PERSONAL THOUGHTS AND QUESTIONS
- At the end of the day, the accurate and uniform mapping of Cyberspace has a long way to go.
- The main challenges and questions arising include:
- The rapid expansion and evolution of Cyberspace: it is very hard to keep up with every single movement.
- What is the most effective and efficient way of mapping cyberspace?
- Can the Internet/Cyberspace be organised onto one single map - or do we need different maps to illustrate different spaces? (eg a mapping system for physical networks, one for websites etc.)
- With this being said, it is very interesting to view peoples different notions of how Cyberspace can be mapped and the diversity in styles - whether it be for artistic, organisational or informative purposes.
INFORMATION OVERLOAD! - Is Cyberspace mapping an answer/cure to this?
...on a related note (and one which perhaps relates to this whole course in general):
- Do any of you ever get the feeling of information overload or being overwhelmed by the amount of information that is available?
- Our our brains capable of taking in this incredible magnitude of information?
- Are our brains or are we as human evolving because of this?
- Do you sometimes get the feeling that your are missing out - by looking at other things (great eg: Digg.com), which are constantly being replaced and updated by other things etc – anxiety, fast pace…
- Do you ever get lost in Cyberspace?
- Is mapping effective as a way of organising this magnitude of information in cyberspace?
- Is it perhaps an avenue out of this flood of information? - Does it give you peace of mind?
- At the end of the day, the accurate and uniform mapping of Cyberspace has a long way to go.
- The main challenges and questions arising include:
- The rapid expansion and evolution of Cyberspace: it is very hard to keep up with every single movement.
- What is the most effective and efficient way of mapping cyberspace?
- Can the Internet/Cyberspace be organised onto one single map - or do we need different maps to illustrate different spaces? (eg a mapping system for physical networks, one for websites etc.)
- With this being said, it is very interesting to view peoples different notions of how Cyberspace can be mapped and the diversity in styles - whether it be for artistic, organisational or informative purposes.
INFORMATION OVERLOAD! - Is Cyberspace mapping an answer/cure to this?
...on a related note (and one which perhaps relates to this whole course in general):
‘The World Wide Web gave us a firehose of digitised papers, reports, images, statistics, and formulas. Now we’re drowning in the torrent of words and pictures, desperately in need of some high ground from which to survey the flood’
(Technological Partners 1997)
(Technological Partners 1997)
- Do any of you ever get the feeling of information overload or being overwhelmed by the amount of information that is available?
- Our our brains capable of taking in this incredible magnitude of information?
- Are our brains or are we as human evolving because of this?
- Do you sometimes get the feeling that your are missing out - by looking at other things (great eg: Digg.com), which are constantly being replaced and updated by other things etc – anxiety, fast pace…
- Do you ever get lost in Cyberspace?
- Is mapping effective as a way of organising this magnitude of information in cyberspace?
- Is it perhaps an avenue out of this flood of information? - Does it give you peace of mind?
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