This has been by far my favourite question of the week in my class. We had to discuss what our thoughts are towards the future of technology.
After doing research I found some exciting stuff from a website
"
Elon University
recently unveiled a series of future scenarios they've compiled from
asking industry leaders, analysts and activists a series of questions
about major tech advances they expect by 2020. You can find good
snippets from the report here at Pew Internet.
One thing the report goes over is the increasing use of mobile
internet as the method of connecting to the World Wide Web. "The mobile
device will be the primary connection tool to the internet for most
people in the world in 2020." The go on to cite various examples such
as the increasing computing power of mobile phones, how applications are
increasingly easy to use and operate, and of course the cost of phones
drop everyday (anyone heard the rumor that Wal-Mart would be selling the
iPhone for $99?)
On one hand I feel bad for those '$100 Laptop' people who tried so
hard to make a cheap laptop and have pretty much failed, but on the
other hand we have amazing products that do even more for the same
price, and they're small. While the idea of a third world student
dutifully doing their homework on a cellphone may seem strange, by 2020
we'll be seeing developments of amazing heads-up displays as well as the
nearly complete removal of the touchscreen as a device. Infrared beams can replace a touchscreen and rolllable OLED screens will allow for larger displays in much smaller gadgets."
To me after reading this, does it not get you excited about what the future of technology will bring to the table and is for sure something to be really looking forward too. I know if the price is right I want to be up to date with the latest gadgets etc. within the future because the world of technology is constantly changing and is something that I want to stay a part of.
Monday, December 10, 2012
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Podcasting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsSC2vx7zFQ
The Video I have chosen is titled 'How bad do you want it' I chose this video for many specific reasons. Firstly I use this video for self motivation, because I am a very active person, at times I need a little bit motivation and doing so I always watch this video. Basically It is an athlete putting himself through pain to execute success. It lets you understand that nothing is impossible, if you want it that bad the only person stopping you is yourself. While the video is playing though, if you listen to the words that are spoken within the video, it is all refers to the name of the video.
I think this a very good video, it has the key ingredients in my eyes for a successful podcast;
The Video I have chosen is titled 'How bad do you want it' I chose this video for many specific reasons. Firstly I use this video for self motivation, because I am a very active person, at times I need a little bit motivation and doing so I always watch this video. Basically It is an athlete putting himself through pain to execute success. It lets you understand that nothing is impossible, if you want it that bad the only person stopping you is yourself. While the video is playing though, if you listen to the words that are spoken within the video, it is all refers to the name of the video.
I think this a very good video, it has the key ingredients in my eyes for a successful podcast;
- A story within the video for sure gives it more meaning just like the one above
- Music being played to attract the audience and to flow with the video, in this case it is slow but powerful
- Voice over or Natural sounds, such as hearing a person breathe adds to the quality of the video
- Takeaway, making sure the message of the video is clear and the viewer being impressed
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Biding their time
Well there is controversy at my home team Newcastle United, our more effective player is now making demands if the club still want to keep him.
The Ba camp claim that Newcastle did not honour their promise in the summer to increase his wages to a round £50k. But Ba did stay on Tyneside after a move to Galatasaray fell through because of his £100,000-a-week demands.
Ba does not seem to be hitting it off with his fellow Senegal striker Papiss Cisse.
Indeed avid watchers of Newcastle claim that Ba often shoots for goal when Cisse is in a better position and crying out for a pass.
Whatever Ba’s intentions, Newcastle will not allow him to move unless they have a replacement lined up. Two seasons ago they allowed Andy Carroll to move to Liverpool for £35million and did not have time to replace him before the transfer window closed.
But talk that Newcastle were lining up Marseille striker Loic Remy is wide of the mark.
Newcastle are missing no fewer than NINE first-team players but boss Alan Pardew does not want to use injuries and suspension as an excuse for his side’s rather alarming slide down the Premier League table.
This is certainly an interesting time of the season as its getting close to the January transfer window and I am sure because of the form he is in, many clubs will be sniffing around him. Lets hope Newcastle sort this out quickly as he is a key aspect of the team.
The Ba camp claim that Newcastle did not honour their promise in the summer to increase his wages to a round £50k. But Ba did stay on Tyneside after a move to Galatasaray fell through because of his £100,000-a-week demands.
