Potential Speculation Project Ideas

I think that the idea of the "Speculation Project" is extremely interesting.  I never really thought that much about what the future of writing is going to turn into, but when I think back to what writing used to consist of, it amazes me what it has turned into.  I think that because I am a visual learner, and photography is one of my favorite hobbies and something I have had experience with, I would really like to incorporate that into my "Speculation Project." I think that if I can include that with my interest in movies as well...It might make for an interesting project.  I have also had experience working with programs like iMovie and I really love using that program.  I know we might not necessarily use that in this class, but I might be able to use something similar like Flash (although that might be a little too confusing for me.) Digital Photography is something that I love to work with... so Adobe Photoshop, as well as InDesign and Illustrator are programs that I might include in my project.  These are just my thoughts now on this project, but I am sure they might change...

RESPONSE TO "EPIC"

A) EPIC as content: I think that EPIC did a really good job of showing that the world of technology is starting to take over.  Now that blogging has become more and more popular and more than twice as many people are using these sites, writing on paper isn't really what our time consists of anymore.  The way that the video charts the history of the internet and how the popularity of it rises, as the popularity of newspapers for example decrease make it really interesting.  EPIC told us of the term "googlezon"which comes from Amazon and Google merging together to form the "google grid"

B) EPIC as an example of digital writing: I think that EPIC is a great example of digital writing.  I think that the way it uses things like flash animation make us aware of all the new technology programs that we are surrounded by and are becoming more and more popular.  I think the perception it gives us of looking forward couldn't have been done any other way than by using a computer and even more a computer program like flash. 

C) EPIC as an example of something that might be a response to the 'Speculation Project': I think that EPIC is a really good example of what the 'Speculation Project' is going to be like.  We are learning about all of these programs that we can use to make our writing and projects digital, so the idea of writing something on paper seems to be way in the past.  This is not to say that writing on paper cannot be done anymore, because if that is what you prefer than certainly use that technique, but it is hard to deny the fact that technology is taking over a good portion of what we work with on a day to day basis.