What a scary thought!

January 27, 2009 | 3 Comments

Before I share my thoughts on “Man-Computer Symbiosis” by Licklider, may I ask that someone tell me what were the highlights of today’s class? I have a cold and couldn’t get up in the morning.
Knowing that humans, who have started with Adam and Eve, a people solely dependent on nature and each other, have changed with the [...]

IAD

January 21, 2009 | 2 Comments

I am currently in the process of writing a research paper for English on Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD). Although it is not considered an actual disorder in the psychology world, many psychologists support and study this disorder. The debate that some use against the existence of IAD is that the internet is a means of communication–a [...]

I really had a vague idea of how this class would be when I signed up for it. I saw the word “youtube” in the course name and impulsively chose it.
I actually agree with Murray (after second thought, I disagree with Manovich) that the digtial medium is a single medium. It’s a way the present society expresses itself–in [...]