In digital world we looked at how digital technology has changed how we approach both work and home life. In my blogs i reflected on some of the topics discussed in class but also had a look into my own personal interest areas. The course I found quite appealing as the blogs were fairly self-led. [...]
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Computer Technology in Information Storage “Google it”, a phrase linked with any unanswerable question, is reflective of how the internet has changed how we intake information. No longer do we look to books, our friends and family or do we need to discover it ourselves, now it is all a mouse click away. This blog [...]
Interior Design students get baking One of the challenges for Interior Design students is presenting their final exhibition at the end of their third year. The students are required to raise money to help finance these exhibitions. Today I spoke to Lena Zarazel who helped co-ordinate one of the fundraisers – a bake sale. “There [...]
We were asked to make a Prezi in week one of the course. Prezi is a site that allows you to use a large continuous area to make a powerpoint – rather than flowing from slide to slide it pans around this ‘page’. I had a particular dislike for this technology as I was frustrated [...]
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The Digital World and Humanity
Posted: September 7, 2011 in Digital WorldTags: community, crumbling, digital world, humanity, isolation, replacement, superfical
Media, the constantly developing and expanding medium for human expression, is all around. It is this “digital world” where humanity is quickly changing and developing. In this blog I will look particularly at how this ‘digital world’ is replacing community in the ‘real world’ and therefore chancing humanity as a whole. Within the ‘digital world’ [...]