The Mobile Visual Environment

Friday the 11^th of November

 In my last the lecture the topic of technology was discussed and how we live in a virtual world and how it blurs the line between public and private life. Technology has progressed so fast in the past 20 years. I remember sitting in front of a huge PC screen with what seem now like such a basic computer thinking it was amazing or walking round with which I can now describe as enormous phone thinking it was so cool. I laugh when I think that everybody had the BT cell net phone with your phone case. I remember trading it in for a Nokia and thinking I was a step a head and now 10 years later every body has there I phones with everything literally in there hand and small compact laptops or Androids and I pads. When the first electronic computer was revealed 1946 it was a 30-ton machine.

Technology is so vast everything has made easier or more efficient, people don’t even use a phone call to stay in contact its texting which people even use there own language. Reading books, music, TV, shopping and even meeting people it can all be done at the touch of a button. Books have even become virtual and we seen an example of the virtual magazine which had become less of magazine and more of an experience with sound and animation. Technology has made things interesting. We use technology everyday life especially the Internet that has become an everyday use especially social networking. Sometimes I believe people spend more time chatting online than face to face with another person. When it comes to social networking it has become one of the most popular worldwide online activities, according to comscore.com “social networking accounted for nearly 1 in every 5 minutes spent online globally in October 2011, ranking as the most engaging online activity worldwide. Social networking sites now reach 82 percent of the world’s Internet population age 15 and older that accessed the Internet from a home or work computer, representing 1.2 billion users around the globe.” Technology has definitely made things easier especially meeting people according to facebook statistics the average facebook user had 130 friends. However having 130 friends isn’t necessarily a positive thing especially went it comes to past events a girl in Germany who forgot to post her birthday party as private and accidentally posted it public had face 1500 guest at her door. Technology has definitely caused private to become public look at you tube for example you can post whatever you like and anybody can look at it. A school in Connecticut called Old Say brook High School outlined this in assembly they did for internet safety by taking to the internet and finding out information on the students they were able to find images via google and facebook, the students where outraged thinking it was invasion of privacy. Even employers take to the Internet to research job candidates according to careerbuilder.com “More than one in five employers search social networking sites to screen job candidates, according to a survey of more than 31,000 employers” it also
said “of the hiring managers who use social networks, one-third said they found information on such sites that caused them to toss the candidate out of consideration for a job". So in conclusion nothings private when its on the internet.

The first computer that was weighed 30 tons

1500 guest turn up to a 16 year old's birthday party