookie jam on my phone I have become a little addicted. Jamie provides a nice summary of this week’s reading, recapping on Watts’ discussion on the power grid. Loving the yellow on your blog page too Jamie. And some thoughtfulness from Michael about setting up an Instagram account and wondering if he is the same person in real life as his presence in the digital landscape. Good question.

Good on ya Amy for having a crack at the Symposium questions even though you were sick and couldn’t make it. Well said by Stefan who observed how difficult it was to review other people’s readings when we hadn’t done them. And finally a shout out to Alex who has a good post on privacy violation.

**This is where my notes on the reading would be.

Neeve was reminded of the Goosebumps (choose your own adventure) books as a kid when it comes to hypertext. I used to love these books and that’s probably about the closest we’ll get as a reader to interacting with print text. Amy takes a great quote from a reading “We must write with an awareness that we are writing in the presence of other texts” and asks if we know where to draw the line when writing for public and private purposes. And finally I’m totally with Kenton on his reaction to the reading in week four. I start my readings like this most weeks.