Tag Archives: Protocol
White Noise in Relation to Protocol
When relating the novel White Noise to another text, Protocol, by Alexander Galloway provides a clear connection in the way networks function and how necessary the flow of information throughout a system actually is. Galloway constructs this by showing how … Continue reading
Posted in Reading Response
Tagged Alexander Galloway, Don DeLillo, Protocol, White Noise
Leave a comment
The Confidence-Man Master of Continuity
In Class recently we discussed how the Fidele (the ship that the novel takes place on) is a distributed network and how it relates in many ways to the ideas that Alexander Galloway poses in his book “Protocol”. It was … Continue reading
Communication, Social Networks, and Biometrics: A Digression
I am sitting in Hillman Library in a squeaky computer chair, trying to minimize my movement and reading a copy of Protocol that the library has graciously placed on reserve. I need to do this because the copy I have … Continue reading
Posted in Reading Response
Tagged Alexander Galloway, Biometrics, Communication, Protocol, Social Networks, Technology
1 Comment
Distributed Networks and their Relationship to the New England Patriots
“Any sub segment of a distributed network is as large and as small as its parent network.” (Protocol page 34) The idea of distributed networks was a hard one for me to grasp when I was first introduced to it … Continue reading
Posted in Reading Response
Tagged Alexander Galloway, Distributed Network, New England Patriots, Protocol
1 Comment
Why Understand Protocol?
When I first picked up this book, Protocol, I had no idea what to expect. After further delving into this book, I realized just how much the intricate and complex structure of technology applies to the world of human interaction. … Continue reading
A Means of Information Processing: The Relative Similarities Between The Brain & The Computer Network
Much like the Internet itself, the human brain is constructed as a distributed network, in which the possibilities of connectivity are essentially endless. The neuronal make-up of the brain, with addition to the glial cells that maintain their stability, is … Continue reading
Posted in Reading Response
Tagged Distributed Network, Neuroscience, Protocol, the brain
Leave a comment
Protocol Out of Bookstore
So, we’ve already hit a little bit of a snag. The book store, apparently, did not order enough copies of Protocol for the class, and is currently out of stock. I’ve already talked to the people at the bookstore to … Continue reading
Oranges, as it relates to distribution of power.
I would like to pose a simple business model, as another way of interpreting Galloway’s description of the change from sovereign control to a decentralized system of control. It will also give an example of the layering that is described … Continue reading
Protocol: Some Links
So I thought I’d get us started by posting some links about Galloway’s work and some additional things I find interesting. Check out one of my favorite blogs, The Pinocchio Theory, written by Steven Shaviro, and what he has to … Continue reading
Posted in Interesting Links
Tagged Alexander Galloway, Gilles Deleuze, Protocol, Steven Shaviro, The Matrix
Leave a comment
Tron: Legacy and Protocol
So last night I finally had a chance to go see Tron: Legacy (Joseph Kosinski, 2010), and not only was it one of the most aesthetically tight science fiction (SF) films I’ve seen recently and have a killer Daft Punk … Continue reading →