On A final note...

:).. I really enjoyed this class. Top 3 Reasons are:


1. My professor was really cool..
2. The lectures were enjoyable
3. The guest speakers.. except one (no naming names)


> I enjoyed the class primarily because of the professors' upbeat personality and the content we explored. We brainstormed through a couple of different topics, the effect of the Internet oops. the world wide web, on banking, airlines, media, and people in general raised great points of view.

The bottom line I think is that the Internet (oops.. the world wide web)is a very diverse and rapid part of everything. The 'past' looked at the present status of the Internet(oops.. the WWW) in awe.. I mean touchscreen devices, or virtual communities?? no way back then,, and today,its almost a thing of the past. People that have underestimated the use of the Internet are quickly learning that there is no escaping the Internet.... everything is controlled in one way or the other by a network of computer systems.. a 'plethora' of them ....

I'm happy and grateful for having the Internet(OOPS..oh never mind.. I'm brainwashed.. ).. sending email vs. mailing a letter.. is much much better.. or conference calling via email.. to my friends all over the world is sooo much better.. the inexpense of it all, the simplicity of it all and most of all the accessibility of it all... the internet is a wonderful thing.... :)....

Thank you for teaching this class.
The best to you and the wonderful world of Origami.. :)

The last day of Presentations!

so, on the last day of class we had two presentations. One was on the same book my group did, which was A World Without Secrets By Richard Hunt, and the other was on how to Steal This File Sharing Book by Wallace Wang.. I just have to vent a tad on the first presentation...it was-tooooooooooooooo-long...! I mean seriously......each presenter.. had a cheat sheet that they read out of, and they read alot out of it..no offence but presentations should not be that long.. ! ok.. I feel better... well, for the latter presentation, I felt sorry for them, primarily because they had almost no time to present, after the first group took eternity and some to present... but on a positive note.. they managed quite well. The latter book was pretty much a book teaching people how to download things off the internet. It wasn't selective of illegal or legal downloads, and on the back cover of the book, they had a disclaimer stating something to that effect.

Only in America, would a person be able to buy a book at a legal bookstore, to teach you how to illegally download. During the presentation the proffessor asked us if we were hungry and walked past a farm, would we go into the farm and help oursleves to the produce on the farm? truthfully no! well, he continued, how is it any different when we download music off the internet?..... point somewhat taken!

Personally, I really don't know how to download music off the internet, never had much of a desire to, nor do I buy CD's.. I'm happy listening to the radio for the most part, and if not, then I'll sing me a song... :) Just kidding! (ok maybe not entirely)... but if you think about it, the average person has to reach pretty deep to afford a CD.. then CRIBS.. comes on T.V and shows you just how well the celebrity's are living... its a juxtaposition..!

I guess its different for each of us.. justifications are not subject to relativity, but.... they are subject to cause and effect... !!?

-Burn Rate Presentation-

Burn Rate is a book written by Michael Wolff <<<>

Michael Wolff is an internet guru, with great ideas but unsuccessfull business models. He ends up borrowing money to fund a business idea, that ends up being a total flop. He does this a couple or so times, and at the last draw... he writes himself a check out of the investment money and walks away from the whole idea. sounds like a movie ... well its not.!

In addition, he's not a very nice person. His business ideas are great, but his personality isn't soo great.... I have to hand it to him though... I think its amazing that people were willing to invest in him time after time.after time after time.. 'get rich quick' they all thought, with the internet, anything is possible... sounds like a fancy boat ride headed to paradise... only the compass isn't working? ok.. thats a lousy analogy,..... but... its still interesting to learn and hear about him and I found a pretty interesting clip on a news book he wrote.. ..

.. the problem for the most part is that things get old really quickly on the internet.. on average 'new' or latest in technology.. is good for approximately 3-4 months, and then on to the next 'newer' model or feature. A classic example would be cell phones and how rapidly they change!! They become smaller, faster, 'savvier' by the minute.. not too long ago the iphone was the IT phone to have, then the blackberry with the fancy touchscreen came out...

I guess in my experience, technology changes too fast. ...its a bad thing environmentally... I wish they could come up with a system where the lifecycle is longer, and just the software would be updated.... ! but there is something undisputable about the advancing ways of technology..... its a pretty cool thing!