Month: September 2013
Variety (is sometimes good)
Nga pulls up more stuff that Brian mentioned on the Stuart Hall codes and decoding (though I return to yesterday's point, if an author has to subject themselves to 'codes' to be understood then this ... Read More
VoxPops from Unsymposium 0.3
I'd also point out that if I can ensure my message might make sense because I rely upon and use 'codes and conventions' then the definition of a code is that I am subject to it, not the other way roun... Read More
A Longer Tale
The idea of the long tail describes the structure of the Web, and the structure of a hypertext such as the academic essay I showed in the unsymposium. ... What is important here is how it more or le... Read More
Uncertainty Versus Control
This uncertainty is any, or all of: my relation to what I make my relation to my audience what I make's relation to the audience what I make's relation to its parts my audience's relation to the... Read More
Mind the Gap
Even in very easy to understand stories there are gaps (how did the character get from their home to the hotel?), but gaps are fundamental. One measure of how sophisticated a work is simply in how l... Read More
Still Just Things?
Ideally you would like to have both options, wouldn't you? One for die hard collectors, the other for those that just enjoy access and to have the stuff 'follow' you around on your devices (the clou... Read More