Kasi's Digital Past Blog

I have to say I found the Felton reports I looked at to be pretty interesting! The sheer fact that he was able to collect so much data about his everyday life is crazy.

Although there was not one specific part of these reports that really stuck out to me, I did make an interesting connection about them. Despite the fact that they are interesting and relevant today, especially thanks to the format that they’re presented in, they would have been even more interesting in the time before social networks emerged. Ever since social networks became a prominent way for people to communicate, they have grown to be something similar to the Felton report for an everyday person. The statuses, photos, “check-in”s and other posts made to profiles tell an extremely similar story of where and how they spend their time, along with who they do so with.

~ by kasibumgarner on October 31, 2012 .