Creativity

We have always been creative. But with the evolution of new media, our creativity has been able to expand to whole new levels. New media has impacted our lives greatly. It has improved and changed the way we communicate and view media. New media has made it easier for people to express their ideas. The Internet lets people exchange ideas easily and rapidly with large groups, and computing tools let people design new products cheaply. For example, instead of making a drawing by hand we can make them on the computer using Photoshop and share it instantly to a larger audience. Viewers of creative works can post their comments and opinions using social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. The artist of the creative work can see these comments in real time and take into account what to change in the future.  According to the article "Twitter Serves Up Ideas From Its Followers", businesses can also see what users of their products and services think about them. In fact, consumers often come up with ideas for products, and companies wait to see if they have a mass appeal.

Technology has made it possible for anyone to produce any type of art/thought and distribute it to the whole world. But the problem is that there are a bunch of users interacting and it's hard to predict what they're going to do. Why are people using this and how could we make that better?

References:

•  Miller, Claire. "Twitter Serves Up Ideas From Its Followers." The New York Times. The New York Times, 25 Oct. 2009. Web. 30 Mar. 2015.