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Great piece John – I liked the use of humour to get your message across. There were two comments there that really jumped out at me – “Mediator of your world” and “I will be always watching you”. These both suggested that the Internet has a power that we as consumers may not really have thought about before – the power to contol us; by editing our content and through surveying our every move. A scary vision – no wonder Hulaman ran screaming!
I really liked this as well. A very good contrast between Hulaman and the machine which renders him immobile while he has to watch all these promises of a “better” life. Like Sarah I found this quite scary! You feel really pleased for Hulaman that he seems to reject this.
thanks guys- it is scary- but only scary at first. It would have been a gradual introduction for us digital immigrants (as much as I hate the phrase!)- ease into it over the years with email, surfing the web with a browser, usenet groups, shopping, spam, file-sharing, dot.com boom, security scares, Y2K, google, youtube, social networking, facebook etc. Poor Hula Man encountered this all in one go!
#1 by Damien DeBarra on October 18th, 2009
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Great stuff John!
#2 by Sarah Payne on October 18th, 2009
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Great piece John – I liked the use of humour to get your message across. There were two comments there that really jumped out at me – “Mediator of your world” and “I will be always watching you”. These both suggested that the Internet has a power that we as consumers may not really have thought about before – the power to contol us; by editing our content and through surveying our every move. A scary vision – no wonder Hulaman ran screaming!
#3 by sibyller on October 18th, 2009
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I really liked this as well. A very good contrast between Hulaman and the machine which renders him immobile while he has to watch all these promises of a “better” life. Like Sarah I found this quite scary! You feel really pleased for Hulaman that he seems to reject this.
#4 by silvanad on October 18th, 2009
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I really enjoyed this piece, John. Thanks for combining humour with all the key points about digital media. You’re a genius!
#5 by johns on October 21st, 2009
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thanks guys- it is scary- but only scary at first. It would have been a gradual introduction for us digital immigrants (as much as I hate the phrase!)- ease into it over the years with email, surfing the web with a browser, usenet groups, shopping, spam, file-sharing, dot.com boom, security scares, Y2K, google, youtube, social networking, facebook etc. Poor Hula Man encountered this all in one go!