Future Vision
I can’t even fathom wanting to live this way but if I must I
would pick Qin. I would have a good job that requires me to be able to get
several things done and the technology would allow me to do this. My new tech would
give me advantages like preforming tasks that I can online while waiting. I am
a bit scatterbrained at times so it would be nice to have my phone remind me of
what I can do and provide me the most efficient use of my time. I would be able
to synch with local technology like Ayla does alleviating the stress of having
to get directions, hail a cab or deal with booking a room. I see its potential
to free up time for other things but I would probably just add more tasks to my
already busy schedule to fill the void of any extra time.
The ad definitely has that snob appeal. I feel like I need
to have it and I’m pretty sure most of it would be useless to me. It looks remarkable
but when I think about how the ad is so short it really does not bode well for
all the down time I’d foresee. Maybe for some people, all the choices that a
lot of new technology brings is good but I just think there is too much of it.
Most of it is egoistic clutter to cater to niche audiences that only want to
see what they want to see. I wouldn't
know where to start so I just wouldn't start. I was also thinking of how much all
these things would cost. As I watched them go on all these web sites and transfer
information with such ease I wondered how much each of these programs would
cost. This stuff looks great in a six minute commercial for rich business people but
I don’t see it helping me much, at all.
Rob's Class
Although I have no interest in journalism as a profession I would say this has been one of my favorite classes over all. It does many things right, from the class discussions that I found extremely beneficial to the labs, as well as the reading of one of the greatest books ever in What Would Google Do. I found myself learning a lot from Rob and the text book but I also found the other students very informative as well. We had a lot of diversity and well rounded talkers and that was very useful. I wish I was younger so the newer stuff made more sense to me. My favorite discussion was on the First Amendment. It is days like this I feel I have something of value to contribute as well as having the opportunity to correct any misconceptions I may have had before hand, which I did.
I can not think of anything that needs to be changed. The class is two hours and it often seemed to fly by. Great Class.
