Comments on: Beam Me Up, Jack Me In http://sketchsepahi.com/blog/archives/10 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:16:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Sketch Sepahi http://sketchsepahi.com/blog/archives/10/comment-page-1#comment-5 Sketch Sepahi Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:09:45 +0000 http://sketchsepahi.com/wordpress/?p=10#comment-5 Thank you for your comment and extremely kind review, A-minus. Yes, you are right. Technology in the context of marketing is also very much relevant. I hadn't thought of that. Obviously companies will encourage a particular way of thinking about their product, which might stifle our critical thinking. Thank you for your comment and extremely kind review, A-minus. Yes, you are right. Technology in the context of marketing is also very much relevant. I hadn’t thought of that. Obviously companies will encourage a particular way of thinking about their product, which might stifle our critical thinking.

]]> By: A-minus http://sketchsepahi.com/blog/archives/10/comment-page-1#comment-4 A-minus Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:50:41 +0000 http://sketchsepahi.com/wordpress/?p=10#comment-4 oops... above, meant to write (whether or not the person knows he/she has this problem yet). oops… above, meant to write (whether or not the person knows he/she has this problem yet).

]]> By: A-minus http://sketchsepahi.com/blog/archives/10/comment-page-1#comment-3 A-minus Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:45:29 +0000 http://sketchsepahi.com/wordpress/?p=10#comment-3 I believe a device is just that, a thing, but nothing remains "value neutral" in the hands of a human. It's created for a purpose, used for a purpose, perhaps abused for another, and most importantly in my mind, <em>marketed</em> to others as some sort of solution to a problem (whether or not the person. Which creates this web of associations with every single item (>get - scythe) I guess my point is, I actually worry more about the degree of effort companies now put into controlling the image of their technologies, and the effect this has on people's choices and use of tech, than I do about the technology itself. I believe a device is just that, a thing, but nothing remains “value neutral” in the hands of a human. It’s created for a purpose, used for a purpose, perhaps abused for another, and most importantly in my mind, marketed to others as some sort of solution to a problem (whether or not the person. Which creates this web of associations with every single item (>get – scythe)

I guess my point is, I actually worry more about the degree of effort companies now put into controlling the image of their technologies, and the effect this has on people’s choices and use of tech, than I do about the technology itself.

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