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Min Kim
The reading,“The Good Room” by Frank Chimero, claimed the problems we face with the web and suggested some helpful comments. He first showed the backgrounds of the NYPL and the Penn Station and supported his claim that there is a big gap between the profit and people’s need and this is exactly what is happening in the web, we are facing. I very much agreed with him in terms of commercialism being overly soaked into our lives and now people can’t anymore distinguish them sometimes. The most interesting quote I found was,“Remember: the web is a marketplace and a commonwealth, so we have both commerce and culture;” and I think this really spikes through the fundamental thesis of the problem we are facing with the web.
Alicia Kim
I thought that reading was interesting and helpful for me personally. It was interesting how the library is one of the few places that care about you(as a soul) rather than your wallet which I agree with. Throughout this reading, I’ve realized how much technology impacted my life. In the abstinence portion of the reading, I have done something similar to a“digital detox” when I was in the middle of the woods with limited technology access for 2 months. I felt much lighter and less free.
Ren Ko
Throughout the article, Frank Chimero points out different aspects as to how our commercially dominating digital world has impacted our way of thinking and functioning. While reading this, it allowed me to realize how overwhelming our digital space has become. As a place we go to very often, the online environment should in fact be designed to fit both our work and pleasure, instead of being strictly commercialized, which can give us more room to feel less stressed all the time. I enjoyed how Chimero was able to define our problems as a society but ways that us as individuals can slowly learn to better ourselves by limiting our exposure to the web, reading more books, or etc.
Anna Brown
I thought that it was interesting how the author placed an emphasis on environment and how it affects thought. I think that we can agree, since most of us are artists, we know how important the relationship is between workflow and workspace. It’s vital that we carve out a space where we can think clearly and optimize functioning. For me, it’s my desk in my room, where I have a view of downtown Manhattan, and I have a set up for my technology. I tried to refurbished my old space to utilize what I needed from it. I appreciated his need for grand space even where the online space is so overwhelming.
Elin Nakayama
I loved reading through this, especially after having the class discussion. What I loved was how as a community we won’t(and can’t, actually) fight tech magnates like google and facebook. Because whatever space we need,‘we can create’.
That being said, while I love the idea that micro-communities can serve what we don’t get(but deserve) from our day-to-day technology uses, I also find that the apps introduced with best satisfaction of usage are non-social. They’re either practical apps that help with organization, or self-retreat and healing apps. Which brings me to the point how I also prefer to socialize in-person but rarely through technology(texting, sure but not quite comparable to actually seeing someone). For me at least, technology seems like a space dedicated for self if I were to really enjoy it, and actually less about connecting. Ironic, since that’s the one of the things internet does best at.
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Reading Responses to Frank Chimero’s “The Good Room”