In the reading this week, I found the idea that stuck out to me the most was the abundance of digital information in today’s day and age while at the same time there is a chance for scarcity of records in the future. I really thought this was an ironic, but startlingly true thought. Today, […]
The part of the readings this week that I found most interesting was in the Cohen article on data mining. The author discussed H-Bots and the mechanics that make them work. I feel that I’ve brought this up multiple times in my previous blog posts, but it’s amazing how simple technology and the internet have […]
“The standard PowerPoint presentation elevates format over content, betraying an attitude of commercialism that turns everything into a sales pitch.” This particular quote from the “PowerPoint Is Evil” article by Edward Tufte really stuck out to me. I feel like it makes a statement not just about PowerPoint, but also about our society today. It […]
I have to say I found the Felton reports I looked at to be pretty interesting! The sheer fact that he was able to collect so much data about his everyday life is crazy. Although there was not one specific part of these reports that really stuck out to me, I did make an interesting […]
I have to say the idea that I found most interesting in the reading for this week is how similar the North and South were during the Pre-Civil War and Civil War period, from voting patterns to wealth distribution. Of course there were also the obvious differences of slavery as well as the idea of “one […]
Although I was already somewhat familiar with many of the tools listed on the syllabus for this week, I have to admit that technology and the point we’ve reached with the Internet as a society never ceases to amaze me. The fact that anyone in the world can search for an address and find images […]
I have to admit after reading the articles about Mat Honan’s experience with hackers, I was terrified! I thought about how many irreplaceable files are stored on my own MacBook and iPhone, and immediately started changing my own passwords and setting up two-step verifications. It’s how crazy easy it was for the hackers to make […]
What I found most interesting in this week’s materials was the controversy over sampling in music. I have to say that I lean to the side of those who call it stealing and find it unoriginal. It’s hard to truly say that I agree however, because I’m sure many of the songs I have on […]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube The Wikipedia article linked above gives a great overview of YouTube as both a website and a company, from its history to accepted video formats. Since 2005, the article has grown along with the website itself. The original definition was simply “YouTube is a website for hosting videos. It is similar to Flickr, except instead of photos, it is for videos.” Since […]
The reliability of digital sources is definitely an interesting topic. Although Errol Morris discusses analog photographs in the first article, he brings up a point that is completely relevant to digital sources as well. When information is debatable due to lack of background information, it’s difficult to find an unbiased source, let alone an accurate […]