A Rhyme of history represents a natural human propensity to be fulfilled with the current available technology. For example, according to Thornburg (2009), years ago the desire to meet and socialize with other folks in the town was fulfilled by going to the local watering hole. Now, today we can fulfill that need to share our thoughts, our days’ events or just communicate small talk with others by using any one of the social networking sites such as Facebook, Facetime or Skype.
Another need that has historically been met with time is the desire to document family life. In the past, families would pass on stories from generation to generation so that the family traditions would remain alive and future generations would have an understanding from whom they descended. Of late, families would collect pictures and create scrapbooks to document family occasions, such as the birth of child, a graduation or a special occasion. Now, today with the availability of digital cameras, families can document and save their precious moments with http://www.shutterfly.com/ or http://www.snapfish.com/snapfish/ These easy to use sites help the user to create books, store pictures and share memories digitally with friends and family.
In Kelly’s speech, “The Next 5000 days on the Web,” he refers to his prediction of how the web will be transformed with embodiment, restructuring, and codependency. I can relate to the codependency easily as I use the computer, the web and all of its connection capabilities for just about all of my interactions with content, experts and friends. The restructuring and the embodiment of the web is a bit more abstract to follow, but according to Kelly, he predicts that the “One”, meaning us or humans will be integrated into the web in such a way that the web will be defined by us. In his final statements, he mentions more concretely that “to share is to gain” and from this we can remind ourselves that we will be the greatest most valuable source for the future of the web.
Resources:
Kelly, K. (2007, December). Kevin Kelly on the next 5,000 days of the Web [Speech]. Speech delivered at the EG 2007 Conference, Los Angeles. Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/kevin_kelly_on_the_next_5_000_days_of_the_web.html
Thornburg, D. (2009). Rhymes of History (Vodcast). Emerging and Future technologies. DVD produced by Laureate Education, Inc. Baltimore.
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