After reading the first chapter of Manovich's The Language of New Media, I am not fully convinced by all of Manovich's arguments. One argument I have a particularly hard time agreeing with is his argument of the variability of new media. Manovich believes new media to be "something that can exist in different, potentially infinite versions" (36). Manovich believes this variability to be made possible by the modular nature of new media. My as new media has grown to be a larger part in my life my experiences have led me to believe otherwise.

In the essays today Murray seemed to be interested in the possibly new ways we might navigate through digital media. I just thought this was a cool rethinking of the way we navigate web media like on youtube.

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After reading Chris Anderson's "The Long Tail", I immediately recalled an experience I had a few years ago that confirmed the existence of the "Long Tail". While on a trip in Kenya, I met a student from Britain who I quickly got in a conversation about movies with. One of his favorite movies happened to be an obscure Japanese movie I had never heard of. After returning to the United States, I searched for the title at the Blockbusters and media stores around my area.

What is this world coming to? If someone actually made money off of this I will jump off a bridge.