I was preparing a handout about a new media tool called "delicious" http://delicious.com/. I never heard about that before and it is was really interesting to find out what the tool is about. With delicious you can bookmark websites and you can see those from every computer by just logging in to that website. Therefore it is really comfortable especially if you find exciting websites on the internet and you have not enough time to read everything, delicious will memorize that for you and you can read it later where ever you are at that moment. And if you are at a public computer you can still save your favorite websites.
I personally do not use these bookmarking services yet because I am only working with my own laptop and therefore I can bookmark on the computer which is easier for me because I cannot remember so many passwords :-) anyways, I still like the idea of delicious to share bookmarks. Especially for students that service is great to exchange interesting websites. That way it is more easy to prepare work for classes at University and to always have one's favorite websites together on one website.
Another additional service is that popular websites will be shown on delicious, too. That way you can discover new interesting things that you would not have found otherwise.
Maybe I am going to use these services from now one. I kinda convinced myself by writing this blog entry :-) If you are interested in services for bookmarking then you should consult this website http://social.front.lv/ to see what kind of bookmarking services are provided on the internet and which one you would like to use. Those tools are especially useful for bloggers :-) At least the website says so. In my eyes it is nice to have many tools together. That way you can look at all of them and decide which one you like the most or which one is the most useful website for your needs. It is kinda weird that so many services for bookmarking exist because they mostly have the same tools... anyways, it seems like they become more popular these days...
I would really advise you to check out some of these tools, maybe this is what you really need... :-)
Samstag, 30. Mai 2009
Mittwoch, 27. Mai 2009
new media and old media - we need both
I think it is really interesting to see how many new media tools there are. I found a website which shows some new tools I have never heard before (and I know many from class already)
http://www.masternewmedia.org/new_media/new_media_tools/best_new_media_tools_of_the_week_20061217.htm
It is crazy what kind of tools we have these days but I personally think that it is already too much. People spend so much time on the internet and with new media tools that real relationships become less intensive. In my eyes it is a dangerous development if people rather be on the internet talking with people they have met there instead of having relationships in the real world. To find out more about new tools check out these blogs.
http://en.wordpress.com/tag/new-media-tools/
I am really curious what the future has to offer. I cannot imagine what else will be offered to us, seems like the internet is growing so fast that we cannot even follow all the developments.
Although I actually prefer "old media" in most cases I have to say that the new media tools are useful, too. It is amazing how much we can learn from all the information on the internet and I think people will become smarter in the future because there is such an easy access to information. For example, the voting for the European Parliament is coming up and a lot of information are conveyed over the internet and that really helps people to be informed about the parties even if they do not read newspapers or watch news on television.
As a conclusion I would say that the new media tools can be really helpful but we should not rely on them all the time and still experience the "real world".
http://www.masternewmedia.org/new_media/new_media_tools/best_new_media_tools_of_the_week_20061217.htm
It is crazy what kind of tools we have these days but I personally think that it is already too much. People spend so much time on the internet and with new media tools that real relationships become less intensive. In my eyes it is a dangerous development if people rather be on the internet talking with people they have met there instead of having relationships in the real world. To find out more about new tools check out these blogs.
http://en.wordpress.com/tag/new-media-tools/
I am really curious what the future has to offer. I cannot imagine what else will be offered to us, seems like the internet is growing so fast that we cannot even follow all the developments.
Although I actually prefer "old media" in most cases I have to say that the new media tools are useful, too. It is amazing how much we can learn from all the information on the internet and I think people will become smarter in the future because there is such an easy access to information. For example, the voting for the European Parliament is coming up and a lot of information are conveyed over the internet and that really helps people to be informed about the parties even if they do not read newspapers or watch news on television.
As a conclusion I would say that the new media tools can be really helpful but we should not rely on them all the time and still experience the "real world".
Mittwoch, 20. Mai 2009
How could people have lived without the internet??
The internet is just an amazing inventions. Today on my way home from University I was just thinking about all the stuff I still have to do this week and most of them have to do with the internet. It is kinda freaky how much we depend on that thing and no one in my age could imagine to live without the internet.
It is not even possible to be a student at the University without the internet. For me the internet is not that important when it comes to social contacts and networks but I really enjoy all the information on the internet. If I think about what I use the internet for it is a long list. I go shopping on the internet, make reservations for a restaurant, apply for a job, find information about whatever I want to, I can watch TV and so many things more.
I think we are so lucky to live in that communication society. I personally cannot imagine to live without the internet and I cannot believe how, for example, my parents used to live without that technology...
I even have a class now where we talk most of time about the internet...
Look at these websites. I found them at random... http://www.endoftheinternet.com
/http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm
I think it is kinda funny to think about the end of internet, for me the internet is some endless thing that has no end and no beginning...
here are some more of those weird pages.... http://www.internetfirstpage.com/
http://www.kygallery.com/first.html
ok, if there is a last page of the internet, why are there different ones??
As a result of all that stuff I just think that too many people spend too much time on the internet with useless stuff...
It is not even possible to be a student at the University without the internet. For me the internet is not that important when it comes to social contacts and networks but I really enjoy all the information on the internet. If I think about what I use the internet for it is a long list. I go shopping on the internet, make reservations for a restaurant, apply for a job, find information about whatever I want to, I can watch TV and so many things more.
I think we are so lucky to live in that communication society. I personally cannot imagine to live without the internet and I cannot believe how, for example, my parents used to live without that technology...
I even have a class now where we talk most of time about the internet...
Look at these websites. I found them at random... http://www.endoftheinternet.com
/http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm
I think it is kinda funny to think about the end of internet, for me the internet is some endless thing that has no end and no beginning...
here are some more of those weird pages.... http://www.internetfirstpage.com/
http://www.kygallery.com/first.html
ok, if there is a last page of the internet, why are there different ones??
