Summary:
We are in a culture of convergence. Convergence is when there are multiple media systems that work together so media content can flow freely between them. Something on TV can be live stream to the internet and someone can take that and email it to their friends phone. Old media dies out like 8-track and new media replaces it like MP3. Our culture loves multitasking and the more things the device can do the more we love it (iPone). Old regular phones that only had the function to call someone have died out and the companies have had to change their product to multitask. Now our phones can e-mail, play music, surf the web, be a calculator or GPS, or call people.

Quotes:
"Predicted a period of prolonged transition, during which the various media systems competed and collaborated, searching for the stability that would always elude them."

"They wake up together, work together, eat together, and go to bed together even though they live miles apart and may have face-to-face contact only a few times a month. We might call it telecocooning."

Connection:
The first quote I wrote down reminds me of the HD Blu-ray battle. I remember at the time I thought HD was going to win and Blu-ray sounded weird. Turns out I was wrong and now all of our DVD's are offered in Blu-ray.

Weinberger:
I think this book relates to Weinberger's third order. Winberger talked about how the internet is miscellaneous and I think that has something to do with convergence culture. The reason the internet is so huge is because it can do some many things and be transmitted across so many new devices. While Weinberger mostly talked about organization he also talked new technologies having the ability to multitask. Jenkins also talks about new devices taking over several old devices. This new idea of a product having more abilities will only grow. Our children will think our phones are boring because their phones will have so much more.