david cohen

To whom it may concern.. this week im going to talk about my reactions to the video chat our class had with david cohen. after the discussion i was intrigued about the idea of spot.com and all that it had to offer. i really liked the idea that it is a professional webpage but can be written on by anyone who has something to say. this opens up a lot of oppurtunities for aspiring journalist, they can practice writting in on a webpage viewed by many, as well as get critiqued or noticed for the writting they are doing. i really enjoyed the conversation with him and thought that his website was an example of how the internet is really helping younger people get involved with their passions much easier than they would be able to years ago.

To whom it may concern, this week I am going to be talking about the music industry and the effect technology has had on it. In class this week we were lucky enough to have a local artist come speak to us about his career and how the internet has enabled him to be able to flourish easily from his home in Eugene Oregon. I think that due to the Internet the music industry has been able to blossom in ways that it could have never came close to before the Internet. Now a days because of the Internet artist can put up samples, hit songs, or even full length CDs or mix tapes on the Internet for the public to download free of charge. Artist also have many fan pages, facebooks, MySpace’s, and blogs that enable them to have a more personal connection with their fans. Because of the internet it has also enabled music listeners to find other artist that they otherwise would not know of. Another aspect of technology that has changed the way of the music is iTunes.
iTunes has enabled music lovers to easily access and sample music from their favorite artist as well recommending other artist that are similar to those that the listener likes. This acts as advertisement for these artist and they do not even have to pay for it.

is google making us dumber?

To whom it may concern, today i am going to converse about an article i recently read, called "Is Google making us stupid?". In this article the writer Nicholas Carr talks about how he has felt he mind changing. He feels that his attention span is significantlly lower and he blames this on the internet and more specifically Google. I feel that he is correct in this sense because google has created a medium that is so easy for us to obtain any information we want. With google we can obtain a plethora of information in mere minutes, even seconds. because of this, people have become lazier and more prone to just googling questions rather than using their brain and trying to figure out their questions. Because of this our brains have adapted to being able to obtain information without having to put much effort into it. Even though i feel that google is making us dumber, it is my favorite medium of media. it is my home page to when i open up the internet and i have a toolbar for it for easy access when on other sites. Even though it has handicaped our society, it is one of the greates tools created by mankind. It has created a medium that is vastly used and can quickly supply anyone with any information that wish to obtain. what do you think about google?

This week I am going to speak about my thoughts on Teens blogging about fashion. Before writing this blog, I read an article about this topic. This article can be found @ http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/technology/14youth.html?_r=1
After reading this article I think that it is extremely cool that there are online magazines about fashion run completely by persons from the age 18 to 24. I personally think that this is a good thing for the fashion industry because many of them target people in this age group. By having these online blogs, it allows fashion companies to see what their target market thinks about their products. Not only is it beneficial to the fashion companies themselves, these online blogs create an attractive alternative to having to subscribe to other magazines and I am sure is more appealing and fun to read for the young people reading them. As well as it being beneficial to those people reading them, it allows young adults who are interested in the fashion industry to get an early start at their career as well as potentially being recognized by larger fashion firms and maybe getting a job from them. I feel that these online blogs are overall beneficial to our
society and the fashion industry as a whole, what do you think???