The Unfinished Business

Lunenfield begins the chapter with the quote "the business of the computer is always unfinished. In Fact "unfinished" defines the aesthetic of digital media" This quote stood out and me think about society today and how many things we leave unfinished. Computers are naturally unfinished due to the fact that most computers are custom built to the user that is buying the computer.

But when thinking about the unfinished, we have flexibility to discover and change things that if we were sent a computer that was already completed and could not be changed then the user would not have the same connection with the device. But as Lunenfield continues he describes that computers and technology is not the only place that we have unfinished business. We read comic books that leave us hanging and wanting more. We thrive on being about to find out more or that there is something more out there.

Technology is a force that allows all people to access in some shape or form. As new technology and new activities are developed there is always going to be a person out there that it will to test it and to further the technology to the next person. In the other article about the five principles of new media I like how they broke down new media into the ways that it is different from old media and how we are able to access it and mold it to what we want. Being able to use the technology and apply it to our lives is the most vital part of new technologies. We are able to create things that we would never be able to before.

With this untamed tool we are able to make major advances and create a more efficient society. Like we discussed in previous class about how connected we are and the ability to save a life by growing and changes cells in the body. Who knows what we will be able to do next.