Hi,
This article is talking about the recent hacking of the Sony PlayStation network. This hacking is a rime example that not everything is perfect. Technology has brought so much to the world today and seems as if it is perfect in every way but it is not. It always seems that with every good thing there is something that makes it not perfect. Some examples can be that certain food taste amazing but it is extremely bad for you, alcohol can make someone feel good but too much will make your life hell, sex is great but there is the chance of an STD, cars can get you from place to place but your tires may pop and technology such as PlayStation is amazing but there are hackers!! What people need to realize is that things like this always happen that's why you should always be careful with what you put online. The main reason this is becoming such a big deal is because of the size of the hacking. The article says about 77 million customers were hacked and that is a lot of people! We all should just be very careful and hopefully technology will advance to a point were privacy can be guaranteed.
-SOUTHPAW
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110428/wr_nm/us_sony_stolendata;_ylt=AtqOf5nQkG_nwMLcfYxDdbAjtBAF;_ylu=X3oDMTJuNzMzOWhpBGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMTEwNDI4L3VzX3Nvbnlfc3RvbGVuZGF0YQRwb3MDNwRzZWMDeW5fYXJ0aWNsZV9zdW1tYXJ5X2xpc3QEc2xrA2FuYWx5c2lzd2hhdA--
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
World Wide Web
Hi,
The title of the article says a lot in its self. World Wide anything is a bold statement to make because to have something be world wide it needs to be huge! The article talks about how the world wide web had certain expectations before it was available. The idea behind the world wide web was to offer a place that is full of information and knowledge that is available and from all around the world. These expectations were met and then some. The world wide web became so popular and abundant that it grew to unimaginable proportions. The world wide web is full of information from all over the world. The one downfall is viruses and hackers. With the amount of options available on the web it is easy to hide a virus or steal information. Having so much information is great but it has its flaws. As long as you are careful though everything should be fine.
-SOUTHPAW
The title of the article says a lot in its self. World Wide anything is a bold statement to make because to have something be world wide it needs to be huge! The article talks about how the world wide web had certain expectations before it was available. The idea behind the world wide web was to offer a place that is full of information and knowledge that is available and from all around the world. These expectations were met and then some. The world wide web became so popular and abundant that it grew to unimaginable proportions. The world wide web is full of information from all over the world. The one downfall is viruses and hackers. With the amount of options available on the web it is easy to hide a virus or steal information. Having so much information is great but it has its flaws. As long as you are careful though everything should be fine.
-SOUTHPAW
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
A Virtual Death and A Real Dilemma
Hi,
So this article showed something that I take into consideration whenever I read something online. Trolls are talked about in the article and trolls are people who say certain things to grab peoples attention or to have people believe them. Most of the time they are no expert in the subject matter they are talking about. This is something that I can not stand. I have a very hard time believing anything I read online. When reading online I try to go to sites that seem to be very professional or at least well known. Especially when it comes to medical advice. Just think about someone in desperate need of help of some sort or have a simple question a real doctor can answer, yet they read false information and then problems or harm are done to them. I try to stay away from question and answer sites such as Answers.com. I find that people online think they know it all and i find that those people sometimes can have bias opinions or do not really know every aspect of what they are talking about. Although I may be wrong because I am on a blogging website talking about something I may not be an expert in myself. Yet if I am wrong does that prove my theory wrong or correct? think about it lol
-SOUTHPAW
So this article showed something that I take into consideration whenever I read something online. Trolls are talked about in the article and trolls are people who say certain things to grab peoples attention or to have people believe them. Most of the time they are no expert in the subject matter they are talking about. This is something that I can not stand. I have a very hard time believing anything I read online. When reading online I try to go to sites that seem to be very professional or at least well known. Especially when it comes to medical advice. Just think about someone in desperate need of help of some sort or have a simple question a real doctor can answer, yet they read false information and then problems or harm are done to them. I try to stay away from question and answer sites such as Answers.com. I find that people online think they know it all and i find that those people sometimes can have bias opinions or do not really know every aspect of what they are talking about. Although I may be wrong because I am on a blogging website talking about something I may not be an expert in myself. Yet if I am wrong does that prove my theory wrong or correct? think about it lol
-SOUTHPAW
Friday, April 15, 2011
New Apps....About time
Hi,,
So the article I read was talking about the new apps that are coming out. Some for example involve adding page breaks when writting on certain devices so people can know how many pages they have written without having to print. What I got out of this article is a sense of dependence, obsession and addiction. The overall theme was basically how people are in need of more advanced technology to perform tasks they have.The author is a teacher and his classroom is through online teachings such as our own blogging class. Yet he is basically saying his class is not running perfectly smoothly because he is in need of more advanced technology. I find this to be ridicules. The amount of technology available today is amazing and everyday I am hearing about something new. I feel people have become so obsessed with technology they are getting ahead of them selves. They think since we can turn our car on with our phone means we can do ANYTHING! The authors class seems as if it was created to be compatible with a world that does not exist or at least does not exist yet. The obsession with this technology can even make people pushed out of shape if they do not have what they want. The title of the article even says "..Its About Time" implying as if we are so far behind in the technological world we can not function correctly today. We are perfect where we are and possibly so advanced in technology it is making people believe we can do things we cant. What needs to happen is we need to use the technology at hand and not try to do what we think the technology should do.
-SOUTHPAW
Find artical here:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/google/google-apps-updatessomething-for-everyone-or-about-time/2898?tag=mantle_skin;content
So the article I read was talking about the new apps that are coming out. Some for example involve adding page breaks when writting on certain devices so people can know how many pages they have written without having to print. What I got out of this article is a sense of dependence, obsession and addiction. The overall theme was basically how people are in need of more advanced technology to perform tasks they have.The author is a teacher and his classroom is through online teachings such as our own blogging class. Yet he is basically saying his class is not running perfectly smoothly because he is in need of more advanced technology. I find this to be ridicules. The amount of technology available today is amazing and everyday I am hearing about something new. I feel people have become so obsessed with technology they are getting ahead of them selves. They think since we can turn our car on with our phone means we can do ANYTHING! The authors class seems as if it was created to be compatible with a world that does not exist or at least does not exist yet. The obsession with this technology can even make people pushed out of shape if they do not have what they want. The title of the article even says "..Its About Time" implying as if we are so far behind in the technological world we can not function correctly today. We are perfect where we are and possibly so advanced in technology it is making people believe we can do things we cant. What needs to happen is we need to use the technology at hand and not try to do what we think the technology should do.
-SOUTHPAW
Find artical here:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/google/google-apps-updatessomething-for-everyone-or-about-time/2898?tag=mantle_skin;content
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Self Presentation and Privacy
This was a really interesting article. The overall focus was on blogging. People sometimes want to express who they are, their feelings and sometimes even secrets, yet where do they do this? A great medium is online blogging just like the blogging we are doing in this class. Main topics of this article was the practices blogger have and the expectations of privacy blogger have. The practices of blogger are simply them constantly writing new things daily , yearly or just over a period of time. This turns into a chronological expression of whatever they want to express. when looking at privacy it can be defined as "time where people are to left alone". Also privacy can mean that some people do not want other people to see things about themselves. I personally think when it comes to blogging yo have full control over privacy. You are the person writing the blog and can say whatever you want. You can leave out any information you wish to leave out.
-SOUTHPAW
-SOUTHPAW
Monday, April 11, 2011
The End of Books
I found this article to be the best one yet. I say this because it talks about one of the biggest things involved in technology. We have always had written work. We use to use paper and pen to write documents, books, letters but the times have changed. Technology is changing the popularity of things like books. We no longer need to have thousands of books to take up space and waste paper. We can literally have books after books on one single device. Any book worm back in the day would love this concept but would never be able to carry around all these books all day. I no see people on planes reading books on a metal square that is less then an inch thick! These new devices, some known as kindle, can hold books so you do not have to hold the actual book. Technology has changed the world in many ways but this is one of the largest ways it has.
-SOUTHPAW
-SOUTHPAW
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Navigating Technomedia
Hey,
This was very interesting article.I enjoyed reading this piece of work. One of the main points of the article was based on affordability. Basically making technology affordable so everyone can have it. I like this idea because I would not like the fact that technology would be designated to certain group of people. If technology had a increased price range then whatever device you had would essential give you a rank in the social class. I feel today we have a small amount of that because there is no way I could afford something like an Ipad but in general technological devices seem affordable and reasonable. Another point of the article is the influence broadcasting provided. The main use of broadcasting is the radio. The radio was a way to widely spread information. I was a great invention because it had a purpose and fulfilled its purpose the best of its ability. The radio was a stepping stone for music to be on the radio and later the t.v. The T.V not only provided information but also provided images for people to see.
-SOUTHPAW
This was very interesting article.I enjoyed reading this piece of work. One of the main points of the article was based on affordability. Basically making technology affordable so everyone can have it. I like this idea because I would not like the fact that technology would be designated to certain group of people. If technology had a increased price range then whatever device you had would essential give you a rank in the social class. I feel today we have a small amount of that because there is no way I could afford something like an Ipad but in general technological devices seem affordable and reasonable. Another point of the article is the influence broadcasting provided. The main use of broadcasting is the radio. The radio was a way to widely spread information. I was a great invention because it had a purpose and fulfilled its purpose the best of its ability. The radio was a stepping stone for music to be on the radio and later the t.v. The T.V not only provided information but also provided images for people to see.
-SOUTHPAW
Monday, April 4, 2011
Personal Dynamic Media
Hey,
So I found it amazing how accurately they envisioned the Dynamic Notebook. Today we have devices that are essentially exactly what they are talking about. I liked how they related it to our brains. We store so much knowledge in our brains and the device would do they same. The difference is that we do not always remember everything we hear. We are just not capable to memorize and organize so much information in our brains. Having a device would allow us to do such a thing. We can have a great amount of information organized and stored in a hand held device. They people had a vision that was extremely accurate. Today we have Ipads and Kindles. We can store thousands of books on one device and also have so many games and even a writing feature to store thoughts. What I am thinking about now is who is having visions today? and what visions are they? I would like to think that me myself have these images. I always think of new things we could have but I wonder if it will come true. Many people think that we have created everything but i believe we have not. I do not think we need to create anything else because I feel like we have enough but I do believe more will come.
-SOUTHPAW
So I found it amazing how accurately they envisioned the Dynamic Notebook. Today we have devices that are essentially exactly what they are talking about. I liked how they related it to our brains. We store so much knowledge in our brains and the device would do they same. The difference is that we do not always remember everything we hear. We are just not capable to memorize and organize so much information in our brains. Having a device would allow us to do such a thing. We can have a great amount of information organized and stored in a hand held device. They people had a vision that was extremely accurate. Today we have Ipads and Kindles. We can store thousands of books on one device and also have so many games and even a writing feature to store thoughts. What I am thinking about now is who is having visions today? and what visions are they? I would like to think that me myself have these images. I always think of new things we could have but I wonder if it will come true. Many people think that we have created everything but i believe we have not. I do not think we need to create anything else because I feel like we have enough but I do believe more will come.
-SOUTHPAW
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