tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32177878.post3608901129250219740..comments2023-06-30T15:02:49.044+01:00Comments on A Curious Girl's Guide to Life: Micro blogging: destroying our legacy for the future?Gail Is This Mutton?http://www.blogger.com/profile/16624214724309633433noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32177878.post-33133765758906691662010-08-31T14:15:37.576+01:002010-08-31T14:15:37.576+01:00I don't think the availability of mass informa...I don't think the availability of mass information on the web is a bad thing at all. Sure there are students who will copy reams of information off the web, but they don't all do it. I didn't when I was a student. <br /><br />After all, it's no different from people plagiarising from books/reports before the proliferance of the internet, only meant that they had to type the copied text in themselves instead of using the trusty CTRL+C/CTRL+V.<br /><br />Completely disagree with the comment about people not having creative thoughts, they are, just in different ways. Take a look at The Creators Project - some of the things that have been created with technology (and ultimately shared via social media and micro-blogging) is astounding. Change is good!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08126084171631742800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32177878.post-41496493558859762412010-08-27T14:00:07.100+01:002010-08-27T14:00:07.100+01:00I agree with you Gail which is why I recently twee...I agree with you Gail which is why I recently tweeted "Are you sick of Twitter yet?" I am, sort of. Maybe I just need to follow some different people (ha!) but I'm getting tired of reading women tweet about their kids and what they had for dinner. I find the narcissism exhausting. Blogging can be that way as well, but as you say, it is much more of a diary the person can look back on. There is also much more room for creativity and thoughtfulness. <br /><br />Last week I received a postcard from my dear friend Denise who just moved back to England. It made me so happy to hold that postcard in my hand, knowing how far it travelled and that Denise sat down and took the time to right me such a personal note. I will have that postcard forever but her emails will disappear. I really hope that we return to the charm of letter writing. I miss it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32177878.post-12334505946753848792010-08-27T12:02:23.765+01:002010-08-27T12:02:23.765+01:00Contrary to Paul’s argument surrounding our dimini...Contrary to Paul’s argument surrounding our diminishing macro-memory, I think micro blogging would serve as a good trigger to past memories, much like smells and sounds can provoke emotional reactions. <br /><br />After a quick Google search, apparently the process of recollection of small events can lead to the part of our brain called the ‘limbic system’ which in turn interprets the information and makes us 'aware' of it and any associated memories (i.e. not just the micro, but also the macro). <br /><br />The following link also discusses the evolutionary processes of information consumption and when put in that context, it doesn’t seem too dismal a future after all – just different tools for different purposes...<br /><br />http://www.inquisitr.com/6263/oh-no-everything-is-dead-lets-microblog-about-it/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com