Thursday, October 27, 2011
Personal Dynamic Media
I really enjoyed this reading! After getting through the whole article, I scrolled back up to see when it was written. I was definitely surprised to see that the date said 1977!! The goal with todays technology is to have it be used in numerous ways to help make our lives easier. The goal behind the Dynabook, was that it" could be owned by everyone and could have the power to handle virtually all of it's owner's information-related needs",(Kay, 1977). I really liked how the article gave examples of how this technology could be useful in all walks of life; to artists and animators to doctors and teachers. I think everyone bennefits from having a the computers and devise we have today that flexible enough for you to make necessary changes that would benefit it's use. It seems like these devices came from the original vision of the Dynabook. Technology like the Iphone 4S, have the technology built into it, with the hope that it will make our lives easier. The creators have basically created a hand held secretary who communicates with you and organizes and stores information... It is really amazing to me that the idea of the Dynabook came out so long ago and we are still trying to perfect that type of interactive technology today.
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The idea of fusing human interactivity and technology has been around for a long time, but many of the fruits of that labor are either taken for granted or not fully realized until convergence products like smartphones and tablets come out. What was great about reading this article is that its prospects are still very true today, like the usefulness of something like the Dynabook in helping people learn and get things done. That, to me, says that there is more still to come in terms of technology helping us out in our daily lives. It is because of the innovations of the 1970s and 1980s in the technology industry that computers and devices have become more productive and more personal today, and the Dynabook is an example of that early pioneering of digital creation that’s so commonplace now.
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