In the introduction to his book ‘Protocol: How Control Exists After Decentralisation’, Galloway writes about the decentralisation of the internet and what this means for media makers and controllers. The reading was quite complicated in it’s language, as a lot… Continue Reading
Manovich writes about how new media is still linear. We’re constantly limited by the size of our screen, and we’re only presented with information “one screen at a time”. So is this any different from more traditional media such as… Continue Reading
Barabási writes about Pareto’s 80/20 rule: that 80% of something is likely to come down to 20% of another. An example given is that 80% of Italy’s land was owned by only 20% of the population. More recently, this Law… Continue Reading
“Like every infrastructure, from highway systems to the Internet, the power grid is not really a single entity, but several regional networks cobbled together under the rubric of greater connectivity for the good of all.” (p. 21) The example given by Watts demonstrates… Continue Reading
I honestly have no idea what David Shields is on about. I really tried hard to read his essay with an open mind but I just couldn’t understand any of it. Why is the novel dead? What is an “anti-novel”?… Continue Reading
Most interesting for me in these extracts is Douglas’ examination into whether narratives which use hypertext may privilege some readings over others. As the reader directs the chronology of the narrative, there will inevitably be many different paths taken. Will… Continue Reading
Reading extracts from George P. Landow, Hypertext 3.0: Critical Theory and New Media in an Era of Globalization. Landow writes about what he defines as “the third kind of hypertext essay”, in which the writer collates multiple networked documents together in… Continue Reading
While I was reading Nelson’s writing on Hypertext I couldn’t quite place my finger on what the concept reminded me of. I found it extremely prophetic given what the Web looks like right now, particularly in it’s absolute lack of… Continue Reading
Paul Graham’s “The Age of the Essay” resonated strongly with me. Not only that, it actually made me quite angry at my high school for forcing me to write all of those pointless essays. It wasn’t even like you had… Continue Reading
“Network literacy means linking to what other people have written and inviting comments from others, it means understanding a kind of writing that is a social, collaborative process rather than an act of an individual in solitary. It means learning… Continue Reading