3 Readings For My Vlog

For my exam my job was to look into QR codes and hyperlinks. I was able to find a host of information regarding the topic. I was also able to find out a lot about QR codes and hyperlinks. What is even more interesting was how I was able to take some of the readings that we had read and see how they were able to tie into QR codes and hyperlinks?  In the Article entitled As We May Think by Vannevar Bush, he says that “Science has provided the swiftest communication between individuals; it has provided a record of ideas”. Automatically I think of the exhibit that was shown in our class room and how, through the use of QR codes one would be able to view the exhibit simply by scanning the bar-code from their phone. Bush was correct when he said that science has provided the swiftest communication between individuals. We can relate this to hyperlinks and how they are able to direct us to different sites and information all while allowing us to stay on the same site, while moving at a rapid swift. Licklider said in his article that " it may be appropriate to acknowledge at some point we are using the term computer to cover a wide class of calculating data processing",  I believe that in some way shape or form we can classify QR codes as a form of data processing. Reason being is because when a QR code reader processes the information from the bar-code on an item the data is transferred from the reader to the web, were an individual is able to retrieve information or as Licklder would say process data. Wiser wrote that" computers will come in different sizes each suited to a particular task". In a way our phones are transformed into a computer device once we have downloaded the QR codes reader application to our phones. Simply because the application performs a particular task that will allow users to retrieve and gather information. I believe that our readings were able to incorporate a lot of different information related to QR codes and Hyperlinks.  

Hour of Code/New Media Production

Today in class we talked about coding and actually had the chance to take part it making some codes of our very own. What we learned was that in the next few years over 1 million jobs will be opening up for people who know how to code programs. What is shocking is that not even half of this positions will be able to be field simply because people lack the know how of coding. It's not that they can't do it, its simply that they don't know how to do it. We watched a short video that had interviewed some of the best coders out their. Such as Bill Gates and the founder of Facebook himself, each one explained that in order to code you don't have to be really smart. You simply just need to know how to read and simple math. They go on to explain how society has actually made it seem harder then what it is.

Currently there is an organization called HOUR OF CODE, that teaches young adults how to code at a very young age. It is getting so much media that even the President himself it backing the movement. In class I had the chance to try it out for myself. At first it was a little tricky, but as you go through the different levels you quickly are able to move through out the program very quick. I think that what this organization is doing is just great. I believe that it is inspiring young adults to do things that are not common.

In conclusion I would have to say that I if I could go back in time and start college over again I would take some coding classes if they were to be offered. I think that they would be really allow be to be more marketable when it comes to the workforce in the future.

Exam

                    

For my exam I had to discuss QR codes and hyperlinks. It is my hope that you find this video entertaining and well as informational. Here is the direct link to the posted video.

Reflection Cyber

The Real Cyber

In class today we talked about the having the ability to alter one body or self image using robots. In the article The Real Cyber it talk about how some people are changing parts of their body and replacing them with robots or technology. This can be from you heart, to your leg and even your spine. Many of the people doing is this are doing it at their own free will. The question was posed to the group should this be allowed and accepted by the community. My answer to this questions was yes. Their is no law saying that one cannot alter their body in any shape or form. If that was the case then plastic surgery would not be allowed. I am a believer in, its your body do what you feel, as long as it is not harming anyone in the process.

However I do feel that it could cause problems in society though. Let's say that someone is about to die, they didn't have any true illness, they simply was dying of old age. Would it be right if someone wanted to just buy a new body so that they could live longer? I think that would be a question of the moral good . But then again their is no law saying we cant. I think that this can be a discussion all on its on.

Final Cut/Embodiment and Cyborgs

Today in class we had the chance to watch the movie Final Cut, the movie stars actor Robin Williams. Williams plays a Cutter who's job is to edit people memory's for the last moments in life, which is their funeral. Williams is allowed to go in a cut out the bad things, to portray the person in a positive light. During the movie Mr. Williams faces a few challenges, he finds out that he has a memory chip just like the rest of society. This is a problem because in order to be a cutter you cannot have the memory chip. Throughout the movie he comes in contact with a few people who try and use him so that they can gain access to his memory for their own personal reasons.

In class, a question was posed how would we feel if someone was able to come back and relive our lives by looking at our memory chips? My answer to this questions was kinda two sided, I think that it would be a good and bad idea. I think that the law community would love it, because then they would be able to go back and look at previous crimes and determine what the truth is. I think that this would save them time. In this intense I believe that it would be a good thing, I feel that a lot of people would appreciate it for this cause. I think that some people would look at it as a bad thing, simply because there may be secretes that some people may not want others into their personal lives.

