Reflection on Da Word- graffiti artist

Before you get going on blogging about technology and its relationship to popular/sub popular culture, I'd like you to briefly reflect on the Da Word graffiti artist by Tonouchi. What isues do you think he raises? What issues did you like or dislike about what he says? What did you think about the language he uses and what questions did this reading raise for you?

Monday, April 12, 2010

IPHONE UNDERGROUND

The technology that is introduced into society today I believe either is accompanied by or even creates it own popular and even a sub culture along with it. For example: an iphone. With all cellular phones, all items individuals try to personalize them with their own individual “touch”, whether it is a ringtone, a case and even the background of the phone. With an iphone; as apple has done in the past creates an abundance of accessories for personalization of their items, with that it creates a certain group of people, and with some seeing the iphone as an upgrade to your status. From the cost of the phone itself beginning at about $250.00Base price, to minimum of around $120.00 A month as the monthly bill. Within the iphone, it has an app store that has multiple apps that has chat applications that you can only join with owning an iphone. Creating an even more sub-culture within the iphone community. With apps such as Graffitio, and other related chat programs; it produces a sub-culture within. One that may produce its own certain jokes about the site, or even a type of lingo only to you and that community. In it you can chat about daily things like your lifestyle, your day, movies, anything. Almost creating a world, only known by you and your VIP friends who are a part of that application.

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