Why understanding its anthropological origins may help you leverage its future state in your own work.
I’m linked in to tweet on my Facebook, or is it the other way around? If you are reading this posting no doubt you are familiar with all these words that did not exist a few years ago. But why should I care? I don’t have time to chase after each and every new thing the wind blows in. Or, as my friends like to remind me, I don’t have time to ignore these new media of social networking.
If you’re like me, trying to re-thrust yourself into the middle of this new high-tech paradigm after being “away” for a while can be overwhelming at first. What happened to the “good ‘ole” website that was the new darling of the information technology not too long ago? What about blogs? I hear they’re going away as well. Hmm… is there anything with staying power in this post-internet spawned apocalyptic world we live in? Are all these media really necessary? If I could be compared to a dinosaur when I was actually at the forefront of the internet technology boom, using web-based emails when they first became available, then what would you call my predecessors who didn’t get their hands on a PC until they’re working professionals? How about Amoebas?
