Blog Three

Referring to my previous blog, the one thing I try to keep totally organized is my school planner. It is a physical and small book that I write assignments, due dates, and appointments down onto it. Though I see my method of planning to be the most efficient out there, I know that other students might not find it as effective, especially in today's society. Everything is becoming so technologically centered that it wouldn't surprise me to see another student having his or her school planner embedded in their laptop. Prior to this post I was actually looking online at some feasible electronic planner but nothing caught my eye. Personally, I need to write down everything with a physical pen that touches actual paper. Students now, particularly newer college students, might find this method too time-consuming and since their laptop is already there in front of them, why not insert a due date then?

I said earlier that I need a planner to actually open, write an important assignment down, and close it. Does that make me old-fashioned? I hope not because I'm not quite sure what makes me old-fashioned yet. I think that it means that for me, writing something down will make it stick in my brain better than simply typing a few lines on my laptop. I'm not always going to be looking at my planner, so if I remember something important that I didn't see in my planner, that is a huge benefit for me. And besides, what will the e-planner users do when their computer suddenly crashes?

Blog Two

While reading Weinberger's first couple chapters,a couple of key points came to mind. First, the addition of the Internet to our daily lives have allowed us to go from aimlessly browsing through a store, to simply ignoring all the things we don't need and easily find the ones we do. This is done through the access to the Internet. Weinberger says we now ignore the organizational structure of a store, because we no longer need to go to a physical store to shop. Technological advancements have allowed us to jump right to the end product.

One thing in my life that I tend to always keep organized is my school planner. Though mostly the rest of life tends to be a bit on the unorganized side, my planner is always serene with highlights, due dates, and important projects. When I graduate from college there is no doubt that my planner played a huge part in me getting there.

Blog One

The Internet is constantly changing and adapting to the people who use it. Newer technologies are allowing the Web to not only be present on a computer, but taking it and putting it on phones, iPods, and even airplanes. The article "Web Squared" talks about much of the advancement of the Internet from the 1990's to present day and how it is being implemented into our daily activities. In terms of my professional future, it is still very up in the air. However, one of the most important ideas that I took from the article was how the Internet is continuously being integrated into tools we use frequently on a daily basis, specifically the Redefining Collective Intelligence: New Sensory Input section of the article. This section describes the concept of collective intelligence and how it is one of the major "next step" periods for the Internet. The most current example is the Google Mobile App for the iPhone. It takes words that you speak into the phone and uses the Google search engine to look up  whatever you are saying. Google, coupled with the iPhone's GPS, can shoot back information using your location as well. For example, if I needed a haircut, I would simply say "Super Cuts" into the phone and it would provide the nearest Super Cuts salon and their phone number.


My favorite web application as of now would have to be Netflix Instant Queue. It allows me to stream almost any movie or television show for a really low monthly fee. What makes it so useful, is that I can attach my laptop to my T.V. and have a wide assortment of things to view. Netflix first made it's convenience known when they introduced the concept of having movies or shows delivered to your house. Now that they have Instant Queue, they have made it even easier to view films without even having to go to your mailbox.