What is sad is that I can eventually see this being something that is real in the future. I can see people when their young going to get little mind chips being put in their heads. What is sad is that I don't think that it is to far from happening. Overall though I believe that the movie was a really good movie and would recommend  it to anyone.

Artifacts From The Future Reflection

After having the chance to view the back to the future artifacts museum, a lot of different things stood out to me but the most interesting thing was the hover board that Lexus is currently producing.  I am pretty sure we can all remember a time in which we wish we would skate through the sky, or be able to fly our cars. Well unfortunately that time still has not come yet. But there are some products out there that do allow us to feel like we are in the future.  I can assure you one thing these products want  come at a low price at all.  

I think that when it comes to the future, I really can't see their being in flying cars, at least not in my life time. I think that the generation after me will probably find a way to make this happen. I think that this would be a project for NASA at some point in time.

One thing that I found to be very interesting about this museum was how it was displayed through QR codes. QR codes allows for people to scan information directly from their phone about the artifacts that they are viewing. In a way its pretty cool in two way, its allows for the person conducting the research to use technology in a different way to get their study across, and it allows for viewers to be able to take the information on the go.

Jalen Jamison  

Exam 1 (New Media) 

9-29-2015 

Question #3 

Past, Present, Future  

I want you for a second to close your eyes and think back to a time were there was no internet, cell phones, Instagram, Facebook, Skype and YouTube. I want you to think about how your daily life was, how you interacted with people, how you received information, how you were able to get in contact with your friends and family. Its crazy to think that cell phones have only been around for about 40 years, and as for the internet, it has only be around for about 20 years. Currently we line in a time in which media outlets are always changing. The change they way we work, write, and even communicate on a daily basis. The question now is what can we expect for out media outlets to look like in the next 10 years down the road? Will we be able to jump into the phone a go any place we won't? Probably not, but with the way media and technology is changing, one can only wonder what will happen next. Through my research and findings. I have been able to draw upon a few hypothesis of what I see our future will look like. But in order to understand the future we most first understand the past and present day.  

If you were to walk into in corporate office today I am sure you would probably find a lot of computers, fax machines, nice meeting rooms, equipped with fancy projectors screens and webcam devices. But if we were to look back 30 years ago I wonder would you find the same thing? The answer to that question is no. In the reading the (Culture Industry), it say's " technical rationality today is the rationality that the culture of technology will always and forever be changing" meaning what was then will not be now, and what is now will not be later. The reason being is simply because is in order to keep up with time we have to constaly change. In the pictures you will see that in  right photo is a picture of an office building that was in the 1970's, and if you look to the right you will see that there is a picture of an office building now. 

 A lot has changed as you can see, the way that we write are no longer on old type writers, now we have high powered desktops. That come with software, that allows us to produce be quality work. If look at the photo on the left, you get the feeling that all of the workers are simply just a number at a desk, an really don’t interact with the co-workers. Nowadays company's encourage teambuilding and working in groups. Researchers have found that when people work together they often generate better quality work. In the past I am sure if someone had a meeting with a member from a member of a different company the only way that they could see them in person would be to physical meet them. That is no longer, now we are able to talk with anyone around the world using video software, known as skype. This saves company's millions of dollars each and every  year on travel expenses.  

But of course as we all may known, while there may be positive change from the past there is also negative change. With the introduction of the internet we are having to deal with problems we, surly would not have had to deal with in the past. For example cyber bullying, 30 years ago people didn't even know what the word "cyber" meant, let alone what cyber bullying was. The "(Cyber Bullying Research Center) said that Over the last decade, we have surveyed nearly 15,000 middle and high school students in ten different studies from over 97 different schools throughout the United States" from this studies the results and information that they found was alarming. It showed that more than 25% of the students surveyed had been a victim of cyber bullying at some point in there life. In the past I believe that many people would argue that this would not have been an issue, simply because social media website were not around for any of it to take place. 

Although media outlets have had their downsides, they have opened many doors. It has allowed us the opportunity to create new medicine, interact with each other through our cell phones. It is not uncommand that the average person has some type of smart phone. Where we could see the biggest difference in our everyday lives, is when we sit down to watch TV. Before there was HD or Blue Ray there was just basic TV, nothing really special about it. In our reading ( Culture Industry) it draws reference to how, "cartoons and stunt films we exponents  of fantasy against rationalism" in other words cartoons were what they are today. They were simply frames or clips put together to make one running slide.