Ubiquitous Computing

Ubiquitious computing, ubiquitous computing is about ones way of interacting with an invisible computer, it’s about interacting with computers everywhere that don’t “feel” that way. It’s about the human interaction with these devices without these humans even realizing that they are using them. It’s the idea of that anyway. And that’s the future of the world…

Digital Divide and Future Perfect

Digital Divide: The digital divide deals with the division of the internet when it comes to races and ethnicity. It deals with the poor vs rich dilemma. The rich would have access to all things technological while the urban poor would have access to only some things via public places such as libraries while the…

Virtual Reality Presentation

VR or Virtual Reality is created to transport an individual into a 3d generated world that feels real. Virtual reality isn’t a new innovation , in fact the first device that was made that incorporated virtual reality features was called the sensorama simulator which was made in 1962. The sensorama simulator was a device that was…

Reed Ch 4-7

In chapter four of Digitized Lives: Culture, Power, and Social Change in the Internet Era,  Reed discusses how gender, ethnicity and disability play apart on the online world. When customizing one’s profile on Facebook for example, one has to choose their gender and when going to the settings one has a way of assigning how…

Reed Chapters 1-3

Digitized Lives: Culture, Power, and Social Change in the Internet Era. is a literacy piece on how the title says , how culture, power and social change affect the technologies being built around us. Reed mentions that even though the world around is evolving through the new technologies being built the world is rotting away…

Big Data and Privacy

With reoccurring data passing through the internet comes the risk of privacy intrusion. And living in the ever growing digital area it is something that has become a bit of a problem. Sites like Pipl.com keep track of what information social media sites one has and often times what one finds is pretty creepy. Some…

Tapscott part 3

Tapscott in his book Grown up digital talks about the possibilities that flourish when one truly grows up with everything being digital. One doesn’t really see the benefits and risks that one can develop from growing up in a digital age. I know for me, I wasn’t able to truly appreciate magazines and books until recently.…

Mediated Spaces

The presentation we had in class was very informative we learned what a mediated space was , examples of mediated spaces in different areas and what disrupts mediated spaces. Mediated space is a space to intervene with others. And in a mediated space one knows what to do because one is accustom to it. Take a…

Grown Up Digital

The eight norms,  the eight net Gen norms consist of Freedom, Customization, Scrutiny, Integrity, Collaboration, Entertainment, Speed and Innovation. Each of these Gen norms has a reason to exist but they are all rooted in the experience that the new generation has during their youth. The internet plays a big role in these youth life as…

A Better Pencil

Baron in his literacy piece, “A Better Pencil” talks about how technologies came about for writing and how they have evolved. Each technology has its limits and outrage that came with the public. From the clay tablets to even the printing press where the public believed there was a spiritual connection between the writer and the…