Advances in Technology are Transforming my Life . . . Diligently

1. Advances in Technology are Transforming my Life . . . Diligently

2. The technology I now endure has changed dramatically since I was a young child. I find myself relying on something artificial, and most importantly demanding. Technology in my daily life is currently considered my “personal assistant”, it’s always present ready to organize every moment of my life in a digital form.  

3. The simplicity of my communication has changed, I no longer have a few options to interact with others. The accessibility to interact with different individuals over a digital outlet is mind-blowing and countless. In addition, the availability to communicate with the world is amazing, and instantaneous. However, we are more absent from the physical world, and as a result the digital culture is producing a different language.

4. People around the world are at my fingertips. We no longer have that privacy to be detached from everyone because the new digital culture requires us to be involved.

5. Today I am continuously connected to my family and friends. The invention of the phone was monumental, however the options to communicate with people today are exceptional. Instead of calling an individual on the phone, I can get live updates through social media without the hassle of dialing a phone number. I don’t necessarily have to communicate with people, I can just sit back and watch the updates roll in. what is my phone number? outgoing simple fast friends

6. verbal vs. non-verbal The accessibility of the web has downgraded my communication style in person. reflective vs. instinct. “In contrast, the computer media revolution affects all stages of communication, including acquisition, manipulation, storage, and distribution; it also affects types of media—texts, still images, moving images, sound, and spatial constructions.” –Manovich

7. While growing up I have experienced many advancements, and during that period of time until now my life has slowly immersed itself in digital forms.

8. Education is extremely important to me, however the older I got the less learning material I grasped. Though I was focused throughout my high school and college career, the distractions of digital media and the web made it difficult. written vs. typed The handwriting I presented was noteworthy, but now I barely use a pen and paper to write my work. Everything is typed with precision, and clarity. I never worry about misspelling and typos, I have another “intelligence” fixing my mistakes. We no longer learn from within, we simply don’t have too anymore.

9. The transformation of hard copy books to digital form are unsettling. The value of books has decreased and created a sense of loss for me. I am in the generation where books were the only material to learn from. Today I can’t say that, I learn more from other people and sources online than the sequence of information in books. I am becoming an impatient person, I can’t sit back and read a book anymore. I am simply a few clicks away from searching a book’s introduction, summary, and conclusion.

10. “The real dream is for “everything” to be in the hypertext. Everything you read, you read from the screen (and can always get back to right away); everything you write, you write at the screen (and can cross-link to whatever you read).” –Nelson

11. I don’t have that physical material, it’s artificial now. Though I can’t say technology has made my life easier, it’s just oddly different.

12. “The world has arrived at an age of cheapcomplexdevicesof great reliability, and something is bound to come of it.” –Bush

13. The physical world is depreciated in many ways today through pictures, music, and memory. The camera I once took memorable pictures with was able to be cherished as print. Today the pictures don’t take physical moments, they are simply stored in a file named “2012 summer”. The print of pictures was authentic. The capabilities technology has to store my pictures is phenomenal, however I do miss the unique feeling of getting freshly printed pictures developed. It’s uncommon now.

14. My life is stored in multiple files. My computer is collecting data on me and storing it into a confined space. The computer assumes many aspects of my life, thus it might indeed know more about me. Everything I do on a computer is connected, and constantly developing relationships. “Computers offer an interesting daydream: that we may be able to store things digitally instead of physically” –Nelson

15. click clickclickclick The relationships developed from my interaction with the digital world has created a unique data file. My digital life is unique because I’m constantly being monitored. The online shopping, likes on Facebook, and simple web browsing allows customization. I am constantly surrounded by customization. I am consciously feeding devices my entire life location, fashion, preference, health, goals

16. “The language of the text, the contents, and the adsdisplayed— all these can be customized.” –Manovich

17. Before learning how customization begins, I was unaware of the intelligence behind it. My “personal assistant” assumes what I want to see, and is usually correct. Customization allows the person to feel a sense of uniqueness. The uniqueness of customization makes me feel limited. I am trapped in my own customization. Customization is convenientto the user. The web can be dangerous but a satisfying realm.

18. “New media objects assure users that their choices—and therefore, their underlying thoughts and desires are unique, rather than programmed and shared with others.” –Manovich

19. I don’t want to fully conform to the new digital culture, I see the implicationsright in front of me. My sister does not verbally communicate with me often. The transformation of my family is changing in a direction I find startling. Technology is taking over my household. I don’t have precious moments with my family. We bound over television, and quietness as the media overcomes us. Television affects the family dynamic, it decreases verbal communication, and as a result degrades the authentic relationship. Television requires complete participation. Therefore our minds are always somewhere else, not in the physical moment. Silenceis accepted today.

20. The logic of the computer changes how we perceive the world every day. The access enables the user to easily find what is happening around the globe. The feeling’s I sense are different, the emotions that overcome me are unlike anything I have experienced before. The access of technology has changed me. Our daily lives are completely immersed into this new media. She is battling a war between the physical and The culture we live in today is constantly connected virtually, and as a result it depreciates the physical aspects culture was originally built on. The logic of the computer has dramatically changed my interaction, creativity, interpretation, and most importantly our identity. The values of generations are purely transformed and different, is this what we want? I’m uncertain. digitalworlds.

21. Culture today is merely a whole. We are connected at every second, minute, and hour. I’m apart of culture that is decreasing individuality. “The past is like the receding view out the back of an automobile: the most recent is more conspicuous, and everything seems eventually to be lost.” —Nelson