Comments on: Did You Know? http://mariopiperni.com/stuff/did-you-know.php Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:04:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://mariopiperni.com/stuff/did-you-know.php/comment-page-1#comment-11542 Anonymous Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:22:24 +0000 http://mariopiperni.com/?p=8587#comment-11542 @Frances: Wow, I thought I was a busy person, but, you make me look lazy. :::stretch:::: (anomaly) @Frances: Wow, I thought I was a busy person, but, you make me look lazy. :::stretch:::: (anomaly)

]]> By: Frances http://mariopiperni.com/stuff/did-you-know.php/comment-page-1#comment-11485 Frances Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:20:15 +0000 http://mariopiperni.com/?p=8587#comment-11485 There is also the phenomena of "web debris" - I probably have 20 online accounts for various things like discussion forums, half of which I don't use anymore. I noticed an ad somewhere asking what happens to your social network when you die. There's a grim thought. From time to time, you see messages from family or friends announcing someone's death. I build my own computers, so I'm very aware of how quickly things progress. My profession is computer-generated imagery and that's a white-knuckle ride too. I guess a question to ask is, are we defining the computer age, or is it defining us? Or, how is the computer age allowing us to expand our possibilities? Even 10 years ago, before widespread broadband, I could not have worked from a home office. The internet is essential to my business and the computer literally defines my work. There is also the phenomena of “web debris” – I probably have 20 online accounts for various things like discussion forums, half of which I don’t use anymore. I noticed an ad somewhere asking what happens to your social network when you die. There’s a grim thought. From time to time, you see messages from family or friends announcing someone’s death.

I build my own computers, so I’m very aware of how quickly things progress. My profession is computer-generated imagery and that’s a white-knuckle ride too.

I guess a question to ask is, are we defining the computer age, or is it defining us? Or, how is the computer age allowing us to expand our possibilities? Even 10 years ago, before widespread broadband, I could not have worked from a home office. The internet is essential to my business and the computer literally defines my work.

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