Zach's Blog for Digital Media Class

  This weekend we read some of  " Multimedia: From Wagner to Virtual Reality”. So far I am finding it incredibly fascinating to learn the history of the very technology that we use today. It is very crazy to think about how quickly we have advanced through technology and media in a relatively short time. Even the title itself "From Wagner to Virtual Reality" speaks to the expansion and innovation of technology.  Wagner was truly ahead of his time. The way he used machinery to enhance theater performances paved the way for artists ahead of his time, including today. All in all my initial thoughts of our reading this weekend were just how much we have evolved as humans, and how how ahead of their time people such as Richard Wagner were. 

 I just finished reading the article titled As We May Think by Vannevar Bush. The article itself was groundbreaking as it predicted a lot of modern technology that we have today. What impressed me the most about this article were some of the concepts that Vannevar Bush was coming up with in 1945. One example of this was what he called the "memex" which was sort of a memory device that helped retain and store knowledge/information. This not only reminds me of the internet, but also the brain chips that Elon Musk has openly confirmed are being made/tested. All in all the article was fascinating and really showed how spot on Vannevar Bush was in predicting future technology. 

 My name is Zach Smith. I am a junior with a major in communications. I don't have a ton of experience in digital media but I've done some graphic design and video editing work. I am taking this class for credit.