Reflection # 4

The Age Of The Machines

This week we have been doing a web 2.0 assignment. Very fascinating process. It really opened up my eyes as to how far we have come with regard to technology.  Honestly, the past does not move me that much as the future only defined by the grib technology has on every corner of our lives. The assignment on creating the QR Code was interesting because I have never put much thought on those QR Codes due to the lack of enlightenment. But after this assignment, I had a blast with my little daughter creating as many QR codes as we can. I am glad that I now know what QR Codes do.  I must admit though that I am still technologically challenged and still needs a lot of help. I am, however, grateful of the other channels of communications like google docs where I can reach out to my classmates when I experience frustrations.

However, while many and myself included hail the advances of technology, it also makes me pause for a moment and think of what the full IT world will look like in the coming years. Will we recognize our world then? Will we (humanity) eventually relinquish our control to the power and domination of the machines. At this point, I don’t know whether to fully embrace it or limit my interactions with it. Looking at web 2.0, with all the other advancements in technology, it looks like web 2.0’s time is just coming to an end before millions of us ever know what web 2.0 is.

We are currently witnessing the advent of web 3.0, the augmentation technology. Every area of our high-tech conversions always includes the strange fascination of the Virtual Reality technology. We started with Web 1.0 way back in the early 90s to mid-1990s at that time where websites only spoke to the website visitors. It was a one-way communication. Then in the second half of the 90s and into the 2000 we began to see the start of Web 2.0 where visitors for the first time allowed to speak back to the website. In other words, visitors were now allowed to generate content and upload pictures and videos and further contribute their content to the websites.

Now looking at all these advancements in technology, all one could ask is, what’s next…….