digital ga ga
| September 25, 2007 | Posted by caroline under arts and literature, technology, Uncategorized |
i have been mulling over the digital age a lot these past months. ok, all my life.
i am host to many complaints regarding quality and deterioration of otherwise respectable arts.
have your photos pretty much cheapened since you bought a digital camera? from viewing the picture immediately rather than anticipating the outcome? from taking a lot of bullshit shots, or just so many pictures that the ones that could’ve been special..just blend in with two million other pictures that are thereby meaningless? i once worked with a photographer who swore against digital cameras..the precision and focus invested in a film camera is…not just far more rewarding, it seems, but also conducive to perfection and exactness..
for filmmakers, wow i wonder what’s going to happen as HD continues to make waves..
what about writing…?
so easy to post a blog. a private journal entry. a treasured private journal that was once pages of flow, is now scattered into consolidated online one liners, mindless blabber because you can type so bloody fast, so fast that you don’t need to stop to think because at least you’re saying everything that you have in your head, often placed in sentences that are run on and lose their essence along the way because hey, oops i forgot what i was talking about and if i take a few steps backwards i might find myself somewhere else.
the subject changes…cut and paste…
gone are the pages of curvy script that would otherwise relay your every mood, from the slant to the breaking point..the running ink when your pen mixes with tears..those aren’t captured between the lines..hell, what are lines when we type on a blank space that automatically decides what LINES are for me?
space (Enter)
space (enter)
sigh–no more diaries with that the little lock and key, your brother sneaking away with it..will my kids ever fight over where my son hid his sister’s diary? snicker snicker..i still have documented PAPER proof of when my big bro did that.
not to mention zines and these so-called online mags and papers. really. i am sorry, i think there is a lot of great stuff out there, but there is way more shit in what i consider disguised internet pollution..even this journal could be considered such, if y’all weren’t on my list by choice:P if you can’t deal with it, delete me.
i am regularly annoyed by this daily site that mails me. i signed up for it cause it actually does share some neat stuff. but every single item is tinged with an ad…i know magazines do this too, with pictures….direct advertising..but actual event and topic coverage aren’t necessarily funded by the subject..i guess the internet just isn’t undercover with its online ad campaigns, as are news corporations with questionable backroom antics…
it further worries me that even searching for goodiesl can be manipulated through advertising. the most tepid nonsense will pop up if you google certain words, and the good stuff is all buried in the tenth page.
many sites have keywords PLACED in them, in a useless or weakly formatted fashion…just to grab clicks. this makes me SICK.
really.
and i have way more complaints i might just add to them in the comments section with each day.
i work online btw. lol. so i have the right to whine.
i would like y’all to go over my entries and pinpoint the spelling and grammatical errors.
it’s not that i don’t care, it’s just that this is acceptable. as is everything else digital. AH i hope i don’t come off too much as holier-than-thou jerk, i just get constantly bombarded by lackluster internet product. pick up your game, people! my blog (under construction still:=( ) is where i will set a positive example with proper and CIVILIZED writing aha..(**”and i could be a genius if i just put my mind to it” **pulp)
the one thing for which i will commend the digital age…is how it –attempts– to make things much more accessible to everyone, from a range of classes.
my next topic is internet exhibitionism…how to manipulate it, sell oneself, and buy the right shit..15mins of online fame..i could talk about this for days..
