Post for Week of 11/17

I may have mentioned this earlier, but it's really nice to be in Dissecting the Internet and Society and Technology at the same time. Right as we were discussing the Internet for social change in this class, we were discussing the invention and implications of the Internet on society in Society and Tech.
I feel like I've said pretty much all I wanted to say about the Internet for Social Change in my paper for the class, but I didn't mention anything about the OkCupid Blog, OkTrends. After doing our surveys, it was really cool to see how other people collected and compiled data. Also, it was just really cool to see all these funny dating trends. Until next time!

Post for Week of 11/10

Greetings from THE CLOUD. 

The cloud is the future of computing. Instead of people relying on the computing capacity of their personal devices, they use someone else's servers to handle what they need. Date stored in the cloud is available anywhere where internet is available, making it great for all kinds of users. Before this week's lecture, I was a little apprehensive of the cloud's security, but Dr. Wilkes proved a great point. Companies that exist solely to store your data are a lot safer than personal computers. If your machine is compromised by, I don't know, spilling a cup of coffee on the harddrive, your data is probably caput. However, with the cloud, you don't have to worry about spilling coffee on anything (except for, really you do because computer parts can be pricey and there's some data you can't put on the cloud).

Post for Week of 11/3

Never will I look at a Captcha the same again... 

Basically, this week was super fun. We played games and learned about how the internet sucks at translating and had a blast. It was difficult coming up with our own crowdsourcing games but worth it. Now I keep noticing all these different examples in class and life and whatnot. I'd share what I thought of but I've forgotten already. Anyway, 'til next time.