reading:
- Makers: The New Industrial Revolution, Chris Anderson
1) What was the general theme or argument of the book?
This book is about the prediction of how the current technological trend will make the world different in the future.
2) How did the book, in your opinion, connect with and enhance what you are learning in ENT 3003?
The importance of the supply chain noted in the book and the idea of collaborating connect the content of the class I have learned so far.
3) If you had to design an exercise for this class, based on the book you read, what would that exercise involve?
If I had a chance to design an exercise for this class based on this book, that exercise is going to involve prototyping of the product.
4) What was your biggest surprise or 'aha' moment when reading the book? In other words, what did you learn that differed most from your expectations?
Since this is Chris Anderson's book, I expected it to be innovative and a bit surprising. However, this book is far more surprising than I thought. The part most surprised me is that Anderson saw the trend of making one's own highly customized product with open-sourced design and codes, and 3d-printing technology. 3d-printing is definitely one of the technologies with most potential in the future.
Hey Yudi,
ReplyDeleteI read The Art of Social Media, so your book is a little bit different than mine. But I was surprised by the information given in this book. I thought it would have to do more with factory work and stuff, but prototyping a product is also very useful. The world is moving towards getting ahead of the product curve to be successful, and if you don't know how to prototype affectively, then you're not going to succeed.