SYMPOSIUM x LEARN YOUR PROCESS

The final symposium for Networked Media focused on protocol and the issues of technology and social etiquette. The conversation itself was pulled between theory based learning and application, making points on such references like TAFE, workplace exchanges and IP addresses. While Adrian discussed the readings and the connections he drew, there was a distinct shift […]

GALLOWAY x PROTOCOL

This week’s reading was full of jargon relative in understanding technology and the upside down system of the Internet. While the term protocol is not a new word, it’s adaption to computer behaviour has changed it’s conventions by broadening the behaviour of networks and systems. In essence, ‘protocols [now] refer specifically to standards governing the implementation […]

DATABASE x SYMBOLIC FORM

Looking at the open nature of web, this week’s reading looks at databases and the contemporary contexts it fortifies. Breaking it down as a cultural form, Manovich discusses operations, addressing the context of a ‘computerised society‘ as a ‘new way to structure our experience of ourselves and of the world.’  While the reading identifies database […]

SYMPOSIUM x WIP

Investing time into what you create is nothing unless you receive feedback or review. Work in progress is a behaviour and unmistaken sign of growth, I mean, even The World Wide Web was once a WIP by a computer jock. Presently, the symposium seemed to scatter across these ideas in planning our future assignment and the […]

SYMPOSIUM x LINKING TOGETHER

Stepping back to earlier this week, the symposium led me to question a few things. Firstly, what does it truly mean for things to be connected? Does this connection effect the relationships they resonate? What is the relevance between yourself and writing? When there’s no middle, end or beginning, what matters most? What matters less? […]

SIX DEGREES x CONNECTED AGE

Complex and invested, this week’s reading is rich in examples and theoretical questions surrounding systems and their components. Illustrating the vulnerability within these connections, Watts not only remarks about individual behaviour, but also on it’s impact to aggregate collective behaviour. Scientifically, the pervasive ideas of connection and consciousness have been fundamental game changers. ‘How vulnerable […]

NEUTRALITY x SYMPOSIUM

By assuming a precise engagement, we limit the shape, reasoning and discussion of technology. As a non-neutral force, technology within the symposium was stripped back, becoming an involved and interconnected part of bias development and purpose. Like Bec, I too feel the saturation of theories is reaching a breaking point, particularly when trying to breakdown […]

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