Introduction to Jenkins

The introduction to convergence culture summed up the topic of the convergence that exists in media today, and how abundant it is and always will be. He also pointed out how uncertain all of these convergences are between media, technology, and culture. It will take and extended period of time for the population to get adjusted to some of the future advances that are being made in the digital world.

This is connected to me because I am in the younger generation of technology users, and all of this media and information is going to converge with me, and be utilized in my lifetime.

I thought there were a variety of connections between this and the previous book we read. They are each basically pointing out the same problem, and published it in a different way. The new data and information is so miscellaneous and it is converging with people and technologies of todays world. That is basically just the summary of both books in one sentence.

"media companies are not behaving in a monolithic fashion" 19

"when people take media into their own hands, the results can be wonderfully creative, they can also be bad news for all involved." 17

Blog Post 4 - Ch 10

Weinberger, what was the point? Additionally, so what?

This book was very important for a few different reasons. First of all, it brought about the attention of how the organization of knowledge has changed with the advancements in technology. The book also made me aware of the vast number of people that are affected by the organization of knowledge and data. Information management is only getting harder to categorize, and the more we know the better, knowledge is power.

Computers have changed the way we do everything these days, and if everything remains miscellaneous, it will be impossible to utilize.

The way that knowledge and information is organized has complete control over the way that it is accessed and used. This book has brought attention to the fact that the growing amount of information that exists needs to be classified for us to even be able to use it at all.

Ch 8 & 9 Weinberger

Ch 8

Main point - This chapter is about the labels and identifications that exists in todays world, and how it is hard to decipher what they all actually mean. Information that is viewed can often times be irrelevant, and useless.

So what - Labels on products and on digital information is inferred to mean something to the viewer, but it is really our job to delve deeper into the label and see what is actually there. Data on different public sharing websites can be aimed to a particular group, or target someone harmfully, and this is what people need to be aware of when they are just basically judging a book by its cover.

Ch 9

Main point - Chapter nine revolves around organization, and how the vast amounts of data and information are organized, in everyones own particular way. Different digital data these days is classified in so many different categories, and the organization of this is making it imperative so we have the ability to access correct facts and figures.

So what - If there is no organization in data and information, it will make it virtually impossible to find something quickly and easily. You could make a google search and a vast variety of information will show up, but if it is not classified, you will have to pick through it and find something from a reliable source that fits your guidelines.

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