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A Medium of the Most General Nature (Increase in Time Spent (Decreasing…
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Reflections
The imaginary concepts of Alan Turing became the modern computing device that we use today, what Charles Babbage called "a machine of the most general nature". It's humbling to know that the concept of this invention was imagined almost 200 years ago. It makes me realize that almost anything we imagine, we can bring to fruition, given enough time. #
From computers to the internet... it's a pretty big leap, at least for me, that from having computers that can process any information, to an interconnected web of devices that are able to work together is now something that we can take advantage of at any time. With the 'cloud' most of our information is not even stored on our devices but somewhere 'out there'. I'm not sure that's so great. More convenient for the moment perhaps, but I do wonder what problems will come from it. We have already witnessed information leaks, hacking and virus attacks, even within the last 20 years. Now that virtually everything is on the cloud... what's next? #
Pretty much anything can be done on computers now...Incredibly fast gaming, full cinematic movies, thousand of years of history, images of everything from around the world, are able to be accessed with the click of a mouse. #
Reflections
We now have the ability to create content as well as to access content. We can view what others share online, or charge a fee for people to see what we post on certain platforms. #
We are now in 2018, and the numbers aren't included in this book. I wouldn't hesitate to bet that our numbers are significantly higher than in 2009, or even 2011 when this book was published. #
Reflections
Although websites are called 'pages' there is a big difference between a print page and a webpage. All the time we're reading on a site we are distracted by other things popping up on the page, or links to other information on the page we are reading.
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We are never disconnected anymore. There are notifications from a number of applications or devices that invade our digital reading time. Even when we are reading print media there are distractions from phones unless we learn to turn them off
We enjoy this connectedness, the ability to feel that we're not missing out on one thing at the expense of another. What results is that we don't - or won't - have the ability to concentrate on anything fully. We like things in small chunks of information, we won't read articles that are too long, or watch full movies, but rather look for several short video links to tell the same story.
We look for video clips that will give us the 'gist' of what a lecture or article is about, because we don't have the concentration, or attention span to fully appreciate a text.
One of the reasons we spend so much less time on print media is that so much is available online. Paying one price for internet access and another for cable service seems silly when you can watch television on your own time frame on the computer without paying extra. #
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All of these information pathways are now being stored, or processed through the internet, for many taking the place of physical places and artifacts #
Time and Computing Speed are related because the fast speeds enable us to do more with our time spent online.