From The Start: It all began with Roy and his friends photocopying homemade magazines and out to their friends and neighbors in their community.Roy had a friend who did web designing and with Roy's "magazine making" background, it only made sense that he himself needed to get involved in web designing. Once he began this process his goal was to not become involved in the web, but eventually he learned that it was almost inevitable. He was sucked into it.
Balancing Time (Technology and Life): Roy talked about balancing his time without getting distracted, and he admitted that most often when he is on the web he feels a sense of distraction from Social Networking sites which prevent him from getting his work done.
Self Publishing his own book: Roy self-published his own book for various reasons. Roy's book compiled his website and interviews into a book. These types of books have not very marketable in the past, and Roy wanted to change that and create his own source of reputation for his book. Due to the fact that these type of books are not very marketable, it was very hard for Roy to find a publisher in the first place, but he also felt like this was a challenge to be taken on by himself.
Selling Book: Selling the book was difficult at first but in the past two years sales have been increasing because society can now relate to the items Roy talks about in his book.
Hip hop culture: Roy linked the idea of "Hip Hop Culture" as being the blueprint for the twenty-first century. He found it interesting how the two converge.
Big Picture: When discussing McLuhan's post, Roy felt as if it was difficult to analyze what he's saying or meaning by it. "The medium is the message". Roy does believe in fact that nothing will be able to surpass this medium. If you take the message the way he does then how can anything out do the medium which is our accessibility to mobile technology.
My feedback: The information obtained from Roy Christopher's presentation was unforgettable, and the fact that Mr. Ted, Dr. Preston, my classmates and I might have just made history with our experiences today with Roy Christopher. It was a very remarkable experience. Thank you for allowing me to be apart of it.
This is packed with important ideas. Might be easier to follow as an outline. How can Roy's ideas about the Internet help you and your peers as you consider what information you need/want, and what information you want to share and how?
ReplyDeletethank you for your input. When you said make a final draft i thought you wanted us to make put all of our notes together into a whole paragraph. I will make it more organized and clear. Thanks again:)
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