Life in the Semiosphere
Think about something unthinkable for a moment: the Web, through which you probably reached and read this, is a space without a topos where the only signifying system (for now) is language. No physical space, no other signals, e.g. tactile or olfactory, to create meaning. Only labels and connections used to create places. (cf. “How to organise space where
Semiosphere
The Universe of Signs The term semiosphere [from Greek sēmeion ‘sign’ (sēma ‘mark’) + -sphere] was originally introduced in 1984 by Yuri Lotman to denote space within which constantly function and emerge processes of signification. In his words this is “a specific sphere, possessing signs, which are assigned to the enclosed space. Only within such a space is
A Dialogue with Colby Brin
Somewhere on the web, recovering from a content deluge that took not one or two text victims, there are 50-odd people on a mission to rescue the corporate world from the tyranny of linguistic mediocrity. They are The Writer. In love with words, naming and thinking, The Writer’s team focus on language, because it’s the thing they all