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One For The Road

Photo: Diego Saldiva via Flickr
Photo: Diego Saldiva via Flickr

Here’s one last look at what my fellow Networked Media students have been blogging about this semester:

Courtney discusses whether form or content are more important in a book. She argues content is more important but I would disagree. For me, the order of events seems to be integral to a good book. I feel even if you have the juiciest content, if it’s not organised correctly it can end up being a whole lot of mumble jumble. Structure is everything, but after completing the Networked Media course I’m more open to the loosening of structure.

I seriously love Tilly’s post about the cafe Combi! I’m craving that delicious bowl of goodness right now and it’s the middle of the night! I’ll be making a trip down to Elwood to feed my temple soon.

Rebecca’s post about the Week Eleven readings fleshes out the idea that all things are connected to something else. This ties in well with discussions of neutrality that took place several weeks ago in the Symposium. Rebecca also hints at notions of technological determinism and whether or not technology is the main driver of cultural change.

To wrap up my last post for the semester, I’d like to say thanks for everyone’s contributions this semester. My brain has been strained at times but I’ve learnt a lot.

Enjoy the rest of your journey and have a great summer.

What’s Up?

Picture: Kent Clark via Flickr
Picture: Kent Clark via Flickr

Alright, so let’s take a quick look at what everyone’s been talking about this week. Yes I know, it’s week 12 and I’m struggling to keep up too but there have to be a few stragglers…

Jane writes about the Galloway reading and how the idea of ‘protocols’ in networked media somewhat mirrors that of human social relations. It definitely makes things more relatable.

Laura’s discussion on king hitting is an important one, and one that we need to think more carefully about when making choices about drinking environments. It’s not just young women who need to take caution when walking alone at night. However, essentially we need to start ‘rethinking drinking’ in order to make positive changes.

Finally, Nethaniel (ye old faithful) offers some further clarification on the concept of ‘protocols’ by pulling out a juicy quote from the Galloway reading. I often think of networked media as a busy network of wiring, like a brain! A road map is also a good analogy.

Thanks everyone for your thoughts and contributions, and hang tight, we’re nearly there!

I’m Back!

Photo: Vancouver Public Library via Flickr
Photo: Vancouver Public Library via Flickr

Okay so it’s been a while, but I’m back.

I’ve been really swamped with work, homework, my birthday celebrations and if I’m completely honest I’ve had my head partially buried in the sand. So, in order to jump back on the Networked Media bandwagon I thought I’d check out what others have been ranting/thinking/deliberating about.

Nethaniel discusses the 80/20 rule whereby the idea that 20 percent of people – a smaller amount of people – make 80 percent of profits – the majority of the gain. I also found the 80/20 rule interesting in the sense that it unveils a whole new set of principals when it comes to sales. The concept of ‘the store’ is being slowly but surely forced out the door as the Internet has a limitless (okay, that is perhaps a question for another day) capacity for storage, as opposed to a store, which keeps only certain things that are in high demand by the majority. The cumulative total purchases of less popular items bought by the minority online, can now outweigh those purchases of the majority, and all because of the Internet. The graph Nethaniel presents in his most is most helpful in visualising Pareto’s 80/20 theory.

David writes an interesting post about how the media incites fear in people, thus forcing them to believe things are more of a threat than they really are? He offers a different way of viewing ideas of terrorism. I think a lot of people are afraid of thinking this way (it’s easier to stick with the flock), so good on you David for being fearless.

Ashleigh talks about the question of neutrality, and how we might consider things to be neutral until we think about how they are connected to other things. I don’t know about you Ashleigh, but I found this a mind boggling idea, one that is never ending because it seems to me that everything is connected to something else.

What’s The Goss?

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I thought I’d check out what my fellow students have been writing about, just to see whether or not I’m on the right track.

Ashleigh made some interesting points about high school education that were somewhat related to my last blog post. Why aren’t we given more choice as to what we learn about at school? Surely if we were given more freedom we’d have a better chance of finding out what we love.

Michael in his discussion on the usefulness of coding, says we are mostly left up to our own devices when it comes to learning code. Again, why don’t we have the opportunity to learn a little more about the internet at school? It won’t bite.

Ok, so now it’s time for something a little funny. Tilly posted this on Sunday.

Enjoy the week fellow bloggers.