Essay Writing On Technology
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This document discusses the author's experience writing without technology. The author realized that even a pencil is a form of technology. For the assignment, the author tried making a base out of sticks and vines but struggled. The author then had the idea to use berry juice as ink and wrote on a piece of bark, finding this to be a simpler solution. The experience highlighted how much modern technologies like computers, pens and paper have been interiorized, and how difficult writing was before these innovations.
Essay Writing On Technology
- 1. Writing with Technology Essay Writing with Technology The task was seemingly straightforward; create a piece of writing without using a single form of technology. I didn't think this would be much of a problem. I figured I could hand–write something instead of typing it or using a word processor and that would meet the requirements of the project. However, according to Dennis Baron in his essay From Pencils to Pixels the pencil is, in fact, a form of technology. Evidently, it was invented "by joiners, woodworkers specializing in making furniture, to scribe measurements for wood" (Tribble/Trubek, 42). Adding further to my obstacles, paper, being a created object, was not an option as well. This was turning out to be harder than I thought. After I pondered and...show more content... For the base of my project, I arranged rows of sticks that I would tie together with the vines. I tried to pull the vines apart to make them easier to tie with, as I had seen Tom Hanks do in the movie Cast Away, but I was unable to tear a strip that was much longer than the length of my finger. The vines, also being quite slippery from the juice inside the stems, would simply not allow me to get a very good grip on them. Foregoing the vine idea, I decided to try and pack dirt on top of the sticks to create a forced base. Although the dirt was moist, it still wouldn't pack well and kept cracking and crumbling. After laboring to press grass stems into the dirt, while picking up the pieces of mud that were accumulating at my feet, I finally got the first word imprinted with the grass and was finally ready to put the berry stems in it to make the word stand out against the black of the dirt base. When I plucked the berry from its stem, a deep red juice oozed onto my fingertips. The idea struck me like a lightening bolt! I could use the berry juice as ink and write on one of the pieces of wood I had gathered from the yard. I suddenly felt very foolish for not thinking of this much simpler project earlier. I took a piece of bark and used it as a bowl and smashed four berries onto it with the end of a stick. I then took another piece of bark and on it wrote, "from this Get more content on HelpWriting.net
- 2. Technological Innovation Essay Technological Innovation Works Cited Missing Technological innovation makes daily life more convenient and enjoyable for everyone. However, technological breakthroughs also produce social and ethical consequences. Computers are no exception to this rule. These products of modern technology can store massive amounts of information which help us perform at our best. However, they also generate new ethical dilemmas regarding who is able to access that information and how they use it. Thus, the ethical issue of privacy comes to the fore as well as problems associated with privacy like identity theft. The history of computing goes as far back as the 1600s. However, computers didn't start to look ...show more content... The right of privacy from electronic 'invasion...has become a serious ethical issue" (Hutchinson and Sawyer 438) because our privacy is put in danger every time a company enters our personal information into their computer database. These databases are used by companies ranging from banks to libraries as a way to track appointments, orders, employees, and our buying habits. In addition, "various companies also offer services that provide address, criminal records, and professional histories as well as a list of assets and bank account numbers. They can also obtain your Social Security number, last six addresses, current phone number as well as names and phone numbers of neighbors. Lexis–Nexis and West Publishing Company are some of the larger and more prestigious companies that offer such information." (Hutchinson and Sawyer 418). These companies are not using our personal information in any illegal way. However, their databases are vulnerable to being accessed by the wrong individuals which can compromise our privacy. Tom Forester and Perry Morrison found that, "Computer crime is a growing problem for companies, according to recent reports. Every new technology introduced into society creates new opportunities for crime, and information Get more content on HelpWriting.net
- 3. Essay on Writing and Technology Writing and Technology "The fact that we do not commonly feel the influence of writing on our thoughts shows that we have interiorized the technology of writing so deeply that without tremendous effort we cannot separate it from ourselves or even recognize its presence and influence (Ong, 317)." In this modern age of computers, disposable pens, and mechanical pencils, it is easy to forget that at one time writing was not so simple or convenient. Most of us have ". . . become so used to composing virtual prose at a keyboard . . . (Baron 36)," that the thought of writing anything out by hand with a pencil, or any other implement, would not even cross our minds. The experience of trying to invent my own writing implements has given...show more content... My first idea came up short, so I decided to try a different approach. Instead of using a rock as my paper, I thought I would find one I could use as a pencil. It did not take too long before I found a rock with some good edges I could use to cut and scrape with. I then proceeded to look for a piece of wood I could record some very deep and profound thoughts on ("This pen sucks. I miss my keyboard."). After a while I located a suitable branch, big enough to write on and small enough to carry around. With my primitive version of the pencil and paper in hand, I set out to work. It was very hard. Etching words into the branch was a slow and tedious process. I had not finished three letters before I started getting painful blisters on my hand. It is difficult to write in a straight line and with even spacing and letter height when you are scraping a branch with a rock. I ended up cutting my writing short after my hand started to bleed. I don't think that my rock and branch idea is going to replace the P.C. in American homes anytime soon. This assignment has definitely made me realize that like many people today, I ". . . take word processing as a given (Baron 36)." The first writers must have had a very difficult time. Crude tools are cumbersome and messy. The process is slow, tiresome, frustrating and worst of all, it can be painful. It is a testament to human perseverance that any strides in original writing Get more content on HelpWriting.net