I would just like to start with the fact that I really enjoyed this video. We have been talking about things like this in my WSC 02 class and I actually want to recommend this video to my Professor after watching it. In my WSC we blog all of our assignments; therefore, allowing our classmates to comment and offer their constructive criticism on our entries. This type of social networking is becoming a huge part of our lives in this generation. Everyday, we as college students check our Facebooks and want to be able to stay connected to the rest of the technological world. I completely agree with Professor Wesch and I really enjoyed the way he went about making his argument. The Machine really is us. It has taken control of our life because we depend on it to do a lot for us. It contains so much information that we use in our everyday life and we don’t even realize how complex it is. As soon as I get assigned a paper to do, the first place I go to research information is the internet. We as, technology junkies, are almost trained to react in that way. Web 2.0 has made using the internet so easy for us and we use that to our advantage. It is amazing that with just one click of a button one can completely edit or format a document. I think that Web 2.0 is revolutionary and it has changed our way of life in such an extraordinary way. We can look up anything on the internet and find any source of information our heart desires. I really liked the part of the video where Professor Wesch had pulled up the CNN website and showed how behind each link on the site there was a whole webpage behind it. It really made me see how structured and complex each site we use everyday really is. Another part of the video I liked was when the Professor pointed out how text was different when written on paper. One really analyzes what he/she is writing when writing on paper rather than typing, because of the amount of time and effort it takes. One must erase if a mistake is made, rather than just highlight the mistake and press backspace. Web 2.0 can be adapted for the business world by offering a one-time fee for the entire company; therefore, everyone working in that company would have access to the internet. Many people coming out of college are prepared to enter the business world so they would already we equipped with the capability of understanding how to work the internet.
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I thought the video was awesome. The "omnipotent" in the video would write a phrase and then it would quickly be changed, with a word or two and with a shift of word to make a whole new meaning. This proved his point, of course. Text, thanks to the web and technology, can be changed in the blink of the eye and it no longer requires a pen and paper. Excellent video!
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