This weeks reading, lecture and workshop was largely based around hypertext and hypermedia. The idea of hypertext from what I can fully understand is that is is text that is always consumed electronically that guides us to other text and or information by the click of a button. The importance of Hypertext in today’s media landscape is huge if not the most important idea. It is the concept that we can easily navigate, construct and consume online and digital media through the use of carefully thought out links, ideas and algorithms. Hypermedia is essentially the same construct except this involves more than just text. It includes images, videos and sounds that work the same way. To inform, further and clarify the ideas present in the digital space.

I believe that our blogs are great examples of the Hypertext and Hypermedia ideas. They are a continuous flow of text, images, sounds and videos that act as a stream of conciseness for the author. However, this really comes into play as we can add to our blogs links and external resources which lead instantaneously to other parts of the web that have their own texts and media. It is a continuous cycle of ideas and information.

As part of the Workshop we were asked to explore different sites that focused on particular media. The site I explored was Instagram as pictures are a large part of the blog I am creating. I chose this because it allows people to share experiences instantly with other members. It gives options to edit and have your photos seen by large volumes of people through the use of ‘Hypertext ‘ hashtags. This creating a category for your photos. Although I didn’t add my Instagram to my blog I believe in future, once I build up the courage, it could be useful in furthuring what I am saying about the places I visit. Also it is quite simple to embed an Instagram feed using widgets.