Thursday, 7 February 2008

Utopian/Dystopian Articles

Google Software Makes It Easier to Share:

Utopia: This article discusses how Google just upgraded their software program to make applications cheaper and more readily available for businesses.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iX5FCYMVDPPaLfHwr-9Y68EbpbHAD8UL93I03

An Impassioned Roar Against Online Excess:

Dystopia: This article discusses how the internet has become a convenient means of technology that centers around trivial matters and recycles, rather than creates, information.

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-ca-webscout3feb03,1,4780807.story?ctrack=2&cset=true

2 comments:

Ashlie Chan said...

As a side note, to access the second website, just search "negative technology" under the LA Times website.

Jessamine said...

Hmm, maybe we could talk about why people enjoying using these unoriginal technologies