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8 iunie 2010

Bad Time Management

It all happened this morning…The door bell rings twice, hysterically. I wake-up annoyed and I look at my watch - it’s 6.30 a.m. I open the door and, instead of a real and, let me say, endangered person, I find a sealed envelope with a funny message: This is the first day of the rest of your life. I open the envelope in haste, even if my mind is crowded with thousands of somber possibilities…

Inside, there’s a DVD with a dark red cover. I put it into my computer, even more intrigued than you can imagine. Surprisingly, my laptop is safe; it seems that my antivirus has detected nothing but a 9 minutes .avi film. I play it and watch the images in a complete state of shock. It contains the most significant moments I have lived during the last month. 9 minutes out of one whole month! Only 9... should I be happy or gloomy?

Am I captive in an episode of the most subtle Big Brother ever made? The cameras were everywhere, even in my bathroom! Who should I sue?

The last frame cast some dim light over the whole occurrence. It said: Go out and buy Time Management. The best book of your life. It will help you find a brand new you.

Is this marketing…? Wouldn’t this be amazing? I’ll sue the bastards, this world is not all about publicity!

2 mai 2009

Informatie versus cunoastere

Am gasit un text interesant intr-o revista DILEMATECA, veche si necitita, dar descoperita acum, din fericire, la ceas de curatenie de primavara. Constantin Vica vorbeste despre cum ne schimba internetul felul in care citim/ cunoastem.

"Disparitia lecturii liniare va modifica radical mintea umana? O lectura exclusiv fragmentata, o lectura in care nu exista un inceput si un sfarsit, o lectura de hiperlink si cu o continua realocare de resurse cognitive, salturi peste salturi, tag-uirea si label-izarea informatiei ca singura modalitate de memorare. De fapt modalitate de stocare, un proces mult diferit fata de memorare. O lectura non-liniara iti solicita o memoria pe termen scurt, dar nu poate duce la invatare si implicit la cunoastere..."

Sigur ca nu-i o noutate, dar e o tema foarte exact articulata in acest articol ("Dilemateca", anul III, nr 27, august 2008). Asta crede o iubitoare de carti & biblioteci, de agende snoabe care imita hartia ingalbenita de vreme :)) si in acelasi timp o dependenta de internet.