1. What I thought before
1.1. Technology is
1.1.1. (OpenCips, 2014) Camera
1.1.2. (Minduka, 2009) Computers
1.1.3. (Nemo, 2014) Cell Phones
1.1.4. (Vickyanddiana, 2015) Tablet
2. References
3. Anonymous. (2000, April 13). What is 'technology'? Far Eastern Review, p. 15. Dyer, J. (2009, December 27). Defining the Word “Technology” … Four Times. Retrieved from Don't Eat The Fruit: http://donteatthefruit.com/2009/12/defining-the-word-%E2%80%9Ctechnology%E2%80%9D-%E2%80%A6-four-times/ Friedel, R. (2002). Food For Thought. Technology and Culture, 842-845. Greenlish, D. (2013, April 2). An Interview with Computing Pioneer Alan Kay. Retrieved from Time Magazine: http://techland.time.com/2013/04/02/an-interview-with-computing-pioneer-alan-kay/ Kumar, V., Kumar , U., & Persuad, A. (1999, April). Building Technology Capability Through Importing Technology: The Case of Indonesian Manufacturing Industry. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 81-86. Li-Hua, R. (2007). What is Technology? Journal of Technology Management in China, 2(3). Minduka. (2009, October 02). A gray laptop. Retrieved from openclipart: https://openclipart.org/detail/27651/a-gray-laptop Nemo. (2014, June). Pixabay. Retrieved from Pixabay: http://pixabay.com/p-297755/?no_redirect OpenClips. (2014). Pixabay. Retrieved from Pixabay: http://pixabay.com/p-158262/?no_redirect Sacasas, M. (2014, February 14). hard to understand this pervasive thing that we call technology. Retrieved from The Frailest Thing: http://thefrailestthing.com/2014/02/14/what-are-we-talking-about-when-we-talk-about-technology/ TED Talks. (2010, February 22). Kevin Kelly tells technology's epic story. Retrieved from YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS1xL1qcBa4 Vickyanddiana. (2015, March 9). MANEJANDO LA NUEVA TABLET. Retrieved from Wikimedia Commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MANEJANDO_LA_NUEVA_TABLET.png
4. What I think now
4.1. This includes but is not limited to
4.1.1. Kevin Kelly’s (2010), TED talk: “Technology is anything useful invented by a mind.”
4.2. "Hard to understand this pervasive thing that we call technology." (Sacasas, 2014)
4.2.1. New Definition (What I learned from course material)
4.2.1.1. Technology itself is subjective and difficult to agree on a concrete definition together (Friedel, 2002, p. 845)
4.2.1.2. John Dyer (2009) states, ‘… “technology” is not just the phones in our pockets and the laptops in our bags
4.2.1.3. “an activity that involves the making of things” (Anonymous, 2000)
4.2.1.4. "Technology represents the combination of human understanding of natural laws and phenomena accumulated since ancient times to make things that fulfil our needs and desires or that perform certain functions (Karatsu, 1990). In other words, technology has to create things that benefit human beings." (Li-Hua, 2007)
4.2.1.5. Technology is
4.2.1.5.1. Things
4.2.1.5.2. Processes
4.2.1.5.3. Creations
4.2.1.5.4. Harnessed
4.3. What has changed
4.3.1. Not just
4.3.1.1. Also a process
4.3.1.2. More than Kays says things that were invented after I was born (Greenlish, 2013)
4.4. Conclusion
4.4.1. Technology is hard to define simply because the way individuals give meaning to technology varies considerably. We cannot just look at technology as a 'thing' because it is has intense power over people and changes lives on a daily basis. Technology is an experience which, once we come into contact with it (which we all do), can mean very opposite things.
4.4.1.1. "Technology includes more than machines, processes and inventions." (Li-Hua, 2007)