Sunday, July 22, 2012
Personal Dynamic Media
This article really jumped out to me at the beginning. I like how it told about Kay and Goldberg's story of the Dynabook. I just find it crazy to think that somebody could hit dead on the head with this idea that came almost 30 years later. These genius' were obviously way ahead of their time! The fact that Kay and Goldberg kind of predicted that the computer would even be used by children someday is fascinating also. Most would've thought then that the idea of this "Dynabook" would definitely be too much for children to be using. Now days everybody uses computers. Computers have almost become as common as television, the only thing being they can be very expensive. I also liked how Kay and Goldberg sort of mapped out a lot of other technologies like the Medical records. It talked about how hospitals could keep records on a computer that a doctor could easily access. This is cool because in every business now all records are held on a computer. Unless your an anti- technology type person and like to do things the old fashioned way then you are using some sort of computer technology. This article in all was a very interesting article that taught me a lot. It makes me think, never think the impossible is impossible.
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Hey Beef31,
ReplyDeleteI was very impressed by the concepts behind the Dynabook too. So many of Kay and Goldberg's ideas have further developed into the complex applications and programs we see everywhere today. It was very interesting to see this late 1970's technology with simple drawing and animation programs, and the kind of work that children would make with them. I liked that Kay and Goldberg used children as part of their study group, that they would not just focus on the audience of engineers or businesspeople. We see that concept today in the idea of designing things to be intuitive and user-friendly. And today, it's not uncommon to see a little 4 year old playing with on an iPad, so kids are definitely getting into technology quite young.