Entry 4

In the reading “Searchin” by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, the author shows that in today’s digital era, music as an audio file can be searched from the websites and appreciated freely by every people online. Also he considers the differences of music from old days, when people buy the music records form record store. The music has changed because of web.

Besides, as we know the reading “Searchin” has changed from Web 2.0 to Web 1.0, the differences between them include that Web 1.0 is static and lack of interaction, and using Web 2.0 we can read this article more enjoyable with its dynamic characters and we may interact with the author by providing comments on this web. Beyond these, the content of the reading is actually the same no matter which web tools we use. “Searchin” uses intrographic to provide information, which looks more direct, clear, and attractive. The content can be understood easier by audience. But in order to transfer the text article into an infographic, first we need to summarize the article and find out important ideas. Also creating infographic needs creativity and choose proper ways to classify data.