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Snippets on granularity Wikipedia: Granularity is the extent to which a system is broken down into small parts, either the system itself or its description or observation. It is the “extent to which a larger entity is subdivided. For example, a yard broken into inches has finer granularity than a yard broken into feet.”[1] Coarse-grained systems consist of [...] I was just reading Hand (2008) and pondering how: Power in digital culture indexes an increasing tendency toward the total surveillance and administration of society, now conducted through globally gathered and sorted digital information. The results of this will paradoxically be greater insecurity, an intense amplification of existing social divisions, and the consumerization of democratic citizenship. [...] Well, I am enjoying myself collecting things for my lifestream, though my collecting is still very experimental as I am not sure a) what to collect or b) why I am collecting (other than because it says I should in the handbook). However the pleasure of collecting has already superseded the desire for obedience, so [...] Image via Wikipedia When I am not thinking of things all e-learning I can sometimes be found thinking of things artistic. The two sides merged for a moment today when I realised that I was pouting a little over the drab look of my Lifestream. Yes, I have (for the moment) picked the plainest theme. But [...] I thought I would snag that quote first. It is one of the first thing that came to mind when I looked at my newly flowing lifestream. Actually the real quote (by Heraclitus 540 BC – 480BC) is: “You could not step twice into the same river; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.” Except [...] |
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