Date: October 29, 2018
Assignment: Research Essay
Duration: 20 hours
Reflection: I really messed up in terms of scheduling. Between midterms and assignments I had roughly 8 hours of sleep that week. I was fairly disappointed in how my essay turned out. I thought I could do better if I wasn’t rushed. (my fault)
Date: November 10, 2018
Assignment:
To watch: Her (Netflix)
To do: provide some thoughts on your own relationship to technology: what media feels authentic to your experience? much popular media dealing with technology focuses on thriller or horror genres; what do you think is next for tech? multimedia response! – make a meme/GIF that speaks to your relationship to technology and write a short reflection to accompany your multimedia submission
Duration: 2 1/2 hours
Reflection: Honestly kind of weirded out by the whole “falling in love with an OS” thing but it isn’t the weirdest thing I’ve seen between a human and technology. This made me more uncomfortable using my Google assistant at home. Media feels mostly fake at this point due to all the deception and people only posting the highlights of their lives.