JonnySniper Philip Lynch
Jaikus from JonnySniper
Monday, 12 November 2007
Saturday, 3 November 2007
Wednesday, 24 October 2007
Tuesday, 16 October 2007
Thursday, 27 September 2007
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I find the invention of the mouse to be his most important invention because it has been in use ever since he created it and also because it gives us more ease when using our computers by allowing us to click on any part of the screen with speed and ease.
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Many of the technologies available to us today were predicted by Vannevar Bush in his "As We May Think" article such as digital photography,search engines and hypertext.Vannevars predictions,as vague as they were,paved the way for others to take a different angle on "technologies" of the time and to come up with new ideas on how to make them more advanced.
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The most interesting thing I heard at that lecture was again Alan Kay's quote on shaping the future,which is exactly what he and the great minds of the previous century did for us.Without their input into the evolution of technology we wouldn't have any of the amazing gadgets we use everyday.
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