Initial Comments

Henry:

cindy said...

I enjoyed reading your response. I felt that it was very well written.

I agree with you that social networking is just a big project to get other people's attention.

When I read your response I got the idea that people are starting to get too dependent on the digitalization of life and how fast it works and captures our attentions.

“I am addicted to Facebook.”
If you can admit to being addicted to facebook, how can you also admit that you can function without it? Being addicted to something most usually means that the addictive substance or activity is a primary source in ones survival. If you can say that you can survive without facebook then I guess “addicted” is the wrong word to use. OR are you really denying your true addiction????? I, on the other hand, wouldn’t say that I am addicted to facebook because I can live without it. It has actually become very boring.

In addition to figuring out if you really are or are not addicted to facebook I would like for you to expand on the idea behind the statement “killing us when it could provide fresh water for the country.” How so? I know it’s a broad subject but try to elaborate on how the digitalization of life can provide us with fresh ideas that we can feed off of.

Also, I don’t quite understand the last sentence of your second paragraph “The quality of relationships is not that of those who don’t rely on digital media to stay in touch.” Yea it sounds mighty smart but all I see is a whole big mumble jumble of words. I don’t understand the statement; I don’t see the meaning that you are trying to convey towards me. To me, it sounds as if you are trying to say “the quality of a relationship is not based on people who rely on digital media to stay in touch.” Even when I reworded to have it sound more comprehensible I still can’t get the full meaning that YOU are trying to show me. I would like for you to explain/ fix this sentence in a follow-up comment or edited response.

After reading your response, I feel empowered to write more about the digital life on my own blog. I also feel a little encouraged because I finally got my ass to actually try and start doing some of the assigned work.

cindy said...

I hope to read more from you. Your style of writing is very enjoyable and holds my attention long enough for em to finish and keep thinking about the ideas provided -Cindy Luo
(I forgot to add this part to the previous comment)

Thought

My friend Anne is spending her senior year studying abroad in Egypt and I find that incredibly interesting. If anybody else finds it to be an interesting lifestyle to read about, she is currently posting updates at egyptohmy.wordpress.com.

oldschool

This has no relation to our new subject but i wanted to tell you what happened with my sister in laws birth. She said she had an amazing doctor that was always there for her. Sure he was in and out but he was always in checking on her on a regular basis and was there for her birth 2 in the morning. When she had the epidural, her contractions started slowing down so he slowed down the epidural and sped up the pitossin. What amazed me was that he had shut the epidural off before she actually started pushing. She gave birth all on her own with no medications or anything, the whole time she thought she still had the epidural. I guess in the end it has to do with the mentality of the mother. I lost my train of thought, you can just ask me in person any further questions.

I was told that the doctor let my sister in law do whatever she wanted to be comfortable. She had her own positions and everything. He also let my brother do a lot of the work in the room. Whatever the doctor was suppose to do, he told my brother how to do it and if he felt he could or wanted to do it, he did it. My brother really liked on activity in particular, he helped insert a balloon into my sister in law's cervix and they filled it with water to try and expand her cervix more.

Initial Thoughts on the Digitalization of Life

I wasn't able to have your class on Friday due to a schedule mix up, so it was a good thing I took your class on Thursday huh.

Technology has taken over our lives.

Currently, I'm doing my homework on my brother's laptop, talking to my friends on AIM, waiting on a phone call and watching the Yankees and Orioles' baseball game. That's a lot of technology.

Well today's my birthday and theres family over and stuff visiting my newborn niece and stuff so I'm going to come back to this another time. I can't really think right now.

Social Networking
Digital youth
Digitalized music
Why are we so attracted to the digital life?
Why must we have whats popular?
What attracted us to technology in the first place?
Being lazy
We use technology because once it was introduced, we have become too lazy to complete certain tasks we can just do with technology.
The digital image is used to show class, or social status.
People are purposefully show and flashy to portray an image of wealth
The digital world may lead us the the next big theory.
We have developed a dependency, addiction, and obsession to the digital world.
The digital life is the main source of all our communication to everyone around the world. What would happen if it were to all disappear?
How did people communicate before technology was introduced?