Personal Dynamic Media

       What I learned from this article was that the dynabook was a device that was in comparison to what we may call an Ipad today, this notebook size device was designed to do any of the tasks needed that you could used a computer for. This was a well thought out idea, that possibly could have blown up to be something very big. This device was meant to solve all the problems of having to possibly carry around a computer, I personally think it was a great idea, just never really surfaced.

       What I felt was really interesting was the drawing and painting part, because it was really crazy to know that it takes thousands of small dots to create a character, I found that to be interesting because to the eye you dont see these dots and who would have known. Its also crazy to know that the Dynabook was actually able to draw, very creative idea.

Half of U.S. Mobile Facebook Users Read Brand Posts

I found this article to be very interesting because, it showed how people used there Facebook mobile to post things, the number that stands out to me, is 70% of the people that use Facebook Mobile, are posting status updates and things like that. Its crazy to know that this social media is growing so fast, that its way passed expectations. I think that this is important because out of 350 million users of facebook, 57 million of them are from the U.S. , this shows that a good chunk of the U.S. is using these social medias, but what this article really touched on is the use with mobile phones to retrieve this data and this is steadily growing itself, before we know it we will all be using the mobile phones or new technologies to do things, and wont need as much tools around the home.

Half Of U.S. Mobile Facebook Users Read Brand Posts

From Computer Power and Human Reason

The 2 main ideas I took from this article were, 1 word processing wasnt something that was used until the mid 1960's by a group of hackers from MIT, it was thought at the time that these computers might just take away all the jobs, but things that closely associate with humanity. I think that this was partially a big part of the main idea, because the fear of a technology taking over is a pretty big deal, many people really feared that they would have no jobs, and rightfully so, this typing machine was able to produce a lot faster that a human being so I can see the fear. Another main idea for me was on page 373 when it talked about there concerns with the march of science and technology, I thought this was really important because you saw that people that were very different with different views, because at this point, the computers at the time "can and do everything" and then again they themselves thought there should be limits, this showed how people would be feared for what was in store with the computer.

Second Life

What I learned from this article is that how much of an importance it is to people about this "Second Life" or virtual life. This article also allowed me to learn that the actual journey and growth of an avatar for someone is a very interesting process, and to see how this second life can actually affect their real lives. I personally think that a second world for many can be good in some ways because it allows them to be in their own world, and maybe thats what can make them happy, but in that same sense, I can make things very socially awkward for them or for others around them.

What I found interesting or useful was, when the actual study was done with these people actually creating their own avatar and "starting their own journey". I think it was very important that they continued to go back on their journals and grow from what happened in the past, it seemed that much of their growth came from technology upgrades. Another thing of interest to me, was how much of a sexual presence there is in these online worlds, it allows many people to abandoned real life because they can find all they need in these virtual worlds, also its easy for them because they have total control of how things are ran in this second life.

Facebook Users Anger Has Already Softened

So this article had to do with the anger of facebook users softening with the changes to facebook. I think like it says in the article that the moment of surprise is what affected people most, when your used to seeing the same thing over and over and over again, you get accustomed to them, and the minute they change you feel lost, or in this situation, outraged. It also says that many of the posts and "hate" for this facebook change was in sarcasm so one can imagine that it would blow over easy. I personally still stand by the fact that if this facebook change affects a person that much, then they are clearly on facebook way to much. I found it pretty funny what some of the comments were, especially this one, "More Facebook changes, Mark Zuckerberg?! Would you like me to go to your house and move around all your furniture and see if you like it?!" I just thought this was hilarious, but in the same sense, its true. You wouldnt like someone changing your house around without telling you, and you just having to deal with it! Sorry for the font change! 
http://www.allfacebook.com/facebook-anger-2011-09