As a result of all that stuff I just think that too many people spend too much time on the internet with useless stuff...
Freitag, 8. Mai 2009
Google: danger?
Last semester I was taking an economics class and I had to read a text about google. It was called "Dangers posed by Google" and it was really shocking what kind of information Hermann Maurer offered in that text.
I tried to find some information on Google about him and his book from which the text was taken. Of course there were not as many information as I found on ask.com :-)
In my eyes it is important to consider the bad sides of new media, too. We enjoy all the new media services and leave a lot of information about ourselves everywhere in the internet, so that a lot of people know things about us. It could be dangerous if people misuse our information. We should think about what we want other people to know about us and we should not surf revealing too much about us.
here are really two good links
http://www.millionface.com/l/privacy-concerns-about-google-analytics/
http://tihane.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/herman-maurer-keynote-at-ectel07/ .
I hope you enjoyed the texts and maybe you try to be more carefully while being on the internet.
I tried to find some information on Google about him and his book from which the text was taken. Of course there were not as many information as I found on ask.com :-)
In my eyes it is important to consider the bad sides of new media, too. We enjoy all the new media services and leave a lot of information about ourselves everywhere in the internet, so that a lot of people know things about us. It could be dangerous if people misuse our information. We should think about what we want other people to know about us and we should not surf revealing too much about us.
here are really two good links
http://www.millionface.com/l/privacy-concerns-about-google-analytics/
http://tihane.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/herman-maurer-keynote-at-ectel07/ .
I hope you enjoyed the texts and maybe you try to be more carefully while being on the internet.
Freitag, 1. Mai 2009
Swing vote
Last week I watched a movie called Swing Vote. I have never heard about it before but I really liked it. It was released in the US last year before election but it was not in the german movie theatres. You should watch the trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWodSDYgfXA, read the plot summary http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_Vote_(2008_film) or even watch the whole movie because it is really funny and still has a lot of messages for the people. It encourages people to vote and to speak up.
It is not that realistic situation to have one person's vote which decides who will become the next president but there is that great message to it that every vote counts and can change something. I think that it was an important movie for the people in the US who do not vote.
Another point was also great. The Republican president and the Democratic candidate tried so hard to get this one vote that they started a whole campaign for this guy Bud. They watched him the whole day and every thing Bud did or said was taken into their TV ads and finally the two candidates even changed their polities. The President was suddenly for gay marriage and the Democratic candidate was against abortion. However, they noticed themselves that it is not worth giving up their own beliefs. It is an open end because we do not know who Bud will vote for...
This is a definition for Swing vote. I think it is interesting to know that.
Swing vote is a term used to describe a vote that may go to any of a number of candidates in an election, or, in a two-party system, may go to either of the two dominant political parties. Such votes are usually sought after in elections, since they can play a big role in determining the outcome.
A swing voter or floating voter is a voter who may not be affiliated with a particular political party (Independent) or who will vote across party lines. In American politics, many centrists, liberal Republicans and conservative Democrats are considered "swing voters" since their voting patterns cannot be predicted with certainty.
While the swing voter is ostensibly the target of most political activity during elections, in countries without compulsory voting the political parties know that the shift from one party to another is dependent only to a limited extent on swing voters. Another, arguably larger factor is the success of one party in comparison to another in getting out its core support. In a two-party system, those who become disillusioned with their favored party are more likely to vote third-party or abstain than cross over.
A swing state (also, battleground state or purple state) in United States presidential politics is a state in which no candidate has overwhelming support, meaning that any of the major candidates have a reasonable chance of winning the state's electoral college votes. Such states are targets of both major political parties in presidential elections, since winning these states is the best opportunity for a party to gain electoral votes. Non-swing states are sometimes called safe states, because one candidate has strong enough support that they can safely assume they will win the state's votes.
( These information are from wikipedia.com)
It is not that realistic situation to have one person's vote which decides who will become the next president but there is that great message to it that every vote counts and can change something. I think that it was an important movie for the people in the US who do not vote.
Another point was also great. The Republican president and the Democratic candidate tried so hard to get this one vote that they started a whole campaign for this guy Bud. They watched him the whole day and every thing Bud did or said was taken into their TV ads and finally the two candidates even changed their polities. The President was suddenly for gay marriage and the Democratic candidate was against abortion. However, they noticed themselves that it is not worth giving up their own beliefs. It is an open end because we do not know who Bud will vote for...
This is a definition for Swing vote. I think it is interesting to know that.
Swing vote is a term used to describe a vote that may go to any of a number of candidates in an election, or, in a two-party system, may go to either of the two dominant political parties. Such votes are usually sought after in elections, since they can play a big role in determining the outcome.
A swing voter or floating voter is a voter who may not be affiliated with a particular political party (Independent) or who will vote across party lines. In American politics, many centrists, liberal Republicans and conservative Democrats are considered "swing voters" since their voting patterns cannot be predicted with certainty.
While the swing voter is ostensibly the target of most political activity during elections, in countries without compulsory voting the political parties know that the shift from one party to another is dependent only to a limited extent on swing voters. Another, arguably larger factor is the success of one party in comparison to another in getting out its core support. In a two-party system, those who become disillusioned with their favored party are more likely to vote third-party or abstain than cross over.
A swing state (also, battleground state or purple state) in United States presidential politics is a state in which no candidate has overwhelming support, meaning that any of the major candidates have a reasonable chance of winning the state's electoral college votes. Such states are targets of both major political parties in presidential elections, since winning these states is the best opportunity for a party to gain electoral votes. Non-swing states are sometimes called safe states, because one candidate has strong enough support that they can safely assume they will win the state's votes.
( These information are from wikipedia.com)
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