Monday, January 24, 2011
Blog #2
Some of the key points I noted in Weinberger (chapters 1&2) are the relevance and importance of categorization, organization, and how methods related to those actions are varied. Depending on a persons interests, passions, needs, and dreams (40) their preference of categorization can vary. Some people are opposed to alphabetization, and prefer organization by topic. In my personal life I try to organize my memories. I keep year long journals where I write down my daily activities. These writing exercises help me remember what has happened in my life. I record meals, places I have gone, funny things i heard, emotions ect... They are organized by date, and each entry is usually sequential, unless I have not written in some time then I just note the things I remember. This form of organization works for me because I am the only one who looks at the entries (unless my sister happens to take a peek), the system is simple. However as time goes on and more journals are acquired, I might add markers to separate sections that I find to be most important.
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I found the idea of different organization systems based on personal preference was one of the more enticing ideas in regards to the “new digital disorder”. Everybody has a different way of connecting with information, and the ability to reorder abstract concepts and information in a way that suits the individual is very neat. I thought that Weinberger’s suggestion that different ways of organizing things tells us important things about an individual or society was interesting, and not something that I had considered before.
ReplyDeleteWow, it sounds like you are pretty dedicated to your journals. I tried that sort of thing once or twice, but my natural apathy kept interfering. It’s cool that you have all of these recorded life events, reminds me of a quote heard: “The weakest ink is stronger than the strongest memory”, so years from now you’ll be able to look back on all sorts of things you might have forgotten.
I agree, it was interesting how Weinberger was making the connection that how we synthesize and organize information can vary, suggesting that in describing how someone chooses to unpack or pack information can describe a persons priorities and/or purpose.
ReplyDeleteThat seems really interesting. That would great to go back after a period of time and read something that you did years past. Than see how maybe habits, writing, or preferences have changed in your life. That would be really cool if you maintained this for the a while longer maybe even the rest of your life.
Journals are awesome. Concepts presented by the book like purpose, passion, needs and dreams would be really interesting to research! We are all so unique, i would wonder what a general categorization of motivation would be like. My dad is also really into journaling and thinks in terms of time, and important events and successes. This may even translate into how we learn and what we take away from a lecture, for example. I may learn something completely different from you because of my motivations.
ReplyDeleteJournal-writing is one of those long-lamented lost habits of the American people. Most of what we know about life during the time of the Civil War comes not from the writings of the scholars and wits of the time but from the average Joe Literate who wrote journals because the mail service was less reliable and getting letters home wasn't that easy.
ReplyDeleteEmily I'm totally going to take a peek at your diary, (i mean memory journal) sometime....heh
ReplyDeletejust kidding, but seriously it was nice that you mentioned that people organize based on passion and dreams, because I know a lot of people find it of utmost importance to record their dreams and keep them super organized, kind of like you record your memories. You have a passion to remember everything, some people have a passion to remember their dreams. I used to write down dreams for a class but stopped, its pretty crazy you should add some dreams to your journal and compare them to real life memories.
It has been proven that writing things down, like your memories makes you remember those certain things a lot better. Having them extremely organized does wonders too. The idea of a 'memory journal' is really interesting to me and I wonder if any studies have been done using these sort of journals on Alzheimer's patients and seeing if they improve in remembering certain events or people (the journal would obviously have been written before the diagnosis).
ReplyDeleteNice post overall. You did a good job summarizing Weinberger’s key points. Next time just work on adding a few specifics about the reading itself, be it direct quotes or, perhaps just by using some of the terms he uses (first, second, and third orders of order, for example). You’ve got the gist here, you just need a few more direct nods to the reading itself.
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