Wow! the first class of info-technology

i always feel excited when i do something new. As always, i got a big excitement in the first class of info-technology. the professor is dr. Joonsung Yoon. He is a nice Guy, i guess. His hair stlye got my attention and it seemed to me cool. i wanted to have the same one. just kidding.^^

In the first class, i learned about the key point - Media and Embody-. Then, what is media?
The professor said that digital media technologies connect or separate people, they become media. Yes, i agree that. Media could be everything that we can comunicate through. The second one, what is Embody? in the other expression, it means 'to include'. He used the expression that
Technologies embody social, political, cultural, economic and philosophical ideas and relationships. Here the funny thing is, do you know how artists in the middle ages used the natual colors to paint in the wall? they used white eggs as a medium. Is that interesting?
In the same way, is a car a medium?
we had lots of discusston about it, regarding connect or separate. and I answered that it could be like a death and alive. Our class is reactive and fun.

And second class this week, before the class, we had to read the aticle 'As We May Think' written by Vannevar Bush. That was the reading assignment of the first class. Ew, that was very long, over 10 pages. even there were too many words that i don't know. to be honest, the artcle was too hard for me to understand whole contents. But what the article is saying about is that Bush, MIT professor, invented differential analyzer which is designed for storing information and searching it quickly. when he had an idea of that machine, he wished that the machine could be used as one method to... He also thought the method at that time was not satisfying to keep pace with thinking speed. anyways, that was a big invention. i wonder how Bush could thought that concept at those time? He must've been a genius.^^
I like this class. It's fun and active, eventhough i have a bad english. But i am sure my english will be better when this semester ends, because I like this class.^^
thank you and see you guys.