Screen Capture

After taking my screen shot, I can safely say that I'm a very social person when it comes to the internet. I'd even go as far to say I'm even more social online than in person - which isn't exactly a "fun" realization to say the least. I don't feel too distraught though. In all honesty, I think that we all tend to have slightly higher social tendencies when it comes to technology in general. The internet gives everyone, from the socially inept to the "its time to talk to a random stranger because I can" folks, a chance to connect with others in a less direct yet more convenient way. I tend to be a bit of a talker in real life, but when it comes to communication through technology, I have more time to collect my thoughts and have in depth conversations with people I may not normally see too often. Among just about all of the social and cultural groups that people associate themselves with, the one unifying factor that all of them seem to have is the usage of the internet and, more specifically, communicative websites programs, and technology such as Facebook, Internet Messengers, E-mail, Text Messaging, etc. It is odd to think that not even 15 years ago we were just starting to shrink cell phone size, make the internet more of a common factor in businesses and households, and we still had pagers... do we still? The point is, we as a society are constantly furthering our investment in technological integration and communications and, even at this seemingly advanced point in our progress, we are nowhere near the final stages of overall development. I can't wait for the future; the present needs to hurry up already.

And now for something completely different... well, not really but it's fun to say anyway.

Composing just about anything in digital space is commonplace lately. From news to dispersion of media in its many forms to the development and commentaries on new thought processes, compositions are shifting from seemingly archaic forms (i.e. newspapers, magazines, letters) to more novel approaches in digital space. You are given a much greater amount of control in customization through the use of advanced personalized tools, you are given a more expedited process of transferring many compositions through modern technologies, and making mistakes seems to be a thing of the past - at least, the ability to fix mistakes is a much simpler process than in the old-school styles of composition.

We are able to better understand the digital composing process the same way we are better able to understand how to ride a bike or tell a joke (an actual good joke, that is) - we try, try, and try again until we get it. Me and many of my peers are quite at ease with digital composition because we have been immersed in it for the better part of our lives. In contrast, many of those in older generations are still "getting the hang of it" so to speak are being forced to shift from their original dynamic to a more current dynamic to keep up with the societal needs of today. When there arises a paradigm shift in society, as it has been shown throughout history, we as a community always meet the challenge of that shift and inevitably create another shift which we will almost surely adapt to.