Submitted by mony greene on Sat, 03/29/2008 - 12:44.
Most of the American society uses the features of a Microsoft program to perform daily duties. Existentially, the sounds signify a meaning relative to the norm, yet as Ryan states, “the Internet is an overflowing well of narratives.” Computer users’ interactivity with Microsoft sounds creates unforeseen narratives that are always part of the norm. The “norms” of how computer sounds are portrayed or the order in which the sounds of Microsoft are organized can constitute a story. Of course the story could change when the sounds and images are reorganized. Some of Microsoft’s sounds, as presented at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfIe5UfGvvw are a medium in which a story is derived from the interactivity between the computer and its user. Thus, a narrative with a musical discourse is created from the daily computer sounds. Personally, I appreciate the way in which the sounds that I interact with on a daily basis are narratized. It shows that narratives help give meaning to what already exists in life.
