I don't want to be a robot.

Developement of technology seems to be a tough concept to keep up with these days. I MUST BE OUT OF DATE!
Don't get me wrong, I enjoy having a camera on my phone, it allows me to take pictures whilst being out if i had forgot my camera. Or having an mp3 player on my phone incase the night before I forgot to charge up my ipod. I think the fact we need two of each though is just wasteful really.

Mobile Camera - Digital Camera
Ipod - MP3 phone
Television set - Television computer
Personal organiser - Computer
Playstation - PS3

I can understand wanting to have mobile versions of the things you already have at home, it has its uses. But the fact we spend so much money on updating technology, just to have something we already have, just seems ludicrous. Sorry my spelling is bad.

I personally won't be purchasing the Ipod Touch this Christmas. How ever much I would like to, my current ipod (the first 7mg video ipod) is doing its purpose just fine.



In other news...

Today we had a crit on our ideas for the 2020 brief. Some peoples ideas really scared me. I decided to keep my idea quite simply where as other people where on about chips that control your brian and never having to leave the house again because your living in a virtual world. With everything there are advantages and disadvantages. Theres nothing I would like more to wake up on a cold, rainy morning, and instead of having to walk to college just log into a computer and virtually do your work. Depending on what subjects you study that would be more useful to some than others. It seems like an ideal idea for when its cold and rainy, when you can't really be bothered to leave the house, however, when the sun is out and its hot, is it really healthy to be stuck in the house all day infront of a cimputer getting taught your daily English or Maths class? I think certain aspects of online learning are really useless, Moodle for example allows you to access information about a specific project which you could not get if it was out of college times. The thought of having to tell stories about what school was like to grandchildren etc is a saddening thought though.