Digital Memory

“Delete” is a book that looks at the surprising phenomenon of perfect remembering in the digital age and why we must reintroduce our capacity to forget. In “Delete” author traces the important role that forgetting has played throughout human history.

The whole book is about one subject: digital memory, an offspring of the digital age. Some may say this is fantastic futuristic. It is wonderful for having a perfect memory, for not forgetting things at all. But is it a wonderful thing at all? Humiliating content on facebook for future employers to see, google remembers everything we have searched for and when.

Forgetting is an important function of our brain; it has significant effect on our body, psychologically and physically. Often crime victims lose their short-term memory, they just can’t remember what happened to them, that is just their brain copping with the traumatic events that has happened, forget temporarily to help the victims to recover and prevent further harm psychologically.

We all deserve second chance, away from our past away from our mistakes, we are human, and we all have our secrets, but these days digital memory makes it impossible to forget, Humiliating content on facebook and youtube, gossip about you on twitter, it is just too hard to move on without be able to forget.

We all deserve our privacy; deserve to be left alone, so we can lick our wound and moving on,

We all should working together to resolve this problem like author suggested; put expiration dates on information. We should improve and humanize technology to make our lives better and make us to forget.

Thoughts behind a wallpaper

Recently I found an computer wallpaper from my favorite game: call of duty, modern warfare 2.It is funny, it has been in my hard drive for a long time, I never look at it twice, but now when I look at it again, I found significant meaning behind its types, colours and other factors. I guess attend visual communication class it’s not a waste time at all, I do learn something.

First of all, background. It is a black, dark blue colour scheme; it makes the whole image very dark, intense, heavy and chilling just like war itself. These days countries all over the world are facing a common enemy; terrorism. How do you fight with this invisible enemy, which is uses of your elite forces to track down and hunt down terrorists before they can act. This needs element of surprise. So you have elite force soldiers sliding down from helicopters in the dark at night to catch bad guys become a symbol against terrorism. So the black background represents dark night, represents a new tactic.

Now let us look at the Soldier. He has his face covered with a ghost mask, by not showing the face, it takes the human element out the equation, it creates fear, and it creates aggressiveness. Unofficially there is a common rule among elite forces around the world, that is kill on site unless you need intelligence. So you have this killing machine, no mercy at all. That is the message you want to send to your enemy.

I love the types in this wallpaper. You have these radio waves warps around all types; it is looks like you are sending a message. It is represents communication. In present days we have satellite network in the sky; date links allow us to share information and so much more.A single solider can communicate and share info with everybody on the network, you can see what they see, you can hear what they hear, when I say everybody, I mean everybody, your command centre, helicopter, fighter jet, tanks, the whole war machine. Today communication has become the most important parts of the war. How to connect the whole network together, from a single solider to your satellite in the space has become a state of the art technology which all the country wants to chive.

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Over all this is very well designed piece of graphic, there are meanings behind all the elements, there are troughs behind each part of the graphic which repents the essence of graphic design. 

Digital Memory

I googled “Delete’’ recently, found it is very interesting. “Delete” is a book that looks at the surprising phenomenon of perfect remembering in the digital age and why we must reintroduce our capacity to forget. In “Delete” author Viktor Mayer Schonberger traces the important role that forgetting has played throughout human history.

The whole book is about one subject: digital memory, an offspring of the digital age. Some may say this is fantastic futuristic. It is wonderful for having a perfect memory, for not forgetting things at all. But is it a wonderful thing at all? Humiliating content on facebook for future employers to see, google remembers everything we have searched for and when.

You may argue that if you are afraid of breach your own privacy then you just have to be careful, know what you are doing, don’t upload photos with humiliating content, don’t send e-mail with personal information. But the fact is: Is it that simple?

We are living in a digital world; everybody has a camera phone these days, cctv everywhere, you may can control yourself but what about the others.

