Digital media, in all its forms, is already integrated into the fabric of society. The presence of Google, Facebook, etc. assures that we are by and large constantly online, and society is utilizing that. A teacher might post a link to his or her website for the students to review as homework, such as a relevant news article or YouTube video. Up-and-coming musical artists might post tracks to their MySpace to get noticed. Established artists are revolutionizing the music industry. Radiohead made news in 2007 when they offered their new album
In Rainbows as a digital download, allowing customers to pay whatever price they saw fit. Trent Reznor released the Nine Inch Nails album
The Slip as a free download on his website, saying "this one's on me." These are just a few of countless examples, but the point stands. Digital media is here to stay. As much of our society functions on the internet as it does in real life. In order to get something across in the worlds of commerce or art, one should be familiarized with the world wide web and know how to take advantage of online resources.
For this post, I experimented with Photoshop Elements to produce an accompanying image. Though not entirely content with my final product, I like the idea of creating and posting imagery to a blog. With the presence of images, multiple senses can be stimulated and make the blog post more dynamic. An image can also grab the attention of a web surfer and cause them to actually read the post. One might think "this is an interesting image - I wonder what the text here says about it."
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