Week 15 Journal

Technology plays an active role in multiple ways when it comes to everyday writing. For starters, technology has been the forefront of publicity. Ever since the internet was created, not only did writers and composers receive several supplemental resources to use at their disposal, but their unique works had the potential to be widely publicized. This could be done simply by creating a blog, or sharing the work via social media applications such as Facebook. Sure, publication could be possible without technology, but it is technology that makes the process of publication more accessible to both professional writers and casual writers. Technology also serves as both an extension and a heuristic. According to Clay Shirky, people generally use an object not just to simply use it, but to use it in order to conduct another task. The fact that people use emails in order to communicate to friends and relatives indicates that there are other ways to communicate from a distance than by hand-written letters. Because of this, technology can be seen as an extension to the process of communication. It is conducted in the same manner but in a different format, and produces the same outcome. Technology serves as a heuristic for communication because it extraordinarily efficient when it comes to time. Emails are sent and received almost instantaneously. There is almost always no time spent in between sending an email and receiving an email, whereas in physical hand-written letters, writers must usually wait a few days in order to successfully communicate with each other, depending on the amount of distance in between them. Overall, technology has become a big part of everyday writing over the years since its dawning. whether you post on a blog or send an email, just remember; it is technology that initiates the uniqueness and efficiency of your written work.