You may be a victim of a crime and somebody recorded put it on youtube, knowing there are thousands people are watching your pain and suffering, watching what you were going through everyday for their own amusement, how can you move on, how can you forget. Ok maybe that example is a little bit extreme, what about somebody uploads some photos with you in it, what if those photos are; let’s say it is not the best of you. You may argue again: then don’t do stupid things. But we are human being; we make mistake and we learn from it so we don’t make the same mistake again and to be a better human being. How often do you say to yourself; oh I shouldn’t say that, I wish I can go back time to change that, I just want to forget it and move on. Forgetting is exactly the right medicine for it, either intentional or unintentional.

 Forgetting is an important function of our brain; it has significant effect on our body, psychologically and physically. Often crime victims lose their short-term memory, they just can’t remember what happened to them, that is just their brain copping with the traumatic events that has happened, forget temporarily is a way to help the victims to recover and prevent further harm psychologically.

You may say again: this is just part of life; we just have to deal with it. But as a species we are so resilient, we never surrender to our fate, which is why we have medicine to help us fight of disease, invented machines to help us to do our job, why can’t we do the same with digital memory, why can’t we find a solution to solve the problem.

We all deserve second chance, away from our past, away from our mistakes, We all deserve our privacy; deserve to be left alone, so we can lick our wound and move on, We all should working together to resolve this problem, or the next problem, to improve technology, humanize technology, to make our life better.

Digital Age And ME

    Few days ago we got our first assignment as MSC students and also bunch questions such as"why did you choose Digital Media?","what do you know about Digital Media?",also discussion about social networking site like Facebook, twitter,blog etc.
    Now,I am going  to completely honest with you,I am not a tech minded type guy.When people use iPhone, iPad,blackberry and other fancy staff I just don't get it,600 Euro for a iPhone,forget about it,I will never spend that kind money on a "phone".It doesn't matter how wonderful it is or how much staff you can do on it,it is still a phone.
    Lots of my friends keep telling me that I should catch up with modern technology and explore the Digital Age,so I said to myself"why not?"
    First things I did was to set up my Facebook page and load up some photos.In the first few weeks it was great,exciting but after a while problems start to appear.It is just too much information to track"somebody wants to be friend,somebody's birthday is coming up,somebody meet a guy or has a boyfriend,somebody is on holiday".If I don't get on Facebook for a while,ignore all the messages, my friend will call me and say something like"Why don't you confirm my friend request,we are not friend anymore?"or" You don't care about you friend anymore,then why you haven't common on me being with a new boyfriend."Every time I have to apologize to them and telling them that I have been busy,haven't got chance to use Facebook but as soon as get chance I will fix everything straight way.
    OK,last thing I want to do is spent two hours on Facebook everyday after work just to know who is in love who is not, who is in a relationship with who.Tell you what,I don't want know,I have enough problem of own,why can we give each other a little bit privacy.
    I am a traditional type of guy,if i want to see my friends,i will set up a dinner party or go down to the locals to have few drinks, talk to each other face to face,hugs,kisses.It is so warm and human.But these days because Facebook,twitter people just seem getting lazy and distance everyday.Don't get me wrong it is good people communicate with each other via messages,photos,social network but sometimes it just lacks scene of touch and felling.If this is the future then I don't want to be part it.
    Even though I sound like a bitter cynical man,but i have to admit it whether like it or not I've already in the middle of digital age knowingly or unknowingly and have been benefit from it.
    Everyday when I get home from work instead of switch on TV I switch on my PC.Through internet I can access vase information such as TV show,music,movie, current event and much more.Even better I can video chart with my family and friends in my hometown where is thousands miles away.How good is that!Specially

I am a lazy guy,I never write to my mom or anybody.I really should  thank who ever invented internet(oops!That was covered in the class,I should know),oh,man you saved my ass.

    Cynical or not,digital age and world are round us,whether like it or hate it we still have to embrace it,get to know it,learn how to use it,if not,one day we will left behind,we will become orphans of a new age.