Technology as Text

We read technology. We might not know how to read HTML code or binary computer languages, but we still read technology. If we know codes, we can read them; they are a text. They are almost an informational how-to manual. When we don't know the codes that make technology behave as it does, we still are reading technology.

What does it mean when someone keeps a blog? What is he/she doing?

A blog is a web-log. This web-log can be analyzed just as easily as letters or a journal, except there are more things to take into consideration.

Reading technology is no longer just about the text. Don't get me wrong, the text matters, but it cannot reign supreme in the message. Technology takes away a private audience. It also reveals things about the users and the creators that add to the message of the text.

We read technology-- we do it every day-- we just sometimes miss a part of the message.