Saturday, 15 October 2011

Technology in the service of information

Hey Folks, here is one more interesting and exciting post, hope you enjoy!

As a recap and integration of my last two posts, I would like to write and think based on images today, those above this text. For some time we already know the importance of technology in our lives, accompanying us wherever we go. It seems to me that nowadays there is an increasing technological fever, where people cannot live without their mobile phones or the Internet. The world seems to be spinning around technologies, disregarding if it is a recent one or the previous one. What can be proven is the fact that the world is integrated and connected around some form of technology. However I should ask if it is really the information technology era or are we influenced by a world wave seeking for technological improvement?

Some scholars and technology savvy, argue that yes, technology is in favour of information. When Steve Jobs invented the computer that was going to revolutionize the world today, the Macintosh, in a small, dirty and perhaps smelly garage, he was then creating an easy and quick way to acquire and practice knowledge. An example of how these ‘machines’ can help in the practice of knowledge is the edition tool present in a Mac Pc or laptop. Not to mention that those edition tools have been increasingly developing for the better. This tool allows people to edit videos recorded previously, in an innovative, creative and fun approach.

The professionals of the digital era we are living in thank to all of those technological advances. Only because of a Macintosh that media and communication professionals can create, innovate, renovate and reinvent in a way to match client’s requirements and enter the fierce market competition. In the same way, Steve Jobs and apple created the iPhone, allowing interpersonal communication in a creative manner. With this portable technology on hands, we are able to not only connect to the Internet, but also acquire information and knowledge by accessing journals, newspapers and another such applications. Through iPhone it is also possible to learn languages or strange terms via encyclopaedias, dictionaries and other digital applications.

On the other hand, some people might argue that our future could be nothing more than a competition for who has the best in terms of technology. A clear example of this could be the new iPhone 4S, which no longer than two weeks of it’s launch, already causing long waiting lists around stores to purchase the product. Would this be a sign that we might be going to far and losing ourselves in the middle of interactivity? This could be true, but I believe that this is a myth created by our digital society connected mind.

It is ok to admit that we can see technology as a way of distraction and have fun, when we can download games application to our iPhones or smartphones, as the same as download songs to our virtual playlist. However, I believe that this is only a matter or entertainment, not a way of alienation from the world surrounding because of technology. Yet, we should consider that certain people misuse this diverse and integrated technology, although it is only a minority of people.

The truth is that we should take into account that all of us like to be connected and tuned with the global digital technology. The social media mentioned in my previous post is only one more example of the usage of that technology we have in our homes or mobile phones. We should not see it in a negative way, we should seek to innovate ourselves, and connect with the latest information technology and digital integration available. If well used, we can take advantage of what we have on hands. We must admit that the time has changed, the world today sweat software’s and hardware’s. It is not that our brains are turned into a family board or Computer HD., but we should keep ourselves updated and developed. The time is different; we have to follow the flow of the world, as I said in the text about innovation.

In conclusion, I should really emphasize the idea that we live in an information and digital technology era. We cannot be hypercritics and keep living in the past of the black and white TV and the damaged radio that used to occupy so much space in the side table. We have to seek knowledge applied to technology and information. We should do like the first image from the top to the bottom, connect our mental cables into the world socket or network of renovated information, to be able to reinvent, recreate, and be intelligent to think in how to improve the shattered universe currently seeking for wars.

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