How does technology shape the way we view and present ourselves? #edcmooc assignment

Re-uploaded on 11 Feb. The iPhone displays an image instead of the app screen. I think this might provoke more thinking. I also changed the question to include how we view, not just present ourselves.

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This is my submission for week 3 of edcmooc. I tried to look at how the way we use technology shapes the way we communicate ourselves to others online.

 

The papercraft of myself is a whimsical and incomplete self representation, simplistic, limiting, boxed. But in fact, the same can be said of the tools and apps I used.

 

Also, you may see parts of the real me, my arms and hands, because I am able to choose which part of me I reveal. At the same time, the metadata, geolocation for example, that is part of this digital image can expose information I may wish to hide.

 

Then, of course, there is also the meanings, intended and unintended, suggested by the tools I chose -- what's up with all these iDevices?

 

Leave a comment if this image sparks some ideas.

 

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The same image but without text is at www.flickr.com/photos/-ed/8473343710. Feel free to make your own version.

 

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This image won the edcmooc week 3 competition. Thanks all for your favorites and comments. Follow me at www.twitter.com/emberday

 

Done