Memex is the idea that first came out at “Mechanization and the Record” by Vannevar Bush. A few years later it is written down in “As We May Think.” Memex is like the base model of today’s personal computer. it first designed as a personal library, which collect all the data and information users might need and want to know. The idea is close to today’s computer, blog, and social media
This idea is pretty similar to computers because today we set up our computer and save all the information and file we have or have made into it. Just like Memex, when we need something, we can try to find it in our file. However, the computer still leaves our things is hardware, so if some day hardware broke it might disappear. So, the blog kind of solve this problem and still keep the idea of Memex had claimed. The blog post is written by the user, so they can put things they want to remember or might want to look at it in the future on it.
Today’s social media like Instagram and TikTok even bring out more. User not only post things they want to keep those places, but those social media will also recommend thing they think the user might want to see, so is like step by step improvement or explore from the idea of Memex. From personal library to personal information center you need to put things in by yourself, to they will show you something you might want to see.
I like the example you gave to explaine how the way computer works is similar to the memex
Its interesting to consider how the Memex as a concept has manifested from desktop to mobile. Thank you for sharing!
It’s interesting that you compared physical storage of information on our hardware drives to digital storage within the internet; both of which stemmed from the Memex concept.
I like how you compared computers and their application with Bush’s memex system. Its a modern idea that was created with Bush making the first step with his project.