Scavenger Hunt Blog Post:
An entry from Hunt:
Real Networks Financial Information
http://investor.realnetworks.com/results.cfm
or
Three search engines (other than the majors):
DuckDuckGo.com
ixquick.com
lycos.com
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Monday, October 13, 2014
Blog About Speaker: Erik Hanberg
The gears in my head started to spin when Erik Hanberg stated: "If it’s not on the internet...It didn't happen." I think about that statement in my personal life, and I now understand what he meant. Even in a smaller context, if I am considering trying a new restaurant and that restaurant is not online in some capacity I probably won’t go to it. If someone brings up an event and I can’t find it online, I may not believe the information they are giving me to be accurate or true. In line with the example Erik Hanberg gave, if a person is asked on a date and they cannot locate the person's profile on Facebook, they may not go on that date. It does seem like things do not exist unless they exist online, even a person. The reality of his comment about something not happening unless it's online spoke true to me. I had not realized it consciously before, but when it's not online, it's hard to trust the information.
The concept that Erik brought up about the teaching of research skills can be considered a higher priority than the teaching of knowledge in a book, was also interesting for me to think about. The answers to any question that we have is right here at the end of our fingertips. I think this reality will reshape the way subjects are taught to the future generations. When I worked as a tutor at TCC, I noticed that very few of the students I tutored had higher than a beginning level of ability to seek out information through credible research mediums. I think this will change. In the future, I think, schools will focus on how to find the information and less on what the information is. Eventually, by the time a student graduates, they will know how to build websites from scratch, write code, and research information electronically. They will know less about when something happened in history, or how to spell, and everything about a computer. I’m not saying that I disagree with where the future is heading, it’s just interesting to ponder.
Erik Hanberg’s talk was informative and enlightening. I am interested in reading some of his books, especially because he published them himself. An amazing feature of this incredible thing we call the internet.
The gears in my head started to spin when Erik Hanberg stated: "If it’s not on the internet...It didn't happen." I think about that statement in my personal life, and I now understand what he meant. Even in a smaller context, if I am considering trying a new restaurant and that restaurant is not online in some capacity I probably won’t go to it. If someone brings up an event and I can’t find it online, I may not believe the information they are giving me to be accurate or true. In line with the example Erik Hanberg gave, if a person is asked on a date and they cannot locate the person's profile on Facebook, they may not go on that date. It does seem like things do not exist unless they exist online, even a person. The reality of his comment about something not happening unless it's online spoke true to me. I had not realized it consciously before, but when it's not online, it's hard to trust the information.
The concept that Erik brought up about the teaching of research skills can be considered a higher priority than the teaching of knowledge in a book, was also interesting for me to think about. The answers to any question that we have is right here at the end of our fingertips. I think this reality will reshape the way subjects are taught to the future generations. When I worked as a tutor at TCC, I noticed that very few of the students I tutored had higher than a beginning level of ability to seek out information through credible research mediums. I think this will change. In the future, I think, schools will focus on how to find the information and less on what the information is. Eventually, by the time a student graduates, they will know how to build websites from scratch, write code, and research information electronically. They will know less about when something happened in history, or how to spell, and everything about a computer. I’m not saying that I disagree with where the future is heading, it’s just interesting to ponder.
Erik Hanberg’s talk was informative and enlightening. I am interested in reading some of his books, especially because he published them himself. An amazing feature of this incredible thing we call the internet.
Thursday, October 2, 2014
The Machine is Using Us--Video
My first thought about this video was, Amazing! It is so interesting to me
that even in 2007 people knew the potential of the web. I didn't know, that is
for sure. In 2007, I was working at a medical based company and was trying to
figure out the ins-and-outs of Excel--likely cursing electronics and wishing
for their demise! I was so completely unaware of the potential and immense
capabilities of the internet and the electronic boom at that time. What is sad
is that now in 2014, I can barely remember what my life was like before this
electronic age. That is why this video is so amazing to me because it is a
shocking glimpse at what has become reality.
I did not grow up with electronics. I hand wrote my papers and used a phone that was plugged into a wall. The fact that those things seem foreign to me now, truly makes me fearful. I am addicted to my electronic devices. I must have my phone on me at all times, and I do not like to turn it off, even for a few minutes. I feel as if I have ‘a monkey on my back.’ Yet, this phone I have brings me so much joy. I connect with my relatives far away through Facebook. I converse with people more often because now I can send a text and do not have to call. I have the world's knowledge at my fingertips. Again Amazing! Why am I afraid of this? I do not know the answer. Before I knew of electronic devices, I was fine, my life was full and fun, but I could never go back to that way of living now--no way.
The video is intriguing. I have watched it several times. Some of it does not appeal to me, mostly because I do not try to get inside the computers inner workings. My purpose on a computer is to seek out information, so the fact that form and content are separate is kind of a non-issue for me; although, I am sure I reap the benefits of that great innovation. The part of the video that really sticks to me as I watch it is the end. The part where it states, “we need to rethink a few things.” That part just hits home with me because it is creepy and absolutely true. Even I, a self-titled spectator to the sport of electronic revolution, am effected by “the machine” as it is referred to in the title of the video. I will have to rethink, privacy, family, myself, and many other things. This video opens up that conversation with myself; what do I think of these things? Honestly, I am not sure yet.
I did not grow up with electronics. I hand wrote my papers and used a phone that was plugged into a wall. The fact that those things seem foreign to me now, truly makes me fearful. I am addicted to my electronic devices. I must have my phone on me at all times, and I do not like to turn it off, even for a few minutes. I feel as if I have ‘a monkey on my back.’ Yet, this phone I have brings me so much joy. I connect with my relatives far away through Facebook. I converse with people more often because now I can send a text and do not have to call. I have the world's knowledge at my fingertips. Again Amazing! Why am I afraid of this? I do not know the answer. Before I knew of electronic devices, I was fine, my life was full and fun, but I could never go back to that way of living now--no way.
The video is intriguing. I have watched it several times. Some of it does not appeal to me, mostly because I do not try to get inside the computers inner workings. My purpose on a computer is to seek out information, so the fact that form and content are separate is kind of a non-issue for me; although, I am sure I reap the benefits of that great innovation. The part of the video that really sticks to me as I watch it is the end. The part where it states, “we need to rethink a few things.” That part just hits home with me because it is creepy and absolutely true. Even I, a self-titled spectator to the sport of electronic revolution, am effected by “the machine” as it is referred to in the title of the video. I will have to rethink, privacy, family, myself, and many other things. This video opens up that conversation with myself; what do I think of these things? Honestly, I am not sure yet.
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