It's been a while

I know I know, I am lazy and really shouldn't expect an audience at all. But at least I am getting slowly back into the swing of putting things on here.


so, Shift happens, ya know?

In my HCI class we watched a number of videos that got me thinking. I am going to put some up here, and see if that gets you thinking as well




here is the updated version (look at how the stats for Myspace change, and imagine how it will change in the future)



and because I want you to at least get a FEEL for how accessible this information is becoming



Yes it is a 1 year old using an iPhone. Yes he is only using the picture features, yes that is basic. BUT, tell me the last time you thought "oh I remember that picture, it is on my hard drive somewhere" and just flipped through things quickly and found it to send to a friend. Unless you have Picasa, or a system like the iPhone you probably took a while to find it. I know I do.

This means, by the time I spawn (and what creatures they will be), then my children will probably be using devices and playing with information, that I learned in my college career, by the time they are 3 or so. They will probably have a better grasp and understanding of the internet, and the nature of technology than I by the time they are 12. By the time they are my age (22) they will no longer have to rely on internal memory, or operate with a real understanding of the "basics" this is not to say the basics will be unimportant, or not taught, merely that the more technology advances the more I find that the basics aren't the emphasis anymore. thought is becoming much more abstract and advanced.

the world will be a very different place for my children than it was for me.