Ahoy, matys!
What is Cyberspace to me? Well I can tell you one thing, its nothing to bloody Microsoft’s Word Processor because it keeps telling me I’m spelling it wrong. Moving on. I would most relate my ideas of Cyberspace to Benedikt’s first conception of the term. Our so-called “Google generation” as Tony Blair coined it, to me is (in a very simple idea) a massive cell phone that has unlimited constantly changing applications from millions of users and different books. In fact think of how the cell phone has evolved and what the term ‘being on the phone’ actually means now. Texting, emailing, news updates, twittering, watching movies, listening to music, heaven forbid we actually make phone calls. GPS, Flight tracking, fitness programs, our phones are not just phones, they have transformed into multifunctional communication devices morphing our hands into a tiny screen, modem and a keyboard. We have the chance to talk to millions of people all over the world creating a “universal community” or a “global village” as Mcluhan would say.
Even though cyberspace is classed a non-physical terrain the fact that people can choose their own experience in the cyber world is the beauty of it. You can be who you want to be, you can be perceived in the light you choose and we see this more with the evolution of avatars and role-playing games. Avatars and social networking themselves is a product of the multicultural explosion happening with in our Cybercultue.
In essence the “phone” or “pocket computer” as I’m going to start calling it is a perfect example of Cyberspace and is a true testament to the power of Cyberculture avalanching from a simple desktop computer in to our every day lives.
“Sights, sounds, presences never seen on the surface of the earth blossoming in a vast electronic night”
Its Friday people. We made it
Sincerely,
Capt. Jimmy Dangle
+1 to Capt. Jimmy!
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