Ulmer cont’d

04Oct09

Experiment
This chapter hit home with the discussion of hypermedia and writing logic differences. In 1996 I could read a novel a night and wrote a book. By 2001, I only wrote short pieces designed to distill a concept into one or two pages or, god-forbid, bullet points, and the only thing I read in one sitting now is Harry Potter.

The equipment of memory has changed my thought processes. Whether this is from moving from writing to hypermedia, or my job, or just plain aging is completely up in the air.

linear vs associative logic – 36 Are hierarchical relationships among words still relevant.

chorography – trying to capture a more subjective dimension of spaciality in specific rather than generic terms 39

Heuretics “It is not a recipe, but an evocation of the attitudes and strategies of a specific practice” 41