What was interesting about the article was how he dicussed the “general dynamics” of spacial forms. It helped me realize that it has always been here on earth for many years. It can be seen just about everywhere usually in multimedia form. I can connect to this article alot because it envovles things that “everyday” people tend to see. Multimedia and subjects related to the topic stands out the most in today’s society. Things like this are typically the norm in society so the advances that a person makes through technology only continues to grow alot better.

This article also helped me realize how people interact with physical space such as the usage of cellphones and the popular usage of computers. Without technology this far advanced, things would be alot different. Cars wouldn’t have LCD screens to show them how to get from point A to point B. People would be forced to “not” use atm machines and find an alternative to deposit and withdraw money. It almost seemed to me that at one point in the article the author, Lev Manovich, was comparing physical space to what many of today’s computer do. I thought it was interesting on how he explained physical space is related to data space. I concured that these to connected in a very invovled way.

For example, Manovich states “data space: extracting data from it (surveillance) or augmenting it with data (cell space computer displays)” The article helped me gain the importance of how data can be used in physical space, which in a way helps technology advance. Just by me being alive today allows me to witness first hand how rapidly technology changes.

~Claude Dockery~