4. Concept

In class


Internet as Utopia?

That was the concept that I had coming into class today. With the works of Rheingold and Moore I came to see two ends of a spectrum. While these two methods of communication are vastly different in their purpose the internet has no qualms harboring both sides completely unbiased. This is why I believed the internet was the new utopia. However, if clicking the link and based on what Professor Mendez commented on is that utopia in its essence is something that does not exist. It is an ideal. This inherently drives something less optimistic than desired and Professor Mendez opted that I look into more the openness of the internet through the ability of Open Source.

TA Chris O'Leary advised that it may be wise to try to talk about my perspective and my own thoughts about the internet, instead of trying to reach an overarching broader sense of what is internet. Other findings include two font faces that I really like, found below:

Cholla published by Emigre

I believe this font face fits perfectly because it is a nice ledgible type. A san serif which are ledgible even at very small type sizes. The actual form of the letter however reminds me of a digital watch where curves are few and subtle. Most notable in the S where it looks similar to a 5. also the taper of the curves in the letters p and r remind me of that digital watch feel while still being very classical. Something that I feel fits the internet very well.

Narly published by Emigre

I enjoy Narly more because of its ideosyncratic nature which is also very much how the internet can be used. Also, the face is based on the sum of many circles, much like many little servers to create a network or in the case of the font face the actual letter.


Out of class


readings from the syllabus.