Digital Media Overview

I would like to send out my thanks to my professors during my Digital Media course. I was introduced to a world of technology and programs which I never knew of prior to this class. I have enjoyed learning something new and exciting about technology every week. I'm sure everyone else in my class felt similarly. Thank you.

Fun Musical Interactive Site

Here's a website which I thought to be extremely fun and interactive. I have certain musical interests and I found the capabilities of the site to be very useful in learning different lessons as well as customizing specific exercises. Very fun and entertaining in my opinion.

http://www.musictheory.net/

The Seven Revolutions

The concept of The Seven Revolutions was recently introduced to me and I felt inclined to share my thoughts on the subject. The idea is actually quite fascinating; the revolutions involve the trends which are likely to be drastically altered over the next 20 years. Known as the "Seven Revolutions Initiative", this study, conducted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), aims at determining which global trends would experience great amounts of change over 20 years. Erik Peterson, the senior vice president for CSIS, has since become a recognized figurehead for this effort to project and identify the global trends of 2025. According to the study by CSIS, the seven areas which will experience the most revolutionary change are:

Technology
Population
Resource Management
Knowledge
Economic Integration
Conflict
Governance

After reading an article which defines the reasoning behind every trend, it would be safe to assume that these trends will certainly undergo major changes over the coming 20 years. Personally, however, I believe that technology will be one of the most affected trends on the list.

http://www.semo.edu/news/index_8550.htm

Wordplay

During our previous class, we were asked to create a crossword puzzle using a website suited to this function. The site was highly useful in the creation of various types of puzzles for company or educational purposes. Under this site, we created crossword puzzles based on technology. As such, all the clues are technological terms or phrases. This puzzle is relatively simple, however, I felt inclined to share it. The website itself provides numerous methods to create a free puzzle - I believe that in a corporate sense this ability would be most effective as a community building activity amongst employees.

http://www.discoveryeducation.com/free-puzzlemaker/?CFID=13185256&CFTOKEN=81413979s.

Technology Interview 1

This will be an interview based on technology with Linda.

Technology Interview 2

This will be an interview based on technology with Steve. It is fairly short and to the point, hopefully to make up for the lengthy interviews before.

Technology Interview 3

This will be my third interview with Jimmie. The interview was slightly longer than expected, as was Jessica's, however, I felt that both had intriguing ideas to contribute. As such, I edited each file, but left in the majority of their thoughts.

Technology Interview 4

This is my fourth interview via phone conference with Jessica. I know that the sound is slightly difficult to hear, but if the volume is turned up a little, it sounds great.

The Downfall of MySpace

I was reading an article the other evening from this past issue of BusinessWeek and the issue contained a lengthy review of exactly how MySpace ended up in the position they are currently facing. Among the areas mentioned within the article, I was extremely surprised to find that many of the early problems MySpace encountered dealt with technology. Rather than placing greater efforts towards other dire departments, MySpace continued to work tirelessly to achieve new levels of applications for its users, such as video uploads, music players, and profile schemes. During this period, however, rival companies, such as Facebook, began to simply pay outside providers for the creation of those applications - much of their force was then focused on tactics to gain market share and capture unsatisfied users from MySpace. Granted there were other traps MySpace fell into, negative public perception being among them, but this early inability to keep up with other rivals focusing on stronger security measures for their sites appears to have cost them dearly. Soon after, other more damaging perceptions began to injure MySpace's legitimacy. Ultimately, their numbers began to slide and even now the owning company views the site as an "eyesore". Perhaps, MySpace will climb out of this very deep hole. Regardless of their fate, I was still shocked at the lack of vision when it came down to technology and the extreme role it played in MySpace's eventual demise.


http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_27/b4235053917570.htm

Technology Interview 5

This will be my fifth video for the technology based interviews. This recording was completed at the Incarnate Word campus with Jason.