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Category Archives: 11/21 Program or Be Programmed (Rushkoff)
Program or be Programmed
I really enjoy reading Rushkoff. He says some very profound things that really get me thinking. The group in class was giving us their view on their ideas of what Rushkoff was writing. Don’t let the technology we programmed program … Continue reading
POBP: A Response By Don Kelly
As expressed by its title, Program Or Be Programmed is fundamentally about the choices we make when engaging with our present technologies. We are quick to adopt the shiniest software, hardware, or social networks, but slow to understand how the … Continue reading
Response to Group 3
In response to group 3′s presentation, they brought up a fantastic point/question asking are we controlling the media or is our media controlling us? I say that it is controlling us by means of us controlling it. What I mean … Continue reading
Program or Be Programmed
V. Scale: One Size Does Not Fit All This chapter or commandment I should say focuses more on the business aspect. He touches upon the internet being biased towards abstraction but it is not a reality. Rushkoff explains that there’s … Continue reading
Class 11: Many Inputs, Only One Possible Output
As I articulated in class, much of Douglas Rushkof’s argument in Program or Be Programmed relies on an ontology of the digital technology. He outlines the way that digital technology works and how it operates in different way from what … Continue reading
douglas rushkoff
Douglas Rushkoff furthers ideas once stated by Marshall McLuhan. This book features original illustrations from comic artist Leland Purvis. Rushkoff emphasizes users of digital technologies to understand and know the technology they are using. Do not be an ignorant user … Continue reading
EXTRA CREDIT
MY IN CLASS PRESENTATION FOR EXTRA CREDIT CHAPTER 8 SOCIAL: DO NOT SELL YOUR FRIENDS. Goes into when the first computer networks were developed for the defense department use of the government. The government decided to give the internet network … Continue reading
