In order to answer how various technologies have impacted my life, I must first ask what technology is. If you go with the definition in the reading, " Technology is the process by which humans modify nature to meet their needs and wants," the task is quite daunting. According to this definition, just about everything is technology. A car impacts my life by allowing me to travel further and faster than I could on horse or on foot. Going even more basic than that, a wheel can be considered technology. I won’t even get into all the applications of the wheel.
In order for this blog to end sometime this century, I think the topic is intended to be limited to modern technology. Without computers, I wouldn’t have a major (I’m computer graphics technology). I wouldn’t be able to post this. I would be constantly getting lost whenever I went somewhere new (mapquest is my friend). However, I don’t much notice the impact of technology. My dad started an ISP when I was about 6 years old. So I grew up with internet. My parents have had cell phones for as long as I can remember (I didn’t get one until high school). I grew up watching Star Trek and Star Wars. Since I expect technology to continue to improve and expand, I’m more likely to notice the effect when technology doesn’t work than when it does.
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Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Cyberculture
Cyberculture has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. I've been a member of scifispace.com since 2002, and that wasn't the first community I was on. I don't remember any of the sites I was on before. The cybercommunity I'm currently most active in is an rp (role play) I have going with my friends. It is a text based rp. It is called “Epitome of Silence” and it takes place in a fantasy world with magic and corrupt governments, and dragons and other things. Since I am one of the people that came up with the story the rp is based on, I am one of the admins for the thread, I have administrative duties to do as well. Part of what I have to do is enforce the rules. One of our rules is to use good grammar and spelling. Many sites do not enforce grammar and spelling. Since I think one of the downfalls of the internet is the poor grammar and spelling, we make sure people don’t need to deal with it. I think cybercommunities are good because it allows me to keep in touch with people. I don’t go out much and it allows me to stay in contact and hang out with people. The downside is the same. Since I can talk to my friends on a message board, I don’t feel the need to go out and see them so I tend to stay home.
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008
"What is Popular Culture?"
Popular culture is definitely a major part of my life. Today, while I was eating supper with my family, I watched part of American Idol. Later, I went to my room and went online, hitting sites such as youtube and myspace in my search for episodes of Bones, one of my favorite tv shows.
Popular culture wasn’t a prominent element in shaping my life. Admittedly, the hairstyle I wore to class on Monday was loosely based off the lead singer of a music video, I wear a few character/event t-shirts, and several of the clothing styles I wear are imitating what I saw people wearing while I was in Japan recently (and those styles were most likely based off popular culture). However, I would likely have never gone to Japan or watched that music video had my friends not introduced me to anime. Also, the majority of my clothing choices and hairstyles are not based off what I see on tv but what I find comfortable.
Many of my music choices are based off the shows I watch (however, many of those shows are not mainstream). Anime often have awesome openings and endings. I find songs I like and then look for more songs by the artist or similar songs. I have no real choice in my transportation because I drive my dad’s SUV and public transportation isn’t available and walking isn’t practical. On the whole, I think popular culture has shaped my generation quite a bit. However, some people are more effected than others.
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Popular culture wasn’t a prominent element in shaping my life. Admittedly, the hairstyle I wore to class on Monday was loosely based off the lead singer of a music video, I wear a few character/event t-shirts, and several of the clothing styles I wear are imitating what I saw people wearing while I was in Japan recently (and those styles were most likely based off popular culture). However, I would likely have never gone to Japan or watched that music video had my friends not introduced me to anime. Also, the majority of my clothing choices and hairstyles are not based off what I see on tv but what I find comfortable.
Many of my music choices are based off the shows I watch (however, many of those shows are not mainstream). Anime often have awesome openings and endings. I find songs I like and then look for more songs by the artist or similar songs. I have no real choice in my transportation because I drive my dad’s SUV and public transportation isn’t available and walking isn’t practical. On the whole, I think popular culture has shaped my generation quite a bit. However, some people are more effected than others.
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Monday, January 14, 2008
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