Ba does not seem to be hitting it off with his fellow Senegal striker Papiss Cisse.
Indeed avid watchers of Newcastle claim that Ba often shoots for goal when Cisse is in a better position and crying out for a pass.
Whatever Ba’s intentions, Newcastle will not allow him to move unless they have a replacement lined up. Two seasons ago they allowed Andy Carroll to move to Liverpool for £35million and did not have time to replace him before the transfer window closed.
But talk that Newcastle were lining up Marseille striker Loic Remy is wide of the mark.
Newcastle are missing no fewer than NINE first-team players but boss Alan Pardew does not want to use injuries and suspension as an excuse for his side’s rather alarming slide down the Premier League table.
This is certainly an interesting time of the season as its getting close to the January transfer window and I am sure because of the form he is in, many clubs will be sniffing around him. Lets hope Newcastle sort this out quickly as he is a key aspect of the team.
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Mobile Computing
Mobile computing is a vert interesting topic. I already had some general knowledge of mobile computing as I have been learning about this in my Bus Admin class which involved learning the components and characteristics of mobile computing. I find it very interesting how mobile computing has effected our way of living and the impacts it has on our future.
When it comes to mobile computing, everyone can see how this dream has become reality; and continues to evolve into smaller and better, making reality even easier for all of us.The dream to get computers in very home and work environment became reality. As each year went by in the computing industry, smaller and better has been the dream and became reality for many. While things continued to evolve everyone wanted to see the laptop in the palm of our hands. At the same time the computer was becoming smaller, it opened the field of smaller and better cell phone; thus mating together the cell phone and hand held palm computer into the smart-phones of today, which has opened the field of mobile computer as we know it today and what it is going to become in the future.
However mobile computing has had far-reaching effects on our social behavior and cultural progression. The ease with which they enable us to communicate with each other has led to a decrease in face-to-face meetings and real one-to-one physical human interaction. Those that grow up getting used to impersonal communication on their mobile phones can find themselves incapable of dealing with even simple day-to-day human interaction.
When it comes to mobile computing, everyone can see how this dream has become reality; and continues to evolve into smaller and better, making reality even easier for all of us.The dream to get computers in very home and work environment became reality. As each year went by in the computing industry, smaller and better has been the dream and became reality for many. While things continued to evolve everyone wanted to see the laptop in the palm of our hands. At the same time the computer was becoming smaller, it opened the field of smaller and better cell phone; thus mating together the cell phone and hand held palm computer into the smart-phones of today, which has opened the field of mobile computer as we know it today and what it is going to become in the future.
However mobile computing has had far-reaching effects on our social behavior and cultural progression. The ease with which they enable us to communicate with each other has led to a decrease in face-to-face meetings and real one-to-one physical human interaction. Those that grow up getting used to impersonal communication on their mobile phones can find themselves incapable of dealing with even simple day-to-day human interaction.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Prezi Presentation
Too stay relevant to my interests of posts that focus on the English Premier League I have decided to create a presentation to show what the premier league offers.
http://prezi.com/lnrvmxveefzn/english-premier-league/
http://prezi.com/lnrvmxveefzn/english-premier-league/
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Cloud Computing Week 9- Part 2
I see cloud computing as software and hardware
that is used a service over a network, for example the internet,-World Wide Web
is a service over the internet and I believe this is an example that can be
used to describe cloud computing. I like the idea of cloud computing because it
provides infrastructure services, storage services and of course security
service’s which is something I think that everyone wants because of information
people can access over the web these days can be a little bit too much. Privacy
is a concern for me and I’m sure is for most people especially businesses when
your considering data, I don’t think too many companies would be happy if their
data which they transfer or store on service online was exposed in some way or
another.
https://twitter.com/SkySportsNews
The blog page I have chosen to discuss is related to my previous personal posts which is sports. Sky sports News is the biggest sporting news channel in Europe, It covers every sport in the world and has first insight to breaking news from anywhere around the world. I chose the twitter page because I use this everyday and I thought it would be best to write about something I am familiar with. It provides live blog tweets of everything that is going on during their TV operating hours and I never miss a thing. The best thing about it I have subscribed this twitter page to give me live updates on my phone so whenever there is a breaking headline, I will receive a message to inform me. Because Sky Sports News is not a TV channel in the US I find it great to have such services online so I can keep up to date with the latest news.
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