tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670296975576583968.post4315042632139349300..comments2023-07-05T11:18:00.799+01:00Comments on With a Song in my Heart: New media.Song in my Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13108400300327113931noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670296975576583968.post-87930063010407066502010-01-28T15:00:58.932+00:002010-01-28T15:00:58.932+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670296975576583968.post-30870082457295653282010-01-28T02:48:42.875+00:002010-01-28T02:48:42.875+00:00Well, yeah.... !
Glad to see you back.
(Isn't ...Well, yeah.... !<br />Glad to see you back.<br />(Isn't that a funny thing to say in print, given that I have never seen you. Media has changed, but our language has not. Much.)<br /><br />Blessings!it's margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13577280471100732619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670296975576583968.post-4643559021789888462010-01-25T13:49:49.039+00:002010-01-25T13:49:49.039+00:00Song,
I actually think that your “non-historian” ...Song,<br /><br />I actually think that your “non-historian” view of the development of media is pretty well one, most would relate to, depending on their age and circumstances. I for one was trained in the military as a Clerk in the 1960's before even copiers or faxes or the like, and recall having to produce letters with distributions of dozens, via the humble stencil and the silk screen, single page duplicator.<br /><br />The need to produce accurate typed documents, soon gave someone with a limited secondary education, a real life introduction to spelling, grammar etc. As one mistake required labour intensive reproduction – in those days, those signing letters, expected 100 accuracy and would not allow anything to go out with any mistakes.<br /><br />This sort of discipline, from age 17 onwards stood me in good stead later in my career, when still without formal education, I was in a position to write many reports and documents on behalf of some with University Degrees, who did not have the time or could not articulate themselves in writing in a way that was concise and to the point. Which in the Military, is one of the tenets of official documents.<br /><br />In today's internet communications, of course, you see many misspellings and evidence of text speak, which is a symptom of the ongoing development of culture and language combined with access to technology which makes information or news instant. Some have made it into the Oxford Dictionaries, where presumably they will be preserved for ever.<br /><br />So in the last 43 years, I have gone from the 'stone age' in technology terms to today, being probably only a semi-literate user of the technology which makes our lives simpler, but more complicated (and getting more daily). I must say, I enjoy using it, but sometimes wish we could slow down a little and let things 'bed in' but that is not a practical aspiration.<br /><br />I bought a new mobile in September 2009, and it was immediately obsolete, with advances in technology virtually on an hourly basis being announced. I will hold onto it, as it might be a museum piece before long!<br /><br />When I retired from the Army, in recognition of my training and all I had been qualified to do, I achieved a level 7 qualification – at Masters Degree level in Leadership and Management. Of course, having retired, it is not much real use to me? Probably, the virtual equivalent of the Gold Watch of the old days!Ernesthttp://www.i-church.orgnoreply@blogger.com