Nethaniel talks about how technology can’t be neutral, by arguing that it can be neutral (basically pitting Adrian and Jason against one another), and state that “although certain technologies may appear more suited to particular tasks, this is based on the… Continue Reading
…Is there one?? UPDATE: The reading didn’t load for me until today… I think maybe it was posted last night? Anyway, point is I have not had enough time to read it. So, from skimming the reading, what I… Continue Reading
Okay, so after stating in my symposium post for this week that I couldn’t remember Adrian’s side to the networks discussion started by Elliott, I discovered that he has actually written his own post about it (yay!). Now you just… Continue Reading
I’m just going to be completely honest here and say that I didn’t get much from this symposium… It was a different set-up than usual where each tutor picked a part from one of the readings and discussed it, and… Continue Reading
Ellen writes about the reading in terms of science, which if anything, is an interesting take on the ideas presented and one that even helped my limited understanding of the 80/20 rule… a little. Brady discusses the shutdown of of community television… Continue Reading
Murphie and Potts identify some technologies as ‘neutral’ (as in reference to the gun violence debate). How does this apply to networked media and technologies? intended use vs actual use – eg. social tech/systems such as pedestrian crossings; use of… Continue Reading
“The 80/20 Rule”. Barabási, Albert-László. Linked: The New Science of Networks. Cambridge (MA): Perseus, 2002. Again, I found this difficult to read. I feel like it was all over the place, and apart from recognising the 80/20 rule in conjunction to… Continue Reading
Middle-school was tough for me. My best friend of six years was finding better and ‘cooler’ friends to hang out with, another friend was leaving state, and up until that point I hadn’t put a lot of emphasis into making… Continue Reading
Sarah talks about the topical issue of police and the public’s relationship with them/the way they are being perceived, doing so through cultural references as an interesting comparison and analysis of the popular trend of fearing/hating the police. Ellen is supporting community… Continue Reading
Something I found particularly interesting from the symposium this week was the idea that authors loose control over their work when they move it to an electronic platform in terms of story order, as traditional (physical) media dictates form in… Continue Reading