![]() ![]() It goes without saying that users of technologies must become more cognizant of economies of digital interface. ![]() It is a matter of perspective-a difference between tool and tool in use. Yet there may be downsides to the tacit assumption that technology designers should be given all the credit for the creation of technologies. One benefit is that technology users often enjoy smarter, more efficient technologies. More specifically, as Bruce Sterling and Scott Klinker have argued ‘end users’ add value to technologies because they co-compose patterns (think massive data-sets) that tell designers how people use technology as well as what motivates those uses (e.g. One such arrangement is the way in which people who use technologies-those who add value to these tools-often fail to be recognized for what they contribute. Yet how often do people stop and reflect about these practices? How successful have attempts within the field of rhetoric/composition been at raising technology users’ awareness of the types of tacit arrangements upon which these types of technologies are founded? Never before in human history have we been so networked. ![]() They also take breaks to use social networking sites to connect and catch up with friends and acquaintances. Increasingly, those with access to electronic tools use them to perform mundane tasks in both public and private spheres: searching for information, clicking within databases on websites, inputting numbers and words into networked computing devices. Amidon, Graduate Assistant, University of Rhode Island ![]()
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