The Medium is the Message

Today in class we had a really cool video chat with Roy Christopher. If you don't know who Christopher is, he is a self published author who started off by making little booklets for BMX biking. He was also totally against new technology and computers when they first came out. He didn't want anything to do with them. But now he has his own website and tries to help us bridge the gap and find a balance between old and new technology. He finds ways to link things together that don't even seem to be in the same spectrum.  Christopher mixes cultures because that's what's happening in social media right now.  Different ideas and technologies and being shot out faster than almost anyone can count and they're all being mixed together in this '2.0 stew' if you will. And it's come to that point where we need to "program, or be programed." "The more you know about how things work, the closer you are to digital maturity."  But this in no way means that you need to go out and buy every single new device that's being put on the market.  You can pick and choose what you want to be a part of and avoid those things that have no interest to you. There is a lot of value in analog as well as in digital media and there's lots to be learned from both. What's important is that you know and understand the differences.  Christopher himself doesn't own a tablet or a smart phone because he enjoys the idea that he'll have something waiting for him when he gets home. A new email, a Facebook update, something like that. kind of like the excitement you get when you have something for you in the mail. (as long as its not a bill that is. lol)  And what's really cool is that Christopher thinks that adults and older generations should have more trust in teenagers ability to navigate and understand the Internet and all these new technologies. I personally thought that that was really cool :)  Thanks Roy :D

Link to Christopher's site: http://roychristopher.com/