The Wonderful World of Texting, it has really changed the way we communicate. I remember back when I was a sophomore in high school , about 8 years ago, when I got my first cell phone and I began to Text. I also remember texting in class, and that's why it was so popular to text, it was because you were able to do it in class with out the teacher really knowing, you just had to make sure your cell phone was on vibrate or silent. I can remember like it was yesterday when I got my first phone and started to text. Texting lasted for a few years then I stopped, no one was really texting anymore. I think it was T-mobile who had started out this whole texting business or phenomenon. That was the first plan I had, and I got more texting then minutes. I have had many different phone services over the years and I am about to change from Nextel to AT&T, yes, so I can get the iPhone. I am still not sure if I want to get the iPhone or just the regular blackberry curve. The best thing now is texting.
I send video and picture messages to my brothers and friends all the time. I think its great. I even send text messages to my mom and dad, so i don't have to answer 100 billion questions my mom asks, so they just text me, but if I don't respond, then they call. And the funny thing about that is that my mom knows the computer very well, being a teacher, but my dad, owning his own construction business, only knows how to turn on his computer to do his bills and paper work, and that is an old IBM. He doesn't know who to work the new computers or even surf the web, but he does know how to Text, so he is moving along, very slowly. My basketball coaches today even text me. They know that we will definitely get a text message, rather then a missed call. It is almost a little creepy having your coaches text you, because you get excited to hear the text message sound, but yet its your coach telling you what time practice is, so its not that great.
All of this "texting talk" and symbols came from AIM. This was the first form of communication where abbreviation's were a must. Typing, No one wants to type to talk, so we made abbreviations for almost everything possible, and the sad thing is, almost everyone knows about it, just like the grand mother texting her BFF ROSE!!!! but is it a good thing?? I think it is. Doesn't make us sound intelligent, but we really are intelligent, to come up with such abbreviations, and very technological advanced. L8R!
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Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Jay Z mashups/ the NEW phones
A couple of years ago Jay Z mashed up one of his albums with a few of other types of genres and albums. JayZ mashed up with Linkin Park and made an amazing album. He also mashed up with the Beatles and made another amazing album. The "grey album" which he mashed his songs with the Beatles, made this album a true hit. I really did love this album. It had new beats with old beats, along with new lyrics with old. He truly is a real musician and went beyond what people expected, or well I expected. His album "The Black Album" and Linkin Parks album "Numb" were both terrific albums alone, but Jay Z mashed them together and made the "Collision course". This album is a Grammy award winning album by a rock band and a rapper. Another album that was mashed together was a Metallica CD the black album and Jayz's album the black album. This album was called Black on Black, the Double Black album. Not allot of people knew about this album because a DJ mashed them together, as well as the album with the Beatles.
In the "Worship at the Altar of Convergence" article, he talks about cells phones and how far advanced they are. He tried to go into a mobile store and just buy a regular phone. The people at this store kinda laughed at him, saying, we don't make them any more, people don't want them. This is very true, with his example, and the fact that if phones can have everything from taking photos, video tapping, viewing your email, listening to music, and of course making phone calls, everyone will want one. I know I do. I want the new iPhone, but I want to wait for the second one to come out, just like the old iPod. The first iPod had many flaws to it and the second one was the best. It has video, it doesn't freeze, and you can store pictures, and of course music as well. The second iPhone will be even better. With the new technology out there, it makes it easier to make electronics faster and more efficient. I know this iPhone does everything, and the web pages even look like a real web page on a computer. This phone has everything at your hands with one device and this is what people want and people will get it. Instead of having a bunch of electronics to do each thing, the new phones can do it all.
In the "Worship at the Altar of Convergence" article, he talks about cells phones and how far advanced they are. He tried to go into a mobile store and just buy a regular phone. The people at this store kinda laughed at him, saying, we don't make them any more, people don't want them. This is very true, with his example, and the fact that if phones can have everything from taking photos, video tapping, viewing your email, listening to music, and of course making phone calls, everyone will want one. I know I do. I want the new iPhone, but I want to wait for the second one to come out, just like the old iPod. The first iPod had many flaws to it and the second one was the best. It has video, it doesn't freeze, and you can store pictures, and of course music as well. The second iPhone will be even better. With the new technology out there, it makes it easier to make electronics faster and more efficient. I know this iPhone does everything, and the web pages even look like a real web page on a computer. This phone has everything at your hands with one device and this is what people want and people will get it. Instead of having a bunch of electronics to do each thing, the new phones can do it all.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Response # 2
Networks, Netwars, and the fight for the Future by David Ronfeldt and John Arguilla.
