Monday, February 13, 2012

OFF/ON Project: Screenshots

Although the post-it visual has everything to do with the analog idea of turning off, I've also thought a lot about how screenshots have become a valid way of tracking funny things we see on the internet or snippets of conversation and communication - perhaps not valid, but a way to remember these "internet" moments nonetheless. I keep an album of them, and it is amusing, but it's also become part of the documentation of our everyday - isn't that strange? a gchat window now functions also as "that time that we..". it is also a nice way to remember stupid things, such as when google is tracking your searches and matches it to interesting ads on facebook or while you are searing for something else. below are a few of my "memories" (perhaps not the most nostalgic or sentimental ones):