On Fleek
To begin lets explore the difference between and
emoji and an emoticon. An emoji is a real image and
symbol, rendered for your smartphone whereas an
emoticon is a simple symbol or image created from
common characters on your keyboard. So this: :P is
not an emoji.
In 1999, Shigetaka Kurita created the intial
prototypes for the emoji as 12 x 12 pixels. Kurita
observed human interaction when creating this method
of communication now used universally.
I created an emoji-only translated version of my
family’s story. Although there is a significant
amount of imformation missing rendering this story
practically incomprehensible, it sparks a significant
discussion around communication in the 21st-century.
Instead of simplifying communication have inventions
like the emoji reverted us into the parietal age?
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