I've been thinking about something a lot lately, and that is the power of the notification. More specifially, the Facebook notification; that little red box signifying you're popular. I'm pretty sure all Facebook users love getting notifications and you'd be lying if you say you don't. It means that someone (anyone!) found something of yours to be worth commenting on. Their comments will attract other people because more popular things come up in newsfeeds, and therefore, you'll gain importance...and so on.
That very process has crossed my mind before this post, and I highly doubt (see also: hope) I'm not alone...
I'm fairly certain Postman would find that thought to be 100% pathetic. I don't theoretically blame him; it is. The fact that we (I) base our (my) importance off of Facebook notifications is kind of bone-chillingly lame.
BRB--Gonna go watch that movie from Idiocracy, ASS, now. Or jump off a cliff...
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Mp3s make music "easier".
So yesterday, I had a meeting with my executive board at our college radio station, The Edge.
During the meeting, we got onto the topic of how we have obtained x amount of CDs over the years, and we have y amount of storeage (which isn't much).
Someone said this: "I like having a collection of the mp3s in the digital database rather than CDs because it's really just easier."
Easier? Whaaaat?
What he meant to say is that it's lazier. Not easier. All the MP3 is doing is making a CD less tangible, like everything else in the media. The MP3 player has deleted the need for CDs just as the Kindle is deleting the need to purchase actual books.
The fact that my friend prefers to "drag & drop" songs rather than take ten extra seconds to futz with a CD case and place the CD into the player...is this really something that needs time shaved off of it?
During the meeting, we got onto the topic of how we have obtained x amount of CDs over the years, and we have y amount of storeage (which isn't much).
Someone said this: "I like having a collection of the mp3s in the digital database rather than CDs because it's really just easier."
Easier? Whaaaat?
What he meant to say is that it's lazier. Not easier. All the MP3 is doing is making a CD less tangible, like everything else in the media. The MP3 player has deleted the need for CDs just as the Kindle is deleting the need to purchase actual books.
The fact that my friend prefers to "drag & drop" songs rather than take ten extra seconds to futz with a CD case and place the CD into the player...is this really something that needs time shaved off of it?
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