The Internet Changes the Way We Make Sense of the World!
not only struggled to find time to maintain this blog, I’ve also had serious problems keeping up with everyone else’s! So much so that I only just found this amazing video on Paul Young’s site. It blew me away! I’m no genius so it’s no wonder it didn’t occur to me before, but the internet is actually changing the way we process and make sense of information! Watch the video and everything will make sense. Then do yourself a favour and head over to the Everything is Miscellaneous blog. Then hit up the Digital Ethnography blog. If you’re half as fascinated as I am you’ll be busy for hours.
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I’ve This got me thinking about computers and how they assist people in constructing reality and it struck me that up until recently, traditional GUI based operating systems such as Windows and Apple’s OS have attempted to mirror the traditional systems that rely on classification (what do I mean? Double click on My Computer, then My Documents, the Assignments, Then Semester One etc etc). I’m a Mac user and anyone who’s in to Macs knows that Apple has been trying to fully incorporate Spotlight in to Finder for years. I’m yet to use Leopard, but it seems they may well be getting very close to creating an environment that is moving away from the traditional category based informational organisation and closer to the Google model we all know and use daily. Of course when I say “we” I mean anyone in Western fortunate enough to have constant access to the internet. Holla!
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I’ve noticed this as well. It’s really interesting seeing some of the other tools that have developed from analog foundations embracing the flexibility of their new digital form and fucking with the established workflow paradigm. AVID was the standard video editor for years, and it essentially just recreates the process of editing with film on a Steenbeck or similar. Over the last 2 or so years, Final Cut has really dug into it’s market share by providing something a lot more akin to using Word. Completely new workflow, completely flexible and not based around a strict “procedure”. I can think of examples in audio and still editing as well, it’ll be fascinating to see how we can really shake it up when we free ourselves from the constraints of “reality”.
Have you ever played Portal? The future will be just like that. Throwing out rules and screwing with your mind. Just with more cake.
Mate! Congrats! You’re my first legit comment. Usually I get folks trying to sell my Viagra, Damn.
Portal? I’ve not heard of it but I’m going to Google it right now :)