Notes from week nine symposium and tutorial

1. The center of our own network/our relationship to the network vs the network actually having a centre
2. Networks are dynamic – always growing
3. ‘Dynamic’ as a way of thinking and learning: open to change, admitting when we’re wrong – this is not a popular way of thinking
4. Global networks and how cities fit in to this network –> creative industries
5. Creative knowledge workers
6. Creative economy
7. Networks: centralised (hierarchical) vs scalefree?
8. Heritage media
9. There’s no centre for the internet – if something goes downs, the rest of the internet won’t go down as in TV or radio or newspapers.
10. Hubs – defined by how many ties link in and out
11. The importance of the strength of weak ties – friends don’t get you jobs but acquaintances do
12. 6 degrees of separation
13. The internet is not virtual – bandwidth pollution and carbon footprint
14. Developing countries leapfrogging heritage/industrial media and getting straight to wireless, eg Nokie interface translation
15. The mechanics of scarcity, eg, retail shelf sapce, TV only having 24 hours of broadcast time a day
16. Venture capitalism
17. 80:20 rule
18. Internet infrastructure is finite