Framing Technology, 2010
This is in response to Nardi and O’day (1999) and Burbules and Callister (1999), which we read to help us problematize how we were framing the big issues before diving into specific technologies.
Tags: non-neutral, original, p574, perspective, technology (#dtg), transformative, unanticipated consequences
Drawing Things Together | Joshua January 20, 2010
Now only if I could go back to school – oh wait that means Id give up my $300m playing football!!! Never the less all you need now is a globe somewhere in the equation to show how the world is mine!
Once again, it has been demonstrated clearly that I cannot predict what outcomes will occur when I create and share something via technology. Brb, going to put my sunglasses on.
Oh, well, but doesn’t this dtg suggest that without technologies, humans live in isolation? Or at least that they’re far less cool….
There is an assumption within the model that technology equates to “being cool”. I stress based on the addition of sunglasses at the end of the equation. And everyone knows sunglasses bump your cool level to like +7. Especially if you’re wearing them at night. But also at the end of the equation our character has a lot more friends and alot more folks that he/she is in contact with. It would seem that people want to be connected to and associated with this person. Because they are cool. This sentiment can be seen with social media tools like twitter. If you only tweet irrelevant and obnoxious things no one will follow you, no body will want to be your friend.
It is very clear from this DTG that technology is not neutral. It make you cool.