The Nature of Informatics

The Nature of Information


Information is the basis of all communication. We use information in the process of categorizing our environment so that we may understand it.

Information serves us two purposes:

1. Conveys our representations of reality.


2. Communicates to someone or something

Information involves other aspects as well including:

• Semantics: content or meaning of the sign of a thing for an agent.


• Syntax: characteristics of signs and symbols devoid of meaning. (An example of a sign would be smoking.)


• Pragmatics: context of signs and repercussions of sign-systems in an environment.

Information technology has progressed so far that we now live in the Information Age. Almost every career field involves information technology in one way or another.

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A great site that showcases modern information technology is Infoport

Library of Babel

The article "Library of Babel" is an unique article that is sometimes hard to comprehend. It explains a library where the article's author lives. He is unsure why the library or why he himself exists, or what his purpose in life. He discusses how many of his collegues died in vain trying to find the "truth" about the library. The author believes that the library was created by a God and the library contains all books. When the author's collegues (which became known as inquisitors) heard the library contained all books they started their search for certain books that contained the truth of their existence. In the end, the author believes that all humans will be extinct, but the library will remain because it is unlimited and cyclical.

Infoport
http://http://infoport.blogspot.com/2007/01/library-of-babel.html

First Blog

This is my first blog. This is so exciting.