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The desktop is an eighth worldwide wonder I have taken for granted my entire life. I do believe in its staying power, and impression on our current and upcoming generations. It has augmented the way we think and problem solve, and there is no question about that. Though, I will admit that it is a driving force in todays world that makes me wonder about technology’s ability to destract from life. Actual life. It’s a subject often up for discussion, and I find myself always discussing. Despite my concentration in the New Media arts and thirst for learing more technology.moremoremore technology. I find that I get so caught up in the modern wonders and sometimes all I want to do is just hold something in my hand, cut it up and glue it to a piece of paper. The vastness of technology and computers today almost daunting, and the idea of me never learning beyond a fraction of what there is to know makes me feel inadequate. And I find myself needing to spend many more hours in front of a bright screen and at the same time spend more hours running bare foot through the grass.
Also interesting to me is the debate between Macs and Windows. I have always been a full on Mac supporter. I grew up on the Mac and had a Macintosh Classic II when I was little to play Spacestation Pheta and Oregon Trail on. Even though, I can’t deny that the chic nature of Mac computers is an attractive attribute, but what I realized when reading this article is that I like Macs also because they aren’t Windows. Full on mass producing corporations drive me insane. Its the same reason why I wont drink Starbucks. Its tainted because its produced by a monopolizing company.
Something else interesting to me about the article is the point of “the conceptual failings” of the desktop metaphor and how we currently take it too literally. I’ve never before really considered the limitation set before us by such a userfriendly, accessible interface, but it rings true. It seems we censor some seriously innovative possibilites by setting down these rules about the desktop.
