Blog #6

In the Jenkins piece they discussed collective intelligence and convergence which were the major concepts that stuck out to me. What I took from this is that Jenkins argues the reasons that popular sites such a Youtube are being banned from schools are because most do not think it is conducive to a learning environment. Jenkins believes social networking and other popular sites are typically banned should not and are not all that bad and can in fact help. 

Weinberger and Jenkins are similar in that they believe in the same basic principles that knowledge is everywhere and deciding that certain things exist in only certain places is not true on the modern web. We (the user) affect the way the Internet can function by collaboration. Traditional education tools are becoming dated and the Internet can act like a bridge to bring newer more effective means to teach (Prezi, Wiki, so on).

Blog #5 implicit meanings

This idea that Weinberger discusses that, "the meaning of a particular thing is enabled by the web of implicit meanings we call the world" (170) makes sense. The meaning of a particular thing is based on the implicit meanings attached to it, various items evoke certain meaning depending on the relationship someone has to it. Everyone does not respond to specific things the same, especially if that specific thing has significantly less relevance to you personally.

The third order of order discusses the concept that information is metadata that can use an idea in multiple way or contexts. This concept of order may not be useful for a particular, but instead a variety of order and definition.

The song that I chose is Dramamine by Modest Mouse. The song brings back memories of high school and the people that surrounded me during this time. I think of specific times of year that I played this song frequently, my girlfriend at the time, driving my car shortly after getting my license, the fact the band is from my high school. It is interesting how a melody can be attached to various implicit meanings, I thought this would be difficult to do but all I did was play the song and it all came back to me.