Rachel  gives a fairly grim view of our own social networks, bringing conversation inside and to a screen rather than outdoors and face-to-face. She seems to ask if we are we really all that far fro...Read More
Raymond Queneau’s sonnet work Cent Mille Milliards de Poèmes (Hundred Thousand Billion Poems) Source: goodreads One structure, thousands of combinations. A silly sonnet: One’s left with ...Read More
The Manovich reading  seemed to bring be a full circle back to one of Adrian’s first lecture’s where he spoke about stories not requiring a beginning, middle and end to exist and that o...Read More
This reading is about online algorithms as an economic model. Using the example of Touching the Void sales on Amazon.com, Anderson explains how algorithms can show service providers like Amazon, wha...Read More
Thought i’d like to share this fabulously funny exchange between culture jammer Jonah Peretti and Nike. Culture jamming is basically subversive advertising. Culture jammers tweak media campaigns...Read More
“the belief that technology is the agent of social change” – Andrew, Murphie and John Potts Whether one supports this position or not, as culture we almost passively subscribe to i...Read More
Sam attempts to make sense of the collage reading and explain how certain things make sense in isolation whilst others require more context to be understood. He delves into the idea that absence of p...Read More
“No amount of inventiveness or energy is excessive if it results in the creation of leisure, the increase of personal freedom, or the provision of physical comfort.” Brilliant introduction...Read More
It always seems strange to me that every time I see a Police car or police officer, be it walking on the street or driving on the roads, that I feel pangs of fear. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â...Read More
Since starting back at uni in July, I have enjoyed may new beginnings. Blogging is one, a new part time job moving from hospitality to retail is another. However, the ‘new’ thing I have pe...Read More