Firstly, there are two things you should know about me. 1.) I like minimalism. 2.) I like messiness. When it comes to semantics (and purposes), these two parts of me are oppositional, but only in the nature of their existence. Much like the reading and Kitchener, Davis’s, and Kuhn’s approaches, these two parts of me […]
Everyone’s on the field, but nobody really knows the game. We stretch slowly with creased foreheads, shuffling while the warm-up feels too long. Adrian’s looking at the rulebook, but he smiles and shrugs. Reflecting on the studio, it was one large warm up for ‘the big game.’ Building team skills, becoming familiar and responding in […]
When you look into the screen, it is possible to believe that you are gazing into eternity.
The final symposium for Networked Media focused on protocol and the issues of technology and social etiquette. The conversation itself was pulled between theory based learning and application, making points on such references like TAFE, workplace exchanges and IP addresses. While Adrian discussed the readings and the connections he drew, there was a distinct shift […]
This week’s reading was full of jargon relative in understanding technology and the upside down system of the Internet. While the term protocol is not a new word, it’s adaption to computer behaviour has changed it’s conventions by broadening the behaviour of networks and systems. In essence, ‘protocols [now] refer specifically to standards governing the implementation […]
During this week’s symposium, there was an underlining concept to destroy the physical and reproduce meaning as meaning. With technology changing beneath our fingertips, the question lies between media and how we control, curate, produce and connect to it. While the focus in the conversation was fixed on databases and the aesthetics surrounding the stream, it was […]
Just hours ago it was revealed that Morrissey has had ‘cancerous tissue‘ removed four times, talking about his illness in a Spanish interview via the El Mundo. In it’s translation, it was the first time Morrissey had talked about cancer, regardless of previous reports of his diminishing health and issues reported in news. Unafraid of […]
Looking at the open nature of web, this week’s reading looks at databases and the contemporary contexts it fortifies. Breaking it down as a cultural form, Manovich discusses operations, addressing the context of a ‘computerised society‘ as a ‘new way to structure our experience of ourselves and of the world.’ While the reading identifies database […]
Investing time into what you create is nothing unless you receive feedback or review. Work in progress is a behaviour and unmistaken sign of growth, I mean, even The World Wide Web was once a WIP by a computer jock. Presently, the symposium seemed to scatter across these ideas in planning our future assignment and the […]
It took me 20 minutes of searching and a friendly Tumblr user to get invited to Ello, a new social network with a growing buzz around it’s exclusive behaviour. While I have no idea on where it is heading, I can tell you that it has been growing at a substantial rate, with individuals selling […]
