“Have you ever thought about what the World Wide Web looks like? Some people have. They are mapping the interconnections we make in cyberspace, the flow of information and the trail this leaves behind. Like astronomers exploring a newly discovered galaxy, they are sketching out the details of the brave new world of the Web and social media to produce amazingly beautiful maps…”
Read the rest of my piece for the Nottingham Festival of Words blog at: http://nottwords.org.uk/WordPress/?p=143
November 21, 2012 at 4:59 pm |
Good luck with your appearance at the festival of words. I have seen some of the mapping of social media you’ve alluded to here and indeed can confirm that its beautiful, my problem is that I’m not very good with maps so for me mapping cyberspace is a mental image of the world’s biggest ball of pink wool:- unraveled.