tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578174289878588424.post5741687760509053320..comments2020-10-07T04:56:52.659-05:00Comments on Living Life By the Numbers: LIS 768: New Conversations (My Choice of Topic Post)Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00822661441191589705noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578174289878588424.post-23042603862916868062008-10-04T00:55:00.000-05:002008-10-04T00:55:00.000-05:00rebecca- I know what you mean about the richness o...rebecca-<BR/><BR/> I know what you mean about the richness of information today...sometimes I feel overwhelmed by all that I will never get the time to explore! <BR/><BR/> I can really focus on a couple of things at a time, but when necessary (often) I find that it's easier to 'download' my brain and write whatever flittering through down on paper. Whether I get back to it all is another matter altogether...<BR/><BR/>And your kid is right-there are answers out there for everything. I always told my kid,"I'm a Mom. I know everything." Now that she's older, I have to go with, "I'm a librarian. I know where to find almost everything." :)Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822661441191589705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578174289878588424.post-56470998313474090932008-10-04T00:50:00.000-05:002008-10-04T00:50:00.000-05:00Michael, I do think conversations are extended and...Michael, <BR/><BR/>I <I>do</I> think conversations are extended and enhanced by the nifty tools we have available to us now...for instance, we are having a 'conversation' of sorts right now that wouldn't have been possible too many years ago. (Mainly because I never thought I'd be blogging, lol) <BR/><BR/> I just like how we aren't bound by a specific space and time anymore (so to speak) when wanting to <I>have</I> conversations. For instance, right now, I'm at home at my desk, and I have no clue as to where you are...yet we can exchange ideas and all that. We don't need to be connected by a telephone wire or face to face for that to happen anymore. <BR/><BR/>As for enhanced quality...well, I'm not sure that her conversations are any better than mine were-shorter, definitely!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822661441191589705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578174289878588424.post-21879041721722694872008-10-02T05:48:00.000-05:002008-10-02T05:48:00.000-05:00Could we say the conversations are very much the s...Could we say the conversations are very much the same but now they are extended and enhanced by the tools?<BR/><BR/>Good post and good comment illustrating how we are using information differently.Michael Stephenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210286711913494643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578174289878588424.post-5648034553098976042008-10-01T14:24:00.000-05:002008-10-01T14:24:00.000-05:00I am fascinated by the way young people and techno...I am fascinated by the way young people and technology are so enmeshed. I also grew up in an age of phones with cords, as well as no DVD's or VCR's and remember feeling the constraints of time and space--waiting for phone calls, worrying if somebody was trying to reach me and my mom or dad were using the phone, wishing I could see the Wizard of Oz at some time rather than Thanksgiving. I watch my niece and nephew, both in their twenties, and they are constantly connected to their friends. They text, IM or call somebody every few minutes. I have noticed that even though I think it is rude when they are talking to me and texting somebody else that they do seem to be able to keep both conversations straight. They answer my questions or can tell me what is going on in the movie we are watching. They do seem to be wired differently than I, who can only focus on one, at best, two things at a time. They also have a much wider community of friends and acquaintances than I ever did. The niece and nephew I mentioned live in Colorado and Florida, but they have mutual friends via their various social networks. <BR/><BR/>My own kids are 6 and 3, a little young to be texting and IM'ing, but I have noticed already a different relationship to information than I ever had. My 6 year old gets her questions answered immediately and oftentimes, in a variety of different ways. She expects that there are answers out there for everything, you just have to go to the computer to find them. As her dad and I look up cheetahs on YouTube, how deep the deepest part of the ocean is on Google, or other movies her favorite actors are in on IMDB, I am shown how much richer the world of information seems for kids today.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847323360538015256noreply@blogger.com