The Comeback of Taboo !

This week a ‘remarkable’ outcome of a question survey was great news in The Netherlands. On all popular magazines, television and radio it was stunning news with a universal statement: “youth are watching porn, massively!”. Because in the results of the survey 83% of the participants in the age of 12 to 24 said they had watched porn previously, of which the absolute majority for FREE, through the internet…

At the same time there is a lot of commotion about a movie called ‘Deep Throat’, a porn movie from the eighties, which should be broadcasted today by state television. Two third of the participants from the same survey said they will not have a problem with that, and a small amount of that said they are going to watch it as well ('oh No! Save our children!?').

It seems a lot of commotion about nothing, but is this nothing? Today a show called ‘EenVandaag’ (‘OneToday’) will be interviewing youngsters about how they see the present porn, like mtv video clips and if this changes their sexual experience. Writers will also give their opinion of this so called ‘Pornification of the Society’.

But in my opinion this kind of development is already playing longer than we know!

And this development we spoke past week with other students. In the same discussion about the world in 2050 (see previous post) a statement was made, as in an open society taboo like Sexual behavior and content. The Problem, or so called Remarkable thing we noticed is that: The current development is that explicit sexual content gets more open and visible for everybody. In our group we discussed and shared the same opinion that this would be more of a taboo in the future; as in that it gets more private again.

We came to a conclusion that the current development would be parabolic, as the time continues a this so called ‘taboo’ would have a variety as in the acceptance within a society as seen in the picture above.

Another Planet

To feel what concept and product development is we are supposed to see a development as seen in the post earlier about the organizer with attitude. But what is a trend, and how do you recognize a trend? We are about to explore a sixth sense of the human being. For a start we begin with an assignment of how Europe will look like in 50 years from now.

As an interesting discussion follows I write down all the necessary statements. The idea is to see and think about new technologies and habitats, and how this will take shape over this time period. Discussion groups gets formed easily and a flexible environment, compared with a cafeteria -including the need for coffee in this early morning-, is created.

World leadership will change is definitely written down as one of most important factors, Asia will be more open and understood with Europe as a sidekick, or most reliable partner.

As our group continues we get to the following statements that for instance Asia, with China as the main factor will be the future as in dominance and behind the steer of the boat, but Europe will be an important factor in this. Europe with countries like the Netherlands will have an important meaning in years of sustainable entrepreneurship; as in pioneer technology. Besides this a development as stimulation of this technology will get a new vision; more taxes on current methods, and even possible boycott against environmental damaging products, like fuel for instance.

It was an absolute majority about replacement of transport in the future and America would stay behind. Asia would get very important in this as they are currently already ahead on many occasions (for instance fast and commercial light rail trains) and aware of the current situation; as they would produce and consume the same as an average American they probably would need another planet.

An organizer with attitude

This Friday the first lesson of the minor Concept & Product Development took off. The minor is given by lecturer Saskia Best, an active professional at Redmond in creative marketing with a specialization of concept and product development.

At first we had to introduce our selves and get encountered with the first things you noticed this week and getting the feel and meaning of this specialization of your study: “Tell me your name, your course or familiar job experiences past half year, a trend (current development you noticed), why you chose this minor and what is it that you expect of this minor.”

As I introduced myself and telling in a short sentence about my course in Mongolia the attention of people grew. My laptop at the time of travel was heavy and annoying and took away a lot of space and weight which is the reason I am looking for a new laptop. The development I suggested, or rather noticed was that of the latest version of a device which comes really close to the $100 dollar laptop mentioned earlier this year. This one is triple the price though, but still almost nothing.

This device from Asus weighs less than a kilo, runs on any required platform (as the standards can be adjusted) and is a little bit bigger than an Envelope (with a screen of 7 inch). The ideal for students, business presentations, travelers or in a school environment. Smart thinking as the name is as well EEE what stands for; Easy to learn, Easy to work and Easy to play. Intel has described the Eee PC as in line with its “World Ahead” marketing drive — which aims to provide anyone around the world a chance to own a PC...

Amongst professionals it is stated that the device is the first on the market of a All-in-One product, making the computer also possible for the lower groups (see the $100 laptop concept). The device –as I did not stated the device earlier- is not a laptop, as you may think, but more comparable with a portable DVD player with a lot of extra functions. An organizer with attitude.

Or should it have a nice name? Like Laptop is from Lap, because it’s on the top of your lap right ? Because the Desktop is on top of your desk… So uhm… HandTop ? ( Hmm… that would make an mp3 player a Fingertop than…) Yeah I like that. Handtop. Or TipTop… as we say in Holland when ‘it’s okay’ ?

