The class reading for week 1 on ‘What is Networked Media?’ was really interesting. The paragraph of metaphorical description made this subject, and networked media as a practice out in the world, sound quite amazing. I particularly found the description of this as a small boat, on an ‘ocean of ideas’, to help myself put into perspective the actuality of any networked media around the world. The amazing ability for this boat of networked media to drift, and float, and just be – hover over an entire ocean of ideas. The ocean being what connects all the ideas together in a big jumbled way, and the boat being the mighty and powerful, being able to see these ideas and find the ones that can make a difference. However, as the metaphor identifies Networked Media with a boat, it can also be observed that this boat will drift past many various ideas, most likely bypassing some incredible ones, as it floats, possibly missing out on certain ideas and thoughts that could be useful.

The sentence form this reading that stuck with me the most is, ‘Each wave is different. Different enough to have a difference, a difference that matters.’ This sentence kind of makes me feel inspired when I read it, and makes me think of all the ideas, concepts and thoughts that are out there in the world, or in the ‘ocean,’ that matter, and in which Networked Media can find and work with to create new and amazing things.

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