Home Might Be Like

Home might be like static resonating in your ear. It might be annoying and give you a headache. It might constantly surround you and be the only thing absorbing your attention. Home might have once been a clear radio station that is now fading in and out. Home may be hard to hear. It might seem like it will never leave you alone and it might make you feel trapped. Home might buzz in your ear until you want to run away and ti might make you feel bothered. It could possibly feel like it's smothering you. Home might make you feel like you've had enough and it might be oddly comforting.

Home Is Not Like

A shattered mirror
Dog poop stuck to the bottom of your shoe
And ice cream cone fallen to the ground
A two-year-old throwing a tantrum
Static resonating in your ears
A monster hiding under your bed


Home is not like a monster hiding under your bed. It won't frighten you when you least expect it. It won't hang you in your dreams and it definitely won't keep you up at night. It won't scare you away from your comfortable bed or threaten your sanity. It's main goal is not to give you a heart attack or leave you in tears. Home will never make you feel like your worst fears are coming true. It won't latch on to your leg and pull you into its dark treacherous abyss. It will never claw and growl at you until you scream bloody murder. Home won't make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up and it definitely won't give you goosebumps. It won't make blood curdling noises at night and it won't make you wet the bed. Home never wants to frighten you.

60 Seconds

Home is like the smell of your clothes just as they come out of the laundry. There's a hint of freshness and it brings warmth to you.

Hypertext and the "Remediation" of Print

This group makes the claim that electronic writing is making old styles of print writing obsolete. They compared this to phones and how old phones don't work as efficiently as newer phones and they don't work as fast either. Ultimately they are saying that electronic writing is more efficient and will eventually make print writing obsolete since it is not up to speed. They also made the strong claim that today we have the "Knook" which can store the same amount of writing as hundreds of books in such a small space. Then they made the claim that our culture is now viewing print writing as "out of style" and primitive to the point where people mock it. Print is being put to death.

Hypertext and the Remediation of Print

The point of this was to argue that electronic writing is simply just more convenient for authors to use instead of written writing or forms of writing such as the typewriter. This group makes this claim by stating that electronic writing allows you to change the structure of your writing to make it look however you want whereas the typewriter forced you to write in a very linear format. Also they stated that electronic writing allows for others to add on to your thoughts and build on them. They used the example of Twitter to explain this. They said that once you place your thoughts on to Twitter anyone has the right to read what you have written and comment on it whether it be positive or negative. They also argued that remediation of print is just a pathway towards our "final destination," or in simpler terms,  media. Hypertext moves barriers.

Main Point of Chapter 2: "Human's Vs. Technology"

The argument of this Prezi was that not only is writing a form of technology but humans are too and if they can't use technology properly they could easily be replaced by it. Technology is replacing the printed book so we must change and adapt in order to use the technology properly.

Are You Afraid Of Writing?

I am not afraid of writing but maybe that's because I don't take it nearly as seriously as Jacques Derrida does. I take my writing seriously of course but never to the point where I would consider myself crazy for anything that I have written. Maybe it's because I try not to second guess my own writing, especially if it's on the spot. When I impulsively write I know that it's an act of my subconscious getting everything off my chest that I normally want to say, and I believe there is nothing wrong with being expressive. Everyone is entitled to their own thoughts and opinions and if it's something I feel the need to say I should not regret it. If I regret anything that I've written that I haven't put much thought and genuineness behind it.

Writing With Technology

Writing is and always has been powerful, but now with the technology advancements we have today it has become even more powerful. Technology links the world in a whole new way. It allows our thoughts and ideas to reach people across the globe. Take Facebook for example. How many people are you friends with on Facebook? And how many of those people do you actually speak to on a daily basis? But with the quick click of a button and a confirmed friend request you are instantly linked to that person. You can find and understand so much more about them through their status updates, wall posts, tagged photos, etc. Technology has take over the world. It's become necessary to our every day lifestyle and without it, we feel we lose touch with reality. But why is this? Why have we allowed technology to hold so much power in our lives? Are we truly controlling technology through the thoughts and ideas that we post? Or is technology controlling us?

Bolter Prezi

Group Prezi: Chapter 2