The TipTop is slightly bigger than the sketchbook but smaller (and lighter) than an ordinary dictionary

So, tiptop in everybody’s head, we went over from the introduction of C&P-D to the assignments we are supposed to fulfill the next days, weeks, months. As we are human beings with ideas and concepts which we are faced with every day, every week, every month, until we die.

Introduction

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it stands for structurization...

A01: Summarize Goals

For the time being a "Communication & Multimedia Design - Student with the minor Concept & Product Development" it is obliged to specify your learning goals using Smartie's, which comes from the SMART abbriviation often used with concept and product development. It stands for: specify, measure, accept, realistic and time boundaries, which I will explain below. But now we have to two extra letters (which stands for Inspiring and Effort), and one added by myself the S, which stands for the Solution...

Well what are we waiting for, let's start with those damn smarties!

The Personal Learning Goals I want to work on:

• Time for Creativity
• Deal with Handicap
• Listening & Understanding

Specification

Can you specify your goals ? Which situations & are other people involved ?

Time for Creativity; because of work, school and my social life I have little time left for creative passions like writing stories, playing music, photography, drawing and painting. Mostly I am working alone, but in music I would like to play with other musicians. As I found the people I previously played with we decided to try and set up a night and start playing together more seriously.

Deal with Handicap; because a lot of work is on the pc I’m trying the best to take my time off because of an ache in my hands and arms. I have had special training for this but the best way is off course doing other things; which suits me for taking more time for creative expression without the use of a computer. I want to make clear to myself and find a way of hours spend of what I can do and what not. And I have agree with that, that I can not do some things any longer any more.

Listening & Understanding; I see myself often as a bad listener. As I try to write as many things down and remember most of conversations I can not stand the fact that my concentration is sometimes low and easily drifting away; like thinking of other things or staring at nothing for a long time. I want to try and focus more and look for ways of how I can improve this.

Measurable

How do you know you reached your goals ? How is this measurable ?

Time for Creativity; I know I have reached this goal as I am satisfied with my work and as in music; the cooperation and successful evenings playing together with productions of value would be enough.

Deal with Handicap; when I do not bother, or taking time or thinking about any form of handicap any longer I would reach this goal.

Listening & Understanding; As I would see actual trust and remembrance of important or less important points without drifting away I would reach this goal.

Acceptable

Are your goals acceptable for everybody ? Why should you, and why should you not do it ?

Time for Creativity; is creating more time for other things and working out less things in digital format. This endangers digital productions or other editing to reserve the use of a computer.

Deal with Handicap; as seen in the previous point I made is creating more time for creative passion to deal with the handicap, and use only when necessary.

Listening & Understanding; is definitely an important factor in social life as well as in school or freelance assignments. I see myself taking more time to specify the speaker, like debriefing and capturing important facts of the speaker without loosing the essence of the conversation or discussion.

Realistic

Are your goals realistic and achievable in your current situation and within your competency?

Time for Creativity; could be real within weeks. The budget is limited so it is important to create as much out of it as possible. As it is possible to combine certain goals and achieve the maximum.

Deal with Handicap; an efficient way of working is possible and achievable but I have to clear to myself and putting borders. Deadlines and milestones are important as in (school) work but do not spend more time than necessary.

Listening & Understanding; is realistic and achievable as in it is measurability of the speaker and own criticism.

Time Boundary

When should your goals be achieved, when are results to be expected ?

For all of my goals there is a time boundary of within 1 to 3 months.

Inspiring

Are your goals summed in a positive way and inspiring for you (and other people), and how important are these goals for you ?

The goals are definitely inspiring and could create a possible conclusion document how to create the maximum out of the minimum; work but have time for your personal interest as well and combine those to choose an environment without letting other people down.

Effort control

Are the goals within your own reach and are you the one making these goals possible ?

The goals are within my own reach as I am mainly responsible for what is happening to me or how I would like to evolve without the effort of a lot of other people. If I am not the person taking the step, it will not happen. With all of the goals I am though depending on other people making to make it possible. As I have to deal with a handicap I can have spare time for creativity alone or with other people with listening and understanding while working together.

Solution

Is there a brief solution to achieve your goals?

The solution is to create in the upcoming 2 months a new way of working which would state in a conclusion document how to create gain the maximum out of minimum effort in a world where I can create time for creativity and social needs and wants.