Digital Revolution

Life is constantly evolving. New inventions, new fashions, new lingo, basically a revolution that never stays the same.

Where am I going with this? Well I read the article: A New Media Tells Different Stories by Bruno Giussani. Bruno Giussani expressed the evolving world of journalism. Basically print versus the web.

One thing that really jumped out at me was that change is constantly happening, and in this day and age one can not be ignorant to learning more. It can not only be seen as learning more, but can be viewed as growth of the human mind. A little intellectual, I know. I am specifically speaking of the world of technology.

As a youth it is easier to catch on to the latest functions of technology and the digital medium. Change is constantly gruelled into our lives, if we don’t upgrade in our lifestyle then one could say, “that is so like, a month ago”. Which has a bearing on self image and self esteem, but I will save that discussion for another time.

Anyway back to this digital revolution, change and learning capabilities.

Bruno Giussani discussed the most effective means of journalism and that no matter whether one likes picking up the newspaper in a café or not, the way of the future is the internet. It is accessible anywhere which enables kiwi’s on there OE to keep in touch with their homeland, their grassroots.

“www”, the World Wide Web. In effect the internet scales down the vastness of the world. Your best friend or family member on the other side of the world is only a click away.

Even though people in this day and age may not like change, it is vital. I feel sorry for the older generation, as for them it is harder to catch on. As the saying goes…it is like teaching an old dog new tricks.

If it wasn’t for change and geniuses in the world we would still be writing letters opposed to emails. A big THANK YOU to the brains in this world.

So maybe this digital revolution isn’t so bad. I know that I am willing to take a dive in the internet surf and see what waves I can catch.

Life as a student [webmedia08]

Essays….presentations…..publications….tests…..=life five weeks ago.

Now it is time to get back into the process of study. No more sleep ins. No more bumming around. No more partying….whoops did I say that? Partying never stops in student life, right?

So far being back has been a bit of a killer. The whole commuting thing from the flat by the beach to suburbia is a bit of a mission.

Made the first class; Web Media. Web Media is interesting as it has given me a new perspective on blogs. I for one have never really been much of a web surfer or internet fanatic; it is something that tests my patients!

However, I was reading part of Mark Briggs book where he states that if you want to learn how to do something, you will be able to achieve it. So I am saying that I want to learn the ways of the web, how to be creative and most importantly make life in cyber space a little easier and efficient. Good things take time; a little frustrating however but life was never meant to be easy. If it was, I think there would be an element of complacency as there would be nothing around challenging people resulting in the transforming and changing of ones life.

“Change is inevitable. Progress is optional. The future is now.” – Mark Briggs