Difference between revisions of "Sociality and Digital Lifestyles"
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Today the digital life style has left many of the analog media collecting dust. We replaced paper and books with word docs of google docs, pictures with the digital photos and online photo organizers (www.picasa.com), CD music with itunes and online music libraries (www.grooveshark.com), videos with youtube or www.megaupload.com, storage and organization moved also online with the help of cloud computing (www.dropbox.com) . As a matter of fact the is an entire eco movement fighting for using digital reading devices and resume as much as possible the use of paper. | Today the digital life style has left many of the analog media collecting dust. We replaced paper and books with word docs of google docs, pictures with the digital photos and online photo organizers (www.picasa.com), CD music with itunes and online music libraries (www.grooveshark.com), videos with youtube or www.megaupload.com, storage and organization moved also online with the help of cloud computing (www.dropbox.com) . As a matter of fact the is an entire eco movement fighting for using digital reading devices and resume as much as possible the use of paper. | ||
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The revolution got so far that there are at this point (2010) plenty examples of products which start out online-only, and somehow find afterwards their way into the offline world. One of them is a contest held by EA and H&M: Sims 2 H&M Fashion Runway Contest. Sims 2 player could participate by designing an H&M-inspired outfit using the game's design tool and uploading it to TheSims2.com Exchange. The winning outfit has been made available for purchase in nearly 1,000 H&M retail locations in the US, the UK, Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Hong Kong and China for USD 14.90. <br> | The revolution got so far that there are at this point (2010) plenty examples of products which start out online-only, and somehow find afterwards their way into the offline world. One of them is a contest held by EA and H&M: Sims 2 H&M Fashion Runway Contest. Sims 2 player could participate by designing an H&M-inspired outfit using the game's design tool and uploading it to TheSims2.com Exchange. The winning outfit has been made available for purchase in nearly 1,000 H&M retail locations in the US, the UK, Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Hong Kong and China for USD 14.90. <br> <br> | ||
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