Bolter ch.9 & 16

"The virtual traveler sees and interacts with bodies, not minds, and she must be inclined to deny the traditional hierarchy in which we are minds and merely have bodies" (pg.249)


     

     I found this quote by Bolter to be very interesting. After rereading it a few times, I found myself disagreeing with it. My opinion is that a virtual traveler only sees and interacts with minds, and instead must acknowledge that we are composed of a mind and soul within a body. This is my belief because in order to have real interaction with bodies, I believe one's physical self should be there face-to-face with the other person. Even virtual communication, as in face-to-face through a webcam or Facetime will never be the same or equal to the physical interaction of having someone literally right in front of you. 

Bolter Ch.6 & 7

Who is The Artist?!?

 

 

 

*Blog prompt:

         Watch the following videos (one, two, or all three), please. You don't have to watch the whole thing. Who is the artist here? Is it the graphic designer, or do you believe the programmers and engineers behind the creations are? Is it only one, a combination of a few, or are all people who work on them artists in their own right? Explain.

 

 

 

 

*My Answer:

          After briefly watching a few sections of every video, I believe that all the people who work on them are artists in their own right. My reason for this is because it takes every one from the graphic designer to the programmers and engineers behind the creations to work together and make the final master piece. So much needs to happen during the process to be able to have a great final product. Without the help of all the artists involved in these creations, the final product wouldn't be what it is. I believe that the process is as important as all the artist involved in these videos.



Hyperlinked Science

Hyperlinked Science

 

 

 

 

*Blog Prompt:

 

                 "In regards to hyperlinked science, Weinberger discusses the Internet as a distracting and ‘dizzying’ place that can often lead us to unexpected places. Do you agree with this statement, and in your experience have you ever felt overwhelmed by the abundance of information on the Internet? Or do you think that it allows our inquiries to be “free flowing and uninterrupted?” Explain how hyperlinked science relates to knowledge and abundance". (Carla Couture)

 

 

 

 

 

*My Response:

 

               I agree with Weinberger on that the Internet can be a distracting and
'dizzying' place that can often lead us to unexpected places. In my personal experience, there has been times in which I have felt overwhelmed by the abundance of information on the Internet. Times when I have tried to really focus on a research project but kept getting distracted by shopping pop-up ads or other websites. In my opinion, it just never works out to try to go online and just visit one webpage. In this way hyperlinked science relates to knowledge and abundance very well.  The internet has no limit to its knowledge and can easily cause someone to feel overwhelmed or even lost at its use. I can even bet that at some point in every internet users life, they have felt overwhelmed or lost at the use of the internet or a webpage. Think about it...have you ever felt this way or know someone who has?!?  IF SOO... I WON MY BET LOL :)

 



Violence

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The Smart Room

                 


   HOW SMART IS THE ROOM YOU'RE IN?

               The book "Too Big To Know: Rethinking Knowledge Now that the Facts Aren't the Facts, Experts are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room Is the Room" by David Weinberger, expresses in depth statements about the modern technological world we are all living in today. Modern society today, revolves on an evolution of technology. This technology keeps advancing right before our eyes with every second that goes by.

 

 

          

     Weinberger makes an interesting argument based on our knowledge about technology networking. Weinberger states that "as knowledge becomes networked, the smartest person in the room isn't the person standing at the front lecturing us, and isn't the collective wisdom of those in the room. The smartest person in the room is the room itself: the network that joins the people and ideas in the room, and connects to those outside of it". This notion is interesting to me because I picture this "smart-room" as the Internet.  

 

   

 

 

 

 



    The Internet has provided us with an immense amount of knowledge and networking possibilities and\or opportunities. Before the Internet, it took us longer to do research and receive information on anything we were interested on. People would have to search for hours throughout many textbooks or go around asking people questions. But now, thanks to the Internet, that is no longer the case. The internet has provided us with a "knowledge overload", as Weinberger says, which in my opinion has helped us have an easier life. It is so much a part of our daily lives that personally, I can not imagine a day in my life without having any access to the internet at all. Overall, the Internet is THE SMARTEST PERSON IN THE ROOM!! I cannot think of any human who is more knowledgeable than the Internet....can you?