Sunday, March 16, 2008

Yuill, Crandall, Dunne -- by John, Chris and Tomer

The author of the first text describes the meaning of the word program and how the practice has originated. He explains how this practice has come to be known as "the new media".
The definition of the word is the process that will be determined.
In today's society, programs are used by people and venues everywhere.
A program is a set of codes that is designed to anticipate and provide a service.
This new media has divided society into two classes:
Ones who create such programs and the others who use it.
There is great importance on the relation between a programmer and a user.
It talks about what the word "programming" means and what are its goals to achieve as a product.
Our technology has advanced. We have brought forth the concept of the operational construct. This was largely used in the military, since the 1950's, as digital computing began to be substantially integrated into command and control tasks, and weapons guidance systems.
As techniques and ideologies of automation begin to take hold, we can say that a radically new kind of engagement complex begins to emerge.
As for the last text, it is about how art is being separated from its function.
"Design approaches are needed that focus on the interaction between the portrayed reality of alternative scenarios, which so often appear didactic or utopian, and the everyday reality in which they are encountered",


We can not hide from the world we live in.
Computers and technology are integral part of our future. Everything is programmed.
Our lives are programmed. We wake up at a certain time, we go to school, we eat at a certain
time, we go to sleep etc. All aspects of our life are programmed.
There might be some variables here and there, but such is the case for most programs as well.
Tomorrow I have class at 9 o'clock. We are obliged to attend these classes because we are programmed by society.
If we do not go to school, we are not relevant.
Is god the one who created this great program, and are we his user base? Or perhaps this program is of our own design? There is a great importance between the a programmer and a user.

In a world where everything is planned out from the start, are we the the ones programming it, creating our own reality? Or are we the ones using it? In other words, are we programmers, or are we users?

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