The answers my friends- are blowin’in the wind….

This week’s readings really made me think about an article i had read once about how this centruy will leave behind fewer artifacts than those who came thousands of years before us- mainly becuase most of what we create is digital.  While i couldn’t find that article, I found another one which i thought was interesting…

 http://www.wilhelm-research.com/usa_today/USAToday_Article_2004_07_27.pdf

I am currently grappling with an experience like those mentioned in the article in my vain attempt to preserve all of my files from college and my first masters.  A quest that has resulted in my calling local libraries to see if they still have computers with 3.5 disc drives- who knew the disk would go out of fashion so quickly?  The probelm becomes even more stressful when one thinks about having to back up a hard drive with your relative’s entire lives recorded on it- how do you keep pace with the constantly evolving technology while trying to carry the weight of your entire famiy’s legacy on your back from one new PC to the next… Certainly an issue that will have to be considered as this technology develops further.