Author is arguing that technology is not just wires & servers but also "the active human interface with the materials world." Perspective of "technology" seems to change depending on the development of the world & the atmosphere of the society.
- usually thought about phone, semiconductor as a technology
- grouped hi-tech & tech as a same thing

After reading this, I've come to think that tech is what I can do now that I couldn't do before.

"I don't know how to build and power a refrigerator, or program a computer, but I don't know how to make a fishhook or a pair of shoes, either. I could learn. We all can learn. That's the neat thing about technologies. They're what we can learn to do."

- hi tech ≠ tech
- tech is much broader than definition of the hi-tech
- tech = easily emerging / affecting in our daily lives
- practice on thinking differently than what all people think (think outside of the box)

"A website is a file or bundle of files living on a server somewhere."

- websites can be a course of one's life?
- websites can be a tool that implies an individual's personality, culture, beliefs, history...and more.

"You also have to pay for a domain name, which is an understandable piece of language that points to an IP. An IP is a string of numbers that is an address to your server."

- site could be someone's property.

"What kind of room is a website? Or is a website more like a house? A boat? A cloud? A garden? A puddle? Whatever it is, there’s potential for a
self-reflexive feedback loop: when you put energy into a website, in turn the website helps form your own identity."

- there's no right and wrong
- having my own ideas / beliefs / style can be distinguished from similar structured web systems these days (?)

"Every day we look at computer screens for a very long time. We touch them, carry them, sleep next to them. Our lives are stored in bits, messages turned to network packets.
Living spaces arranged in human-sized pixels."

- interfaces between people and computers

We are now living in a life that computers are essential object. (i personally can't do anything without a computer :') ).
Smartphones can be defined as a portable computer carried by individuals. For these reasons, I feel that the interaction between humans and computers is important.

For some reason, this article reminds me of the history of cameras. In the past, it was possible to take a picture through various steps with hands, and now it is easy to take a picture through a smartphone. I think this aspect is very related to the situation of creating websites in the past and the present.
- present: lots of ppl use templates to create their own site
- past: more like a handmade web
However, we still use analogue methods
- in particular, in this class, students are using code to create handmade webs.
- maybe i can say: coexist with analog
- having my own style
- no limitaion

This article inspires me a lot to create the web with unusual elements. I felt that web was a space to express everything that couldn't exist in the real world. It is a space where servers can express their thoughts and archive them in one space.
"Using this laptop, the mouse is my avatar, clicking and scrolling for utilitarian means."

This web details the purpose and direction of creating a handmade web. All the steps of making a handmade web were indicated. Also, the author talked about the importance of creating editor's own style of handmade web, which inspired me a lot during the web creation.