The web means the end of forgetting..first I would say that the web is actually the beginning and the end of forgetting. It is the beginning of forgetting for human beings. For one, the web saturates us with so much information constantly sand rapidly that we start to retain less and less information. Our attention …
September 2011 archive
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Sep 05
Reading Commentary for Week 1: Why the Future Doesn’t Need Us by Bill Joy
With Bill Joy’s profession and background, it doesn’t surprise me to know that he has been aware of the possibility that artificial intelligence would surpass human beings in the future. After reading his article however, a number of sci-fi movies came to mind because of the similar themes he discussed (i.e. The Matrix, Bladerunner, …
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Sep 05
week 1 readings
The first thing I thought of when reading Norman’s essay was: “omg microsoft kinect!” I don’t know how many people watched it yet, but this year’s E3 conference Microsoft demo’ed more Kinect Sports videos for your entertainment: http://youtu.be/OYLp3ml9KJk (skip to 3.18 for the football match) http://youtu.be/UDMJbeqmmi8 (for srs, a very serious star wars kid) I’m …
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Sep 04
Reading: Week 1
All four articles in this week’s reading express fear, uncertainty or even doom whether it has to do with the use of technology, its social long-term implications or human survival. If technology creates so much uneasiness, why do we keep producing? Are we losing focus on what is really important? Is the innovation of new …
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Sep 04
Reading Commentary for Week 1: The Web Means the End of Forgetting by Jeffrey Rosen
After reading this article, I did see the ramifications of oversharing on the internet especially in social networks (i.e. Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter). There are always stories about people killing themselves because they got bullied, they got fired because of what they had posted on Facebook or identities were stolen. I do agree with this article …
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Sep 04
Reading Commentary For Week 1: Great Wall of Facebook by Fred Vogelstein
I don’t exactly know what to say about this article. This is just another classic “clash of the Titans” scenario. A lot of corporations deal with this all the time. If a corporation is under threat from a competition, they usually merge or they come up with something ground breaking or innovative to enhance their …
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Sep 04
Reading Commentary For Week 1: Natural User Interfaces Are Not Natural by Don Norman
After reading Mr. Norman’s commentary/observations of natural gestures + technological interface, I agreed on some of his points about how there are still a few things that needs to be corrected, especially when he pointed out that sometimes certain gestures don’t mean the same things. I’ve had a similar experiences with hyper-sensitive touchscreens where I …
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Sep 03
Cory Arcangel Show @ Whitney Museum of American Art
Check out the Cory Arcangel Show at the Whitney Museum of Art! It’s only up until September 11 – 9 more days! Definitely worth seeing if you haven’t seen it!
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