While reading this article, or novel, I kept thinking to my self, if we never had the Internet or anyway to gather information quicker, then we would not have all of these terrorist attacks and problems. Maybe we should just do away with the Internet and keep the pen and paper handy and the telephone, go back when there was no Internet, there were hardly any problems. But the problem is, once you have something, and it is taking away from you, it is very hard to adjust. But terrorists can gather information about weapons, information how to build bombs, pretty much they can get whatever they need on the Internet and fast. They communicate amongst each other and plan there attacks on the Internet as well. I also read in a article on the web, that most Internet sites are over looked by professional staff, but if they have to be over looked and watched, then why are we allowing these sites to be put up with dangerous information. I know the Internet is a large and wide spread of information and sites, but I think there should be some form of REAL protection on what can be published on the Internet.
The Internet is a wonderful tool, but people abuse it and take advantage of it to start wars, or just to start trouble. It should be used to its fullest ability, but not abused in a bad way.
The Long Tail by Chris Anderson.
Its funny because when I saw Chris Anderson, I just thought of my brother right away because that is his name and hes not a writer. But anyway.
Reading the article made me realize more that allot of people do there shopping online. From buying books, Cd's, DVDS, cloths and much much more online had grown over the years. As stated in the article, the Book "Touching the Void" only started to sell because of an Amazon.com recommendation from people buying the book, "Into Thin Air". It is amazing how a book no one knows about can suddenly be on the best sellers list. When I have bought DVDs on Amazon.com, it also does recommendations, but I have never considered any of them, next time I may.
The online world today is growing and growing. Ill admit it, I have done my share of illegal song downloads on the illegal programs, I know most of you all have done your share as well. But once they are done away with, I would purchase either iTunes or Rhapsody. It makes it much easier to buy the songs you are looking for, rather then buy the CD and skip over the crappy songs you don't like, like the article talks about. With a large library of songs, and a large variety of genre's, people can pick and buy songs exactly what they want, rather then having songs that they don't want and don't need.
While reading this article, or novel, I kept thinking to my self, if we never had the Internet or anyway to gather information quicker, then we would not have all of these terrorist attacks and problems. Maybe we should just do away with the Internet and keep the pen and paper handy and the telephone, go back when there was no Internet, there were hardly any problems. But the problem is, once you have something, and it is taking away from you, it is very hard to adjust. But terrorists can gather information about weapons, information how to build bombs, pretty much they can get whatever they need on the Internet and fast. They communicate amongst each other and plan there attacks on the Internet as well. I also read in a article on the web, that most Internet sites are over looked by professional staff, but if they have to be over looked and watched, then why are we allowing these sites to be put up with dangerous information. I know the Internet is a large and wide spread of information and sites, but I think there should be some form of REAL protection on what can be published on the Internet.
The Internet is a wonderful tool, but people abuse it and take advantage of it to start wars, or just to start trouble. It should be used to its fullest ability, but not abused in a bad way.
The Long Tail by Chris Anderson.
Its funny because when I saw Chris Anderson, I just thought of my brother right away because that is his name and hes not a writer. But anyway.
Reading the article made me realize more that allot of people do there shopping online. From buying books, Cd's, DVDS, cloths and much much more online had grown over the years. As stated in the article, the Book "Touching the Void" only started to sell because of an Amazon.com recommendation from people buying the book, "Into Thin Air". It is amazing how a book no one knows about can suddenly be on the best sellers list. When I have bought DVDs on Amazon.com, it also does recommendations, but I have never considered any of them, next time I may.
The online world today is growing and growing. Ill admit it, I have done my share of illegal song downloads on the illegal programs, I know most of you all have done your share as well. But once they are done away with, I would purchase either iTunes or Rhapsody. It makes it much easier to buy the songs you are looking for, rather then buy the CD and skip over the crappy songs you don't like, like the article talks about. With a large library of songs, and a large variety of genre's, people can pick and buy songs exactly what they want, rather then having songs that they don't want and don't need.
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