Upon returning from my weekend ski trip away at Falls Creek, I was feeling a bit anxious about getting back to reality – which meant catching the dreaded ‘Stopping All Stations’ train from Eltham. Nothing to report from this trip…unfortunately.

After being absent from the 2nd un-lecture I was interested to see how Adrian would tackle the hour-long session and whether or not it would turn out how I’d imagined it might – it hadn’t.

This un-lecture proved to be as mysterious as the inaugural one, leaving me to think about my own approach to networked media and indeed the rest of my university campaign. Adrian spoke about how some of us might feel uncomfortable with the machine that is Networked Media, how we might struggle to cope with the blog and its many requirements. I was definitely a member of this group in the beginning – but am slowly being turned into a believer.

When Adrian made use of the ‘dancing’ metaphor to describe Networked Media, stating that ‘no-one knows where it leads and no-one knows the steps’, all I could think in my head was ‘let’s boogie’. This mysterious dance is one that sounds beneficial. As the future of the media industry itself is mysterious and unknown – it is difficult to imagine how we will contribute, but I am sure Networked media is a step in the right direction.

Then the idea of university as a two-way transaction, requiring ‘reciprocal obligation’ and effort from myself as well as those employed to guide me was raised. This got me thinking about who I was to become and how I would become that person. I would need to be open to ideas, to think outside the box and even nurture myself through uni.

I AM A MYSTERY EGG AND SO IS THE FUTURE. All that is known is the present. Therefore we must care for it and prepare ourselves for the uncertain future ahead by learning to think in a certain way – a skill that the mysterious dance of Networked Media might lead to.