It's odd that Creative Commons would come up this week. When I posted my video on YouTube, it asked if I wanted a Creative Commons license or the general YouTube license. Since I did not know what Creative Commons meant, I selected the latter. It wasn't important because I only posted it for this class and will be removing it in the very near future.
John Buckman's brainchild, "Magnatune" , is awe-inspiring. He has revolutionized the sharing of all kinds of media and brought it to a whole different level. In my opinion, the Creative Commons license is one of the most innovative ideas for sharing I have ever heard of. I have a very close friend who writes and records the kind of music he is talking about, so I will be sharing this information with him. He may already be aware of it, but I am excited to share the information nonetheless.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Week 3 / 5000 Days of the Internet
Wow. What a video. Kevin Kelly is a very prolific speaker. I enjoyed listening to him.
I don't agree that we are moving towards a total "Internet of Things" like he described it. There have long been programs that link our computers to things like the lights in our homes, our cars (OnStar for example), and to tiny chips that can be implanted in our pets. They are even devloping, if they haven't already, chips that can be implanted into people so we can keep track of our children or our elderly if they are missing. However, I don't see myself living in a totally "virtual" world, which is where I thought he was going.
He was right about "carrying relationships with you" when spending time on social networking sites. Just take a look at Facebook. It was not the site it is now at the time he was giving this talk. I hope that the changes coming in the next 5000 days don't completely compromise our ability to keep some things private...
I don't agree that we are moving towards a total "Internet of Things" like he described it. There have long been programs that link our computers to things like the lights in our homes, our cars (OnStar for example), and to tiny chips that can be implanted in our pets. They are even devloping, if they haven't already, chips that can be implanted into people so we can keep track of our children or our elderly if they are missing. However, I don't see myself living in a totally "virtual" world, which is where I thought he was going.
He was right about "carrying relationships with you" when spending time on social networking sites. Just take a look at Facebook. It was not the site it is now at the time he was giving this talk. I hope that the changes coming in the next 5000 days don't completely compromise our ability to keep some things private...
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Week 2 / Cloud Computing
The term "Cloud Computing" is a new term for me. I have interpreted it to mean anything done online where your personal information is stored for retrieval at any time. My presence is relatively limited compared to most people. I don't use Facebook, Twitter, MySpace or any of the other types of social networking sites. This blog is a form of "cloud" computing and I am only doing it for this class. I will delete it when we are done because I just don't want to be out here like this.
My experiences with
Web 2.0 five years ago wasn't all that different except the only online service
available in my area was dial-up. As far as the future goes,
who knows? I have watched the web grow in leaps and bounds over the past 15+
years. It is truly amazing how far it has come. I probably won't change a lot of
what I do now because I am comfortable with it, and have been for about 10 years
now.
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