Tunnel Vision

"Tunnel Vision" Photo by Brian Yen

I often visit the National Geographic website for news and inspiration. I found this photo fitting for this class since we are studying technology. I personally have a love/hate relationship with the forever advancing progress being made. In regards particurlarly to my smart phone, I do appreciate the quick information it provides through various applications. For example, I never need to ask directions anymore because I can use google maps and have a pleasantly voice take me through each step to get to my destination. Yet, at the same time what about pulling over and asking for directions and having some human contact, or even getting lost and having a little adventure. Or as this girl is shown, crowded shoulder to shoulder in a train with other people but she chooses to check out and "connect" to her phone. 

The photographer, Brian Yen submitted this photo for the National Geographic Photo of the Day contest, "Our existence is no longer stuck to the physical here—we're free to run away, and run we will."

Blog vs Web Page

Blog

• Short for web blog
• Frequently updated with new posts
• Provide commenting options 
• Posts arranged from most recent on top

Web Page

• Often called web for short and also known as website
• Static pages with little to no updates

In a nutshell, a blog is personal. People often use it as a journal and the language is less formal. In addition, blog sites cater to the people by making it very user friendly. All of the coding and formatting is already figured out for the user, it's just a matter of inserting one's photos, journal, videos, etc. Whereas with a website, a code is written by it's designated web designer. In addition, there are no posts, but rather updated data which has no limitations, therefore websites usually have some standard characteristics such as:

• A homepage that connects to internal pages within the site
• Frequently asked questions
• Client testimonials and feedbacks
• Contact Info

However different a blog and web page might be from one another, they also can work together Shopping happens on websites. For example, Etsy.com is a website. It is created by an Etsy web designer. It has all the characteristics previously listed (see above) and it also has pages full of items for sale. Some of those pages might contain a link to one of the shop sellers blogs, which is their personal blog with content of their choice.