In this weeks reading I liked the comparison of so called, ‘networks’. Say a phone network was compared to a computer network, they would seem to be a part of different realms. The vast difference between these two things hardly seem related let alone to be labelled as the same practice. I enjoyed the thorough […]
While observing the selfish ways of my fellow 20 something year olds on public transport, and I realised just how bias and hypocritical I can be. When someone bumps me while adjusting their bag and says sorry, I secretly hate them. How dare you, middle ages woman who is probably going home to make dinner […]
New niki up for Myspace about how Justin Timberlake has changed it’s image and function. Check it out here.
One of this weeks readings was by Albert-László Barabási, and it explored the connections between different networks within society. The world wide web began with one page. One page that triggered the internet that we use today. This complex jungle of information, social media and online shopping was slowly collaborated by millions of people over time. It […]
This weeks lecture was about individual interpretation, and perception. When an author writes, it is open to interpretation and the real, or intended, meaning might well be lost forever. It’s risky to put words out there and not know how people will perceive them. More on this later? Maybe.
Until recently I have been totally addicted to the TV show, Suits. Yes, this is the second time that I have brought up my obsessive nature when it comes to television, but with this particular series I’ve almost lost interest. Each episode often contains a specific hurdle, sometimes one law suit spreads throughout the whole […]
I’m in a rut of only doing things when they absolutely have to be done. I just cruised through some of the other students’ blogs in my course and they post things constantly. You’re either suited to blogs, or you’re not. I’m suited to talking. Not always in a structured, informative way with a purpose, […]
Is it possible that interactive narratives lose the point of narrative? If its purpose it to tell a guide a story, and the viewer/reader chooses it’s ending, who is narrating? Jane Douglas wrote Books without Pages, Novels without Endings and explored the realm of hypertext as a medium, and explains that it is only the […]
These are two of my favourite things. I think that anyone who dislikes Christopher Walken is dissatisfied with life. He’s like that awkward uncle, always saying inappropriate things and never quite sure if he’s being serious. He brings the nervous laugh out of all of us, and I think that should be applauded. So does […]
There was a time when items were cherished until they grew mould. When cavemen had a perfectly good pair of wolf hide slippers, and killed more game, they didn’t say, ‘hey I should have a brown pair too’. When I used to visit my grandmother, she still used the scratched dinner setting that she was […]