I talked to some classmates on Friday about our take away ideas from the weeks readings and just noted down some of their ideas.

Alois suggested that hypertext is like concrete poetry. The author/ reader has a different relationship with the text. With books and print media, the text is somewhat separate from the viewer of it, and the creation is more structured. But the world of hypertext is like concrete poetry, as the words themselves are different in their relation to each other. Hypertext creates a different space for these words and ideas.

Line had and interesting idea about online text/ media, that the author is, in a way, not the sole provider and creator of their content, it is all influenced by the readers as well. Features like comments and feedback, and the ability to edit means that in a way, this media is more conversational, and subject to change.

Also the actual development of a blog is a freer organisation of your thoughts, where things can be altered and ideas can grow and develop and come back. There is more emphasis with blogs, and just media in general these days, where people take interest in how things were made and how ideas grow, and taking part in the process through platforms such as blogging.