What I found interestingĀ in the article written by Ferris Jabr was when is spoke about how e- readers, tablets and even laptops tend to still make reading on these platforms so similar to reading a physical book weather it be adding an animation to make it seem as you are flippingĀ a page or adding an audio file that mimics the sound of a page rustling as you flip it. Ā This made me wonder on why is it so that companies decide to do that? My opinion is that right now we are on aĀ bridge of a dramatic change that technology is making in our everyday lives and to make thisĀ this bridge strong so we can successfully cross it into newer technology and in order to make this a smooth transition, traditional methods areĀ embedded into new technology in order to accomplish that. This way tech companies can show the future technology of reading without making the consumer feel uncomfortable with the change.Ā Also I found it ironic that as I read this article on my laptop, how I was wishing it was on paper to be able to highlight interesting information.
The article written by Jill Lepore called”The Cobweb” was a bit disturbing but very interesting due to the article explaining how Brewster Kahle wants to archive every website from its present stage to its previous stages, along with books, movies, songs and pretty much anything else he can digitize to make a his digital version of the Alexandria Library. Although that’s a bit disturbing. I agree with the article can also being very beneficial to court cases using broken links as evidence. It can also helpĀ further evolve the web in changing the way we can direct people to websites that are no longer being hosted.Ā Front end developers can use these link which were referred to as a”permalink” to show off theĀ work they made for previous clients even if the clients have taken down the website that the developer created and help their own websites run smoother without stutters. They where both interesting articles and Brewster Kahle is a mad genius!
