Digital Dialect

The digital dialect is what creates the relationship between digital theory and digital practice. It is used to ground the insights of theory and the constraints of practice to make them more understandable (Lunenfeld, 15, xv). I think that this quote really describes the reading the best. Personally reading the article was a little hard but the above quote really put it into perspective. When I think of digital I think of computers, and ipods and cell phones. I think of the technology that is used to create these devices and how we use them. Often times we use technology for entertainment, not always for the intention that the creators had in mind. I think this is the reason that technology continues to grow. We are growing into a society that is highly dependent on the technology that we have. When computers came out they had very few capibilities and were really intended to get away from having to do so much manual work. But now our lives are on the computer. We have multiple email accounts, banking online, and much more all in the palm of our hands.

I like when Lunsfield was describing the screen grabs. Like when we learned abut the screen shots in class last week. We are able to capture bits and pieces of information and keep them for storage. We are able to put together research from many different sources in a few short ckicks of the mouse. I find it interesting that humans and computer have meshed so well together. In history we dont not do well with change. But when the computer is around we did not fight it we embraced the new ways. I think that this is what Lunsfield was getting at when he was talking about opposites coming together to create a common goal. I still find the overall picture a little hard to understand but hopefully I can find a bit more information out in class.