Introduction
From the late 90's through today, 2011, do-it-yourself recording has changed rapidly. Recording technology -- technology being defined as the knowledge, ideas, thoughts, tools and processes that can be tangible or intangible that impacts the progress and encompasses the dynamics of society as a whole (Astudillo, Johns, Kalal, and Villegas) -- evolved from analog to digital, passing through tape, to compact disc, to a purely digital experience.
Much has been gained through this evolution, but there have been loses. Technological advances are not always for the best; technological advances are not always for the worst.
This Techno-autobiography will hopefully transcend "the clarity-brevity-sincerity . . . model" and into the realm of what Mr. Lanham refers to as "an alphabet that thinks" (Lanham 137).
Please explore the story using either the navigation bar at the top of the text or the next/back buttons at the bottom, as well as the links. And remember what Mr. Burbules says about links: "Every link excludes as well as includes . . . every path leads away from other avenues as it opens one passage"(Burbules 119-20). So, follow the tale of Michael, how changing technology has mirrored changing personal relationships.