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ALT A light-gray presentation slide titled "My Technical Experience." On the left is the Bugs Bunny "no" meme illustration. On the right are three paragraphs of black sans-serif text: "I currently have no experience with HTML, CSS, or JavaScript. Most of my experience with the internet has been from the user side such as using websites and digital platforms for communication, school, entertainment, inspiration, and work. I am interested in learning how websites actually work and understanding what happens behind the screen."
ALT A light-gray presentation slide titled "From Consumer to Creator." On the left are three paragraphs of black sans-serif text: "My relationship with the internet has shifted from simply consuming content to also creating for it. Through school, personal projects, events, and marketing experience, I now think about how content is designed, how people respond to it, and how brands can build their identity online. The internet has become both a personal space and a professional tool for me." On the right is a photo of a barefoot person standing on grass in front of a green hedge wearing a striped button-down shirt, a black mini skirt, and a vintage beige CRT computer monitor over their head while holding a wired beige keyboard and mouse.
ALT "While I don’t necessarly wish I had less access to the internet, I do miss the feeling of it being something I took the time to plan and intentionally do. When I was young going on the internet was an event. **I miss feeling like I am offline before I go online.** Nowadays I feel like I’m always connected soemhow. Tracing my internet use brought back nostalgic feelings and showed me how much the internet has shaped my education and upbringing. I find it interesting to see how the way I was taught to use the internet has left lasting traces in the way I use it today."
ALT My Internet in 2026: I don't really "go online" anymore because I'm almost always connected to it in some way. I use the internet for school, research, design, writing , music, entertainment, shopping, communication, maps and inspiration. It has gone from being one activity in my life to becoming the infrastructure behind a lot of my life.
ALT A medium-gray presentation slide titled "From a Place to Visit to a Part of Everyday Life" in white serif text. On the left are five app icons arranged in two rows: Instagram, TikTok, Amazon Shopping, Xiaohongshu (`小红书`), and Google. On the right are four paragraphs of black serif text: "When I was very young, the internet was not yet as convenient or as integrated into everyday life as it is today. I remember that people mostly went online for specific reasons—to play video games, use search engines, visit social media or websites, and meet or talk to online friends. I also loved reading novels and comics when I was growing up. I would read both physical books and online versions, so the internet gradually became another place where I could discover stories and enter different worlds. Today, the internet feels completely different. We use mobile payment, shop for almost everything online, attend meetings remotely, study online, and many people can even work from home. Instead of being
ALT "The Internet I am looking forward to" in dark-blue serif text. In the center is a paragraph of black sans-serif text: "Regarding my vision for the future of the internet, I hope it will better protect our personal information and give users greater autonomy over their own data. Furthermore, I hope people can easily find useful and reliable information without being overwhelmed by a flood of content or trapped in a loop of similar recommendations driven by big data. Sometimes we need diverse styles for inspiration, yet platforms like Pinterest—which tend to push images similar to those we’ve already saved—aren't actually very helpful in that regard." In the bottom-right corner is a close-up anime illustration of a blonde girl (*Sailor Moon* style) with sparkling starry eyes and blushing cheeks.
ALT Building My Own Space on the Internet. On the left is a browser screenshot of the portfolio website fionadustudio.com, featuring the header "FIONA DU / IT'S ME HERE !", a line-art illustration of a person taking a mirror selfie with floral doodles, navigation links ("About", "Collection", "Artwork", "Contact"), and copyright footer text. On the right are two paragraphs of dark serif text ("Creating my own portfolio website was one of the first times I started thinking about the internet from the other side—not only as a user, but as someone deciding how another person would experience information on a screen. I had to think about layout, navigation, image size, sequence, hierarchy, and how someone would move through my projects. Even though I was using a website-building platform rather than coding the site from scratch, it made me curious about what actually happens behind the interface.") above the website URL
ALT A slide with a black to bright blue gradient background with three blue hand-cut out looking stars. In all caps, white text: I WOULD USE TECHNOLOGY TO BE MORE EFFICIENT NOT AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR EVERYTHING I DO. THAT'S WHY I LOVE CREATIVE TECH AND AM EXCITED FOR THIS CLASS!
