All of this week’s readings come from the one source, network scientist Laszlo Barabasi. The thread here continues the last lot of readings as we learn about loose ties, small world scale free networks, and the power law distribution. This is science about the ‘network’ in general, and the ‘laws’ or rules described I believe apply all the way from an individual hypertextual work (including the video works you are likely to make next year), through to a network like Facebook, and the Web in general. In other words the ideas and principals described here work at different structural levels.

Key Readings

Barabási, Albert-László. “The 80/20 Rule”. Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life. New York, NY: A plume book, 2003. Print. (PDF)

Barabási, Albert-László. “Rich Get Richer”. Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life. New York, NY: A plume book, 2003. Print. (PDF)

Optional Reading

This is from earlier parts of the same book. Back story if you’re interested.

Barabási, Albert-László. Extracts Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life. New York, NY: A plume book, 2003. Print. (PDF)