- Christopher started making photo-copied magazines about motocross in the 1980's, then moved on to web design in the 1990's. "The internet is not something you can halfway do." -Roy Christopher.
- Christopher is writer. He turned his motocross website, www.frontwheeldrive.com, into a self-published book. Christopher explained the reason he published the book himself was that "interview books" don't sell well.
- There was a late, but strong, response to the book which has now been out five years. He is currently working on another book and his PhD.
- Christopher does not even own a smart phone.
Ideas and Thoughts:
- There is a mixing of cultures online; hip-hop is kind of like the blueprint for the twenty-first century.
- When we feel like we've lost something, we have to go pack to analog. We have to go back to our roots.
- We are not going to come up with content that surpasses the medium itself.
- "Program or be Programmed"- The more you know about how things work, the closer you are to digital maturity.
- Christopher believes there is still a divergence between mobile and home media. He also believes there are still parts of analog that have not been captured by digital media.
- Multi-tasking causes the quality of one's work to "plummet".
- The web is constantly evolving.
A Generational Gap
- A huge problem in today's society is that the older generations do not trust the younger generations. This is a problem in most media, but is extremely prevalent when it comes to technology.
- "People are smarter than we think they are."- Roy Christopher. The older generation doesn't give the younger generation enough credit for what they do know. Instead, they worry about the younger generation not knowing enough, just because the older generation doesn't know enough. "That's just people being old."- Roy Christopher.
- "I think most adults are either baffled or jealous." Ted Newcomb
Great notes! I think we all agreed about multi-tasking, and how we can't do anything with great quality when we are multi-tasking.
ReplyDeleteLike the way you organized the outline! Keeps everything in check on where the topic of the conversation went.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I may not classify it with multitasking, I actually thought the opposite of that whole concept. I get things done faster when I have several tasks to accomplish and each of them have the same quality content. I just feel like pressure and waiting until the last minute makes me strive to do my best in the limited amount of time.
-Kelly Brickey
Kelly I think your situation sounds more like procrastinating.... When I think of multi-tasking it's more like doing your homework, texting and on Facebook... the quality of your work just won't be as good as it would be if you are more focused.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Katie-- your notes are comprehensive and well-organized, and the outline-by-topic format makes them easy to follow and learn from. Curious to know which of these ideas you will incorporate and use in your work online. A big question in my mind since the talk is how we can use this work and other projects to inspire older people to respect and trust younger people more...
ReplyDeleteKelly makes an interesting point, and psychologically we sometimes feel that being up against a deadline causes us to perform at a higher level. So, since I also agree with Chelsea, Kelly why not tell yourself the deadline is sooner than it is (kind of like setting a clock ahead) so that you get the adrenaline rush but also have time to craft/edit/fine-tune?