Dear loyal fan base,
I have decided to seize Web 2.0 by its skinny legs, and let it drag me around as it runs in circles screaming "pitiful obsolete human get off of me.' Fortunately, for my readers I have decided to document my journey thus far - I tried out a little self-plagerism under the banner of convergence culture in Tony's blog, and then I performed some information networking on Jenna's blog. I hope to hit more aspects of Web 2.0 (can't wait to try hyperlinking and multitasking) as the days go on. Perhaps I'll do some googling later on so I actually know what Web 2.0 means, and then some good old new-fashioned blogging to detail the emotional toll all these mini-experiments are taking on me.
On that note, I've been trying to incorporate google more and more into my everyday conversations. I just feel like face-to-face conversations are dry and empty if there's not a sense that something google-worthy is being talked about....And terribly slow. I'll ask a friend when the Academy Awards are and after 0.00014 seconds I am still waiting for an answer. Or I'll ask for directions to a restaurant, and instead of producing a map with a purple path and exact mileage, my friend will just mumble out some street names. My working memory has got better things to do. Know what I mean. Anyway, for that reason whenever I get stuck in a real life conversation I try to bring up google as often as possible. Here are a few examples I've subtly worked into conversations during the past few weeks.
Friend "Do you know where Nebraska is?"
Me "That doesn't even sound like a state"
Friend "You don't think Nebraska's a state?"
Me "This is going on the things-to-google-after-this-conversation list"
Friend "Do you think its moral to raise animals solely for food?"
Friend "..."
Friend "are you even listening?"
Me "don't worry, i'm googling this right now on my Iphone"
Friend "I don't think google can resolve ethical dilemmas"
Me "hold on a second, I'm looking up movie reviews for Surrogates now"
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ReplyDeleteI have decided to seize Web 2.0 by its skinny legs, and let it drag me around as it runs in circles screaming "pitiful obsolete human get off of me."
hahahahahaha
*whew*
brb blogging about you
Yeah- that was a brilliant post. I think I'll go google some stuff.
ReplyDeleteThat's an uncanny representation of my conversations with friends. Personally, I love Google. It's one of the reasons why I was able to get around Bloomingto, heck, the U.S. so easily. I Google maps, stare at places, and voila. I'm not lost. Mapquest serves the same function, and if I *really* want to make sure that I get to the right place - it's a good little way of telling myself "This information is accurate." Frankly, I'm a little excited about Google Caffeine, but that could be due to the latter word.
ReplyDeleteI think that this is a playful reminder of how tools really do shape our everyday practices. My iPhone in particular has brought Google and the power of so many other apps to my little fingertips... I notice that it can break the flow of conversation, as you suggest here -- but I think that Ying-Sin has a nice point too. It's so great to have accurate information at the time that it's most relevant -- besides, how cool is it to leave home and really only need to carry your phone with you?! I love having access to email almost everywhere I go -- it totally relieves that stress of waiting for someone to respond